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Nigerian student follows uncle's footsteps to PSU (The Morning Sun) Unlike many international students at Pittsburg State, Jennifer Muoghalu did not come to America all alone. Rather, she followed her own family's footsteps to the school and the college in which she studies. People in Business (The Tennessean) Robin Graves is Volunteer State Community College's director of off-campus sites. She was program coordinator for the Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry residency program. TESOL Training Courses announced By Eton Institute in partnership with London Teacher Training College (AME Info) Eton Institute in partnership with London Teacher Training College is offering TESOL training courses that will open up international opportunities for TEFL teachers in Dubai. We are more like a finance school rather than a business school (Express India) After spending almost two decades with leading firms in the financial services sector in the US, Europe and India, Anish Wig decided to take a turn towards the education sector and became associated with International College of Financial Planning which was established in 2002 where Wig is currently director & CEO of the institute. Education Briefs (The Morning News) Local Student Earns Degree Mary E. Green, a resident of Prairie Grove, has earned an Associate in Science in Nursing degree from Excelsior College. Greektown Casino Announces Hiring of New Management Consultants (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) A Las Vegas-based consulting firm led by casino industry veterans who have worked with more than 200 gaming properties across the world has been retained to provide comprehensive operations and marketing consulting at Greektown Casino, pending necessary approvals. Qatar educating Middle East healthcare profession (AME Info) A consortium of top healthcare professionals dedicated to excellence in education, provision of quality patient care and research, will be participating in the purpose built Qatar pavilion at the Arab Health exhibition later this month (26 - 29 January 2009, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre). Florida Enters BCS Title Game With Top-Paid Athletic Director (Bloomberg) Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- When Jeremy Foley was hired as athletic director in 1992, the University of Florida was emerging from National Collegiate Athletic Association probation, playing in an outdated stadium and seeking its first national title in football or men's basketball. 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 ... Borders counts on new CEO (Detroit News) After double-digit declines in holiday sales, two years of heavy annual losses and an unsuccessful attempt to sell itself, Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. appointed a new CEO Monday in an attempt to turn around the country's second-largest bookseller.
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