College council discusses travel eligibility and GPA standards
The Student Council debated travel eligibility for new LC students without a GPA, urging instructors to note a 2.0 target in each class. A revision proposed raising the minimum cumulative GPA from 2.0 to 2.25 to qualify for travel funds or hold office. The meeting ended with an invitation to an open house for the new student lounge.
Videoconference on disability support hosted by Lee College
Lee College will broadcast an interactive videoconference on services for students with disabilities beyond high school. The live program from Mississippi State University runs 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday October 18 in Baytown. The event is captioned, free, and offers counselor certification credits.
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Student loan debt rises faster than college costs says ERI
Anthony Rosati faced eighty six thousand dollars in loans after Georgetown, illustrating a broader trend of rising borrowing. The Education Resources Institute reports borrowing growth outpacing college cost increases by three to one, with total student debt reaching twenty four billion nationally and many graduates owing amounts around fifty thousand. The group urges expanded Pell Grants and cautious PLUS lending while stressing transparent loan terms for borrowers.
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Georgetown University
Philadelphia
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Penn student turns $2400 into $300000 trading futures
UP senior Andy Nissenbaum, finance student at Wharton, turned a $2,400 cash advance into about $300,000 by trading futures and options after taking Finance 101 and Finance 890. He studied the January Effect, began December trades, and finished the summer with independent finances and plans for The Amethyst Fund hedge venture.
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Penn
Ivania University of Pennsylvan
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Financial Times
Nissenbaum
Wharton Business School
Milwaukee
Wharton
Jeremy Siegel
Siegel
Bill Greenspan
Amethyst Fund
Diverse Curriculum Lecture Explores Slavery Holocaust Ethnicity
A Goose Creek school District and Lee College joint program brought author Dorothy Redford Holocaust Museum Houston rep Beth Rosenthal and dance historian Rosa Guerrero to the John B. Tucker Lecture Hall on Oct. 9. Teachers learned how to address slavery the Holocaust and ethnic diversity in class.
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Goose Creek
Lee College
Holocaust Museum- Houston
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LC Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dorothy Redford
Somerset
Somerset Place
Redford
National Historic Site
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Holocaust Museum-Houston
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Eyes of Texas
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el Paso
Univeristy of Texas At
Texas Women’s Hall of Fame
Walter Prescott Webb
Student Falls Reported Across Campus Buildings
A student slipped on wet shoes in the Tech Vac building injuring arm and shoulder and refused ambulance. Another student slipped in the cosmetology building injuring knee after spraying sanitation. A 19 year old sophomore cracked two bones in left hand after falling outside Tech Voc 1 at 3 30 PM while taking a break.
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