Polytechnic students unveil Península de Cantera project
August 1, 2013
Students enrolled in the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico’s Geomatic Sciences Department majoring in land surveying and mapping, recently unveiled a study related to the Península de Cantera’s Guachinanga Islet that will soon be used to develop an eco-tourism project there.
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Puerto Rico Job Corps education, training centers accepting students
July 16, 2013
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program began a new free education and training program cycle July 1 and is accepting applications from eligible young people, ages 16 to 24 who are looking to learn a career, earn a high school diploma or equivalent credential and find and keep a good job.
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Nonprofit looking to plug brain drain to convene in Caguas
June 7, 2013
Aspiring to diminish the island's “brain drain” and empower students and young professionals as civic agents, Puerto Rican Minds in Action will sponsor its fourth “Empowerment and Retention of Change Agents Program” (PARACa, for its initials in Spanish) this weekend from the Botanical Garden in Caguas.
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SME Puerto Rico seeks student mentors
March 18, 2013
The Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association is seeking participants for its Student Mentoring program as part of its upcoming annual convention slated for April 3-5.
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Private colleges contribute to upward mobility
August 30, 2012
Private and post-secondary institutions represent an important economic and social mobility tool in Puerto Rico’s economy, according to the findings of a study conducted by the Estudios Técnicos research firm.
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Martín Peña Channel youth express themselves through art
August 29, 2012
Because “idle hands are the devil’s playthings,” FirstBank and the Puerto Rico Museum of Art took it upon themselves to keep 20 students residing Martin Peña Channel neighborhood in Santurce quite busy for the better part of the summer embellishing one of the community’s main entrances.
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Santander puts money in hands of entrepreneurial students
May 18, 2012
Entrepreneurial college students are the kind of people Banco Santander wants to support not only in Puerto Rico, but wherever it does business worldwide.
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Doral styles college students for workplace
May 18, 2012
As part of its commitment to women at all of their professional stages, Doral Bank this week celebrated the second edition of its “Style a Student” program, through which work attire is donated to college students with limited resources and helps integrate them to the labor force.
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SIFE makes its mark on society one project at a time
March 20, 2012
The local chapter of Students in Free Enterprise, a nonprofit organization that works with business and higher education leaders to motivate university students develop sustainable entrepreneurial projects, has no plans of slowing down on its mission to leave a positive mark on Puerto Rico.
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EDB, UPR join to light entrepreneurial spark in students
November 9, 2011
Economic Development Bank President Ivonne Otero and University of Puerto Rico President Miguel Muñoz unveiled Tuesday the "University Business Movement" program, a new initiative that seeks to promote an entrepreneurial spirit among college students.
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Caguas medical school loses accreditation, mulls suing
October 9, 2011
Reeling from its sudden loss of accreditation, Caguas-based San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is considering all its options, including going to federal court to fight back against what it considers a "precipitated and unfair" decision by the national accrediting authority for medical education programs in the U.S. and Canada, News is my Business has learned.
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