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Twenty of America's Brightest Young Minds to be Recognized for Their Positive Contributions to Society during an Award Ceremony at The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Students Will Meet with Members of Congress and Receive National Awards
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I am appalled that more has not been done by the federal government to help the millions of people still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
As a member of Law Students for Government Accountability, a national organization dedicated to working with Congress to prevent another disaster like Katrina, I have been to New Orleans twice in the past year to help rebuild.
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In five years, at least a dozen Clark County schoolchildren have been the victims or alleged victims of sexual misconduct at the hands of their teachers and coaches.
According to a national report delivered to Congress last week, those students likely reflect only a fraction of those who become victims.
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... exception to exempt from taxation students who work for their schools "as an incident to and ... governing this Court’s analysis in National Muffler Dealers Assn., Inc. v. United States, 440 ... framework, the Court first askswhether Congress has "directly addressed the precise question at is...
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Students from across the country have come to the District this week to rally support in Congress for legislation to create a national Public Service Academy that would offer college-bound students free education in exchange for five years of public service.
Bills in the House and Senate call for a school modeled after the four U.S. military academies.
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CHINO - When President Bush is sworn in for his second term of office on Jan. 20, a contingent of local high school students will be there to cheer him on.
Andria Padilla, president of Don Lugo High School's student government and an unabashed Bush fan, is looking forward to the trip. Once there, she and others will tour the National Archives, Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress, among other sites, and attend a students' ball in addition to witnessing the inauguration.
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Troy students part of Congress simulation
TROY -- Troy High School students participated in the 2011 Junior State of America Winter Congress convention held in Washington during President's Day weekend. The students met with Sen. Sherrod Brown at his reception for Ohio constituents at the Capitol building. During the weekend, the students also heard from guest speakers Rosa Gumataotao Rios, U.S. treasurer; a tea party scholar; and a Chinese national who was a political prisoner in China, currently leading an international human rights group.
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As a professor, researcher and speaker, Dr. Donna J. Nelson has mentored numerous women and minority students and taught many of our state physicians, dentists, pharmacists and veterinarians.
Nelson considers her most significant personal achievement to be completing and disseminating national surveys showing the under- representation of women and minorities among science and engineering faculty at research universities. The surveys conducted by Nelson and her students at the University of Oklahoma have been used by the U.S. Congress, National Women's Law Center, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and many societies, universities and companies, which are working to stop the decline in U.S. citizens entering and persisting in science. These surveys have led to her...
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As a professor, researcher and speaker, Dr. Donna J. Nelson has mentored numerous women and minority students and taught many of our state physicians, dentists, pharmacists and veterinarians.
Nelson considers her most significant personal achievement to be completing and disseminating national surveys showing the under- representation of women and minorities among science and engineering faculty at research universities. The surveys conducted by Nelson and her students at the University of Oklahoma have been used by the U.S. Congress, National Women's Law Center, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and many societies, universities and companies, which are working to stop the decline in U.S. citizens entering and persisting in science.
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