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Getting to Know ... Todd Compton (The Times of Northwest Indiana) About Todd: Highland resident. Graduate of Munster High School class of 1997. Bachelor's degree in marketing from Butler University. Account executive at Chicago Office Technology Group. Volunteer varsity football coach at Lake Central High School. Member of St. Michael Church in Schererville. UIC College of Nursing Now Accepting Applications for Graduate Programs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) For those looking to go beyond a bachelor's degree in nursing studies, the University of Illinois College of Nursing offers a variety of advanced practice nursing degrees to fit any schedule. Executive Items (The Post and Courier) Kelly West and Chad Vail have joined VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions as business intermediaries. West has degrees from the University of Virginia and the George Mason University School of Law. She previously was co-owner of a waste hauling business. Vail has a bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston. Previously, he owned several local businesses and developed three locations ... People in Business: A who's who in business for Dec. 28 and Jan. 4 (The Bakersfield Californian) We're catching up with some People in Business announcements following the holidays. Here are the latest: MIKE RUDER has been promoted to become director of traffic at Calcot Ltd., a Bakersfield-based cotton marketing cooperative. A 26-year employee of Calcot, Ruder replaces Allen Leong, who has retired. In his new position, Ruder is to be responsible for all overseas and domestic cotton ... Study Shows Need for Standardizing Nursing Home Social Workers' Credentials (Newswise) Social workers play a vital role in improving the quality of nursing home residents' lives. But qualifications of nursing home social workers vary wildly in part because of low federal standards and inconsistent state laws, the first national study on nursing home social workers reveals. Only half of nursing home social workers have a degree in social work, and 20 percent do not have a four-year ... Brickfish® Appoints Social Media Expert Becky Carroll as Director of Social Media (Centre Daily Times) Brickfish®, the social media advertising network, today announced the addition of Becky Carroll as Director of Social Media. Carroll will lead all aspects of social media marketing, including audience engagement and loyalty initiatives, social media outreach, and thought leadership. Business portfolio (The Vicksburg Post) Ryan Lee has been promoted to assistant vice president at Trustmark National Bank in Vicksburg. Lee, a native of Vicksburg, has served as a commercial relationship manager and has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. People & Places (Norwalk Advocate) * InstallFree Inc. of Stamford, a provider of desktop computing services, has named Rashied Akrum and Carina Rozendaal as vice president and senior director of sales and marketing, respectively. They will help the firm develop a presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. What the commentators say about media today ... (Guardian Unlimited) In association with media analysis firm Editorial Intelligence IRAQ EXIT: The Guardian argues that Britain's managed withdrawal from Iraq is a much more fragile thing than the government chooses to admit. The collapse of a deal to give legal status to the British military presence after December 31 could throw it off course. Britain's military presence in Iraq is ending in unhappy ... Real Estate Council of Dallas names chairwoman (Dallas Morning News) Both Michele Wheeler and The Real Estate Council of Dallas reached a milestone this year: She is the group's first chairwoman in its 19-year history. A 22-year commercial real estate veteran, Wheeler is chief financial officer for Dallas developer Jackson-Shaw.
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