http://www.mail.com/subjects/41986-graduation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/41986-graduation.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079654-mrs-obama-seek-those-with-beliefs.html RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, saying the country would benefit from the conversations. "If you're a Democrat, spend some time talking to a Republican," Mrs. Obama told about 600 education, business and technology graduate... Sun, 12 May 2013 02:29:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079654-mrs-obama-seek-those-with-beliefs.html 2013-05-12T02:29:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063984-obama-dares-graduates-to-reject-cynical-voices.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government and break through relentless cynicism about the nation's future. ... Sun, 05 May 2013 21:19:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063984-obama-dares-graduates-to-reject-cynical-voices.html 2013-05-05T21:19:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029078-munger-largest-gift-u-mich-history.html DETROIT (AP) — A Los Angeles-based investor and philanthropist is giving a $110 million gift of stock to the University of Michigan — the largest donation in its history — for a graduate student residence hall expected to provide a strong selling point as the school competes for top students seeking advanced degrees, university officials announced Thursday. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:08:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029078-munger-largest-gift-u-mich-history.html 2013-04-18T20:08:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015194-coding-boot-camps-promise-to-launch-tech-careers.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San Francisco school that teaches students how to write software in nine weeks. The $11,000 gamble pa... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:12:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015194-coding-boot-camps-promise-to-launch-tech-careers.html 2013-04-13T00:12:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's commencement speaking schedule is taking her to Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee. The White House announced Thursday that Mrs. Obama will address graduates at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond on May 11 and at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., on May 17. She's also speaking to graduating high school seniors at ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:05:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html 2013-04-11T20:05:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994660-expanding-hallowed-ground-west-point-cemetery.html WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The West Point Cemetery has taken in graduates of the Long Gray Line from the age of the cavalry charge to the dawn of drone strikes. Headstones etched with names like Custer and Westmoreland stand near plots with freshly turned earth. And after almost two centuries, the 12-acre cemetery is close to full. The U.S. Military Academy ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:17:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994660-expanding-hallowed-ground-west-point-cemetery.html 2013-04-03T21:17:11Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1962960-graduation-rates-improve-ncaa-tournament-teams.html Overall graduation rates improved among players at schools in this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament, and African-American players in particular did better, according to a study released Monday. The annual report by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) shows African-American players' graduation succ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:50:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1962960-graduation-rates-improve-ncaa-tournament-teams.html 2013-03-18T18:50:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1954246-ohio-woman-106-finally-high-school-diploma.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 106-year-old central Ohio woman who completed classes but didn't graduate in a dispute over a book has received her high school diploma. The News Journal in Mansfield (http://ohne.ws/15OcL2x ) reports the Mount Vernon superintendent presented Reba Williams with the diploma Wednesday at her apartment in Columbus. She even got to wea... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:03:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1954246-ohio-woman-106-finally-high-school-diploma.html 2013-03-14T14:03:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1897882-obama-to-speak-morehouse-college-commencement.html PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is among the historically black institution's alumni. Commencement is scheduled for May 19. Obama typically speaks each spring at a handful of college and... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1897882-obama-to-speak-morehouse-college-commencement.html 2013-02-17T16:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889200-white-house-releases-college-cost-website.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is releasing a website designed to help college-bound students have a better sense of how much their education will cost and how much they can expect to pay in student loans. President Barack Obama promised the tool during Tuesday's State of the Union speech and Education Department officials published the data early Wedn... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:27:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889200-white-house-releases-college-cost-website.html 2013-02-13T16:27:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887182-study-nclb-waiver-weaken-grad-rate-accountability.html Many states granted waivers from the No Child Left Behind law are relaxing or ignoring federal regulations designed to hold schools accountable for the number of students who graduate from high school on time, according to a new study released Tuesday. When No Child Left Behind was signed into law in 2002, states used so many different ways to calculate g... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887182-study-nclb-waiver-weaken-grad-rate-accountability.html 2013-02-12T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1843358-gaza-teens-graduate-hamas-military-school.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 3,000 Palestinian teenagers on Thursday graduated from the ruling Hamas militant group's first high school military training program in the Gaza Strip, displaying mock weapons, crawling commando-style on the ground and taking up fighting positions for thousands of cheering supporters. Hamas officials said the Futuwwa... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1843358-gaza-teens-graduate-hamas-military-school.html 2013-01-24T17:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1836740-study-high-school-grad-rate-highest-76.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the Education Department said in a study released Tuesday. Officials said the steady rise of students completing their education is a reflection of the struggling economy and a greate... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1836740-study-high-school-grad-rate-highest-76.html 2013-01-22T04:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1827446-dartmouth-college-advanced-placement-credit.html CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has concluded the tests aren't as rigorous as its own classes. The Ivy League school currently awards credit in some academic subjects for qualifying scores on Advanced Placement, International Bacc... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1827446-dartmouth-college-advanced-placement-credit.html 2013-01-17T18:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1812574-kimmels-pot-jokes-earn-invite-calif-college.html ARCATA, Calif. (AP) — Humboldt State University in California has invited Jimmy Kimmel to deliver the school's commencement address after he joked about its marijuana research program. The host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" devoted a segment of his late-night show to poking fun at the new academic program, which the university says is probably the first dedicat... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1812574-kimmels-pot-jokes-earn-invite-calif-college.html 2013-01-10T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1803334-class-2012-diploma-dilemma-europe-grads.html PARIS (AP) — Estelle Borrell knew she wanted to work in law since she was a teenager, when she interned at a court in Versailles, France. "The lawyers in their black robes, they were like gods to me," said the 24-year-old Parisian. Borrell studied law at Vienna University, where she dreamed of putting her passion into practice at an international organization. She got a shock when she began wor... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1803334-class-2012-diploma-dilemma-europe-grads.html 2013-01-07T11:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1787322-colleges-help-students-scrub-online-footprints.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. "It wasn't anything too horrible," she said. "I just have a common name. There would be pictures, college partying pictures, that weren't of me, things I wouldn't want associated with me." So before she graduated from Syracuse Unive... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1787322-colleges-help-students-scrub-online-footprints.html 2012-12-31T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1718780-study-pregnant-teens-better-school-support.html MIAMI (AP) — When 15-year-old Kali Gonzalez became pregnant, the honors student considered transferring to an alternative school. She worried teachers would harass her for missing class because of doctor's appointments and morning sickness. A guidance counselor urged Gonzalez not to, saying that could lower her standards. Instead, her counselor set up a m... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1718780-study-pregnant-teens-better-school-support.html 2012-11-22T19:02:00Z