University of Maryland LLM admissions 2009

The Maryland LL.M. Program is a centerpiece of Maryland Law's commitment to promoting justice not only across the United States, but also around the world.

Building on the law school's nationally recognized specialty programs, the LL.M. provides advanced legal education for lawyers and law students seeking to develop expertise in a specific area of study. It is an academically rigorous program designed for individuals from the U.S. and abroad who are eager to engage in scholarly explorations of pressing legal issues.

The program’s intended students include:

American lawyers with a J.D. degree who want to further develop an expertise in one of the nationally ranked areas of strength at the School of Law;
foreign lawyers who want to enhance their international legal training by developing an expertise in U.S. law;
foreign graduate students in law who want add a depth of expertise in American law to their range of studies.
The Maryland LL.M. is distinguished by:

Specialization
The School of Law's specialty programs attract top faculty and students from across the country, providing opportunities for in-depth scholarship and teaching. LL.M. students are required to specialize in an area of established expertise at the School of Law, ensuring they will develop expertise in their field of choice, including:

Business Law
Clinical Law
Constitutional Law
Environmental Law
Health Law
International & Comparative Law

Applicants to the LL.M. program must hold a J.D. degree, or the equivalent from a law school that, if in the United States, is accredited by the American Bar Association, or, if outside the U.S., has comparable standing.

The deadline for application for the inaugural academic year is May 1, 2009

For more info and online application visit-: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/

Indiana University's Online Degrees

The School of Continuing Studies was established in 1975 and is one of the largest distance education providers in the United States.

Upholding Indiana University's commitment to teaching, research, and service, the School of Continuing Studies provides the best in lifelong learning to individuals and organizations in Indiana and beyond, as well as to the university community, using technology to increase access to educational resources, enhance teaching and learning, and provide services.

Programs
The school offers
two undergraduate degrees in general studies (both available online)
one graduate degree in adult education (available online with one required on-campus weekend)
more than 195 university courses and more than 100 high school courses, many of them online
a high school diploma
professional development and custom training opportunities
Students can complete the SCS degrees, courses, and diploma entirely at home.

Indiana University
School of Continuing Studies
790 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7101
Phone: 800-334-1011 or 812-855-2292 (24 hours a day, seven days a week)
Fax — Learner Services: 812-855-8680
Fax — Dean's Office: 812-855-8997
E-mail: scs@indiana.edu
http://scs.indiana.edu

Academic Earth world-class education Online

Academic Earth is an organization dedicated to making world-class education available to everyone in the world. Their initial efforts involve making available videos of courses from the materials that major universities have already made available through programs such as MIT Open Courseware and Open Yale Courses. The nice thing is that it seems to act as a central location for viewing all of these materials, rather than having to jump between the websites maintained by different universities.

What they say -:
Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.

As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning.

We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment that in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.

We invite those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for everyone.

video lectures available for following subjects-:
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Economics
Engineering
English
Entrepreneurship
History
Law
Mathematics
Medicine
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
And more subjects

Visit for more info-: http://academicearth.org/

The University of Alberta Info 2009

The University of Alberta’s vision since its inception 100 years ago has been to be one of the world’s great universities for the public good, an institution for the “uplifting of the whole people” in the words of our first president, Henry Marshall Tory. Today that vision endures and is built upon a foundation of institutional values, vision, mission, and cornerstones. In Dare to Discover President Indira Samarasekera outlines our blueprint for greatness as we enter our second century.

Mission
Within a vibrant and supportive learning environment, the University of Alberta discovers, disseminates, and applies new knowledge through teaching and learning, research and creative activity, community involvement, and partnerships. The University of Alberta gives a national and international voice to innovation in our province, taking a lead role in placing Canada at the global forefront.

Vision
To inspire the human spirit through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery, and citizenship in a creative community, building one of the world’s great universities for the public good.

Administration
President and Vice-Chancellor Indira V. Samarasekera

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Carl Amrhein

Vice-President (Research) Lorne Babiuk

Vice-President (Finance & Administration) Phyllis Clark

Vice-President (External Relations) Sandra Conn

Vice-President (Facilities & Operations) Don Hickey

Governance

The University of Alberta is a board-governed public institution whose board members include representatives of the staff, faculty, and students, including representatives of the Students’ Union and the Graduate Students’ Association.

Faculties and Departments in University of Alberta’s


Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science
Human Ecology
Renewable Resources
Rural Economy
Arts
Anthropology
Art and Design
Drama
East Asian Studies
Economics
English and Film Studies
History and Classics
Interdisciplinary Studies
Linguistics
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Women's Studies
Augustana
Fine Arts
Humanities
Science
Social Sciences
Business, School of
Accounting and Management Information Systems
Finance and Management Science
Marketing, Business Economics, and Law
Strategic Management and Organization
Campus Saint-Jean
Education
Educational Policy Studies
Educational Psychology
Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Engineering
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
Extension
Graduate Studies and Research
Law
Library and Information Studies, School of
Medicine and Dentistry
Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Biochemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Cell Biology
Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Medical Genetics
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry
Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
Surgery
Native Studies
Nursing
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Physical Education and Recreation
Public Health, School of
Centre for Health Promotion Studies
Public Health Sciences
Rehabilitation Medicine
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Science
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Computing Science
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
St. Joseph's College
St. Stephen's College

For more info contact-:
http://www.ualberta.ca/

MBA Program in Commercial Fitness to Launch Soon

American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts is set to launch the world's first Executive MBA program in Commercial Fitness in May.
Courses will be taught by the AIC graduate faculty and commercial fitness industry experts from around the country, according to Marc Onigman of Stone Hearth Fitness who is consulting with AIC on the project.
"The faculty at AIC is very excited about this new program," says Onigman, who has met with industry leaders at the SIBEC, Club Industry, and Athletic Business conferences to introduce the program to the industry.

The initial class size will be small - 20 or under - says Onigman, and all students will attend all of the classes together.
The program is designed for middle- to senior-level managers from all segments of the commercial fitness industry.
Application forms, the curriculum, and more information can be found at www.aic.edu/fitmba. For more information, contact Dr. Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall at AIC at (413) 205-3238 with any questions.

Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) 2009

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-driven fellowship programmes designed to foster capacity building within organizations in 57 developing countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.

50% of the available fellowships should be awarded to fellowships for female candidates, and 50% of the available budget should be spent on candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from this, priority is given to candidates from deprived groups and/or from marginalized regions.

The NFP are funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development co-operation.

Employer support

The need for education and training must be linked to the institutional development of the organization the applicants are working for. This means that applicants must be nominated by their employers. In fact, applications without the support of an employer will not be considered.

NFP sub-programmes

* Fellowships for master’s degree programmes
* Fellowships for PhD studies
* Fellowships for short courses

NFP master’s, NFP short courses and NFP PhD studies award fellowships to individuals. NFP also finances refresher courses for NFP alumni who would like to prolong the effect of earlier learning and update their knowledge and skills.

To gain admission to a course or programme, an applicant has to contact the relevant institute. Choose one appropriate, relevant course of which you meet all the requirements. An admission letter from the institute or university is a requirement before you can apply for NFP. It should be understood that the admission letter does not guarantee a positive selection result since candidates from 57 countries will be competing for the scholarship.

WHO MAY APPLY
Qualified citizens from 57 countries including the Philippines.


REQUIREMENTS

1. Two sets of NFP applications with colored passport size photo.
2. Employer’s statement (see page 5 of the NFP application)
3. Personal Data Form (see attached)
4. Copy of valid passport. Do not attach copies of visas and other pages.
5. Copy of birth certificate (in the absence of passport)
6. Copies of Diploma and school transcript of records. Do not include training certificates.
7. Additional document for Diploma/ Master/ PhD applicants: Original legalised birth certificate.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Short courses: 1 March 2009 and 1 July 2009
Master’s: 1 March 2009
PhD: 1 June 2009 and 1 October 2009

Each programme has different deadlines therefore it is important that you submit your application form earlier than these announced deadlines.

CONTACT INFORMATION
The NFP application form can be downloaded from the Nuffic website www.nuffic.nl