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Financing May 2018

Where College Students Can Find Emergency Money And Housing [Education News]

A 2018 national survey found that over a third of university students out of over 20,000 surveyed said they were food insecure, or had had limited or uncertain access to food in the previous 30 days. And 36 percent of those students said they were housing insecure in the last year. About three-quarters of colleges and other postsecondary schools offer some kind of help.

Financing May 2018

High School Seniors And College Students Are Invited To Apply To Win $5,000 Scholarship [Education News]

Liaison Technologies is now accepting applications for the Liaison Data-Inspired Future Scholarship for the 2018 fall semester. The scholarship is for students interested in pursuing careers in helping to drive innovation and solve challenges in business and society through data. Eligible high school and college students are invited to submit a video and résumé for consideration by May 31; the fall scholarship recipient will be announced June 30.

Global May 2018

Transport Plane That Crashed In Georgia Was On Final Trip [Beyond Education]

An aging C-130 Hercules that rescued and resupplied U.S. citizens after last year's hurricanes crashed onto a highway in Georgia during what was supposed to be its final flight, killing all nine Puerto Ricans on board. The huge plane was being flown into retirement in Arizona, reducing Puerto Rico's National Guard fleet to five similar planes, two of which need maintenance and aren't being used.

Global May 2018

US Adds A Modest 164,000 Jobs; Unemployment Down To 3.9 Pct. [Beyond Education]

U.S. employers stepped up hiring modestly in April, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, evidence of the economy's resilience amid the recent stock market chaos and anxieties about a possible trade war. Job growth amounted to a decent 164,000 last month, up from an upwardly revised 135,000 in March, the Labor Department said Friday.

Vallarta Supermarkets Contributes $110,000 To Local Education Organizations To Support Higher Education For California Latino Students [On A Positive Note]

Vallarta Supermarkets will contribute a total of $110,000 to the following organizations: The Hispanic Education Foundation, Fresno Unified School District, Oxnard Community College, Youth Leaders Education Foundation, Hancock College, Southwestern Community College, Antelope Valley College, Victor Valley College, and TELACU Education Foundation.

Supermercados Vallarta contribuye $110,000 a organizaciones educativas locales para apoyar la educación superior entre los estudiantes latinos de California [Buenas Noticias]

Supermercados Vallarta contribuirá un total de $110,000 a las siguientes organizaciones: Fundación Hispana de Educación, Distrito Escolar Unificado de Fresno, Oxnard Community College, Fundación de Educación de Líderes Juveniles, Hancock College, Southwestern Community College, Antelope Valley College, Victor Valley College, y Fundación de Educación TELACU.

Guatemala's Crusading Prosecutor Exits Amid Praise, Threats [Beyond Education]

As chief prosecutor for Guatemala, Thelma Aldana won plaudits at home and abroad as the woman who sent a president to prison and broke up a number of high-level corruption rings. But it came at a cost — her own personal safety — as her crusading angered some of the country's most powerful and dangerous people, long accustomed to doing as they pleased with little or no consequences.

Global April 2018

Arkansas Students Help Community Through 'Blessing Boxes'

Students in the high school EAST program at Cutter Morning Star have created a way to give back to their community through blessing boxes. Lisa Byrd, EAST facilitator for the high school, said the blessing boxes were made from repurposed newspaper racks donated in December from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and will hold pantry items and toiletries people in the community might need.

Sessions: Zero-Tolerance Policy May Split Families At Border [Beyond Education]

A "zero-tolerance" policy toward people who enter the United States illegally may cause families to be separated while parents are prosecuted, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would refer all arrests for illegal entry to federal prosecutors, throwing its weight behind Sessions' policy announced last month to vastly expand criminal prosecutions of people with few or no previous offenses.