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- Written by: Missouri State University
Wylie was among 2,631 students who received degrees.
A total of 2,005 bachelor's degrees, 531 master's degrees, 91 doctorate degrees and four specialist degrees were conferred.
Beyond the standard expectations, the university recognized 112 students for their work with a more rigorous curriculum in Missouri State's Honors College.
Scholastic honors were also given to:
– 140 students who graduated summa cum laude (with grade point averages of 3.9-4.0 on a 4.0 scale);
– 175 students who graduated magna cum laude (with GPAs of 3.75-3.89);
– 156 students who graduated cum laude (with GPAs of 3.5-3.74).
Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons while guided by three overarching and enduring commitments to student learning, inclusive excellence and institutional impact.
The university's identity is distinguished by its statewide mission in public affairs, which entails a campus-wide commitment to foster competence and responsibility in ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement.
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- Written by: California Attorney General's Office
“In the coming weeks, thousands of defrauded Corinthian students will receive a letter in the mail informing them that their loans have been fully forgiven. We hope this delivers some measure of closure and peace of mind,” said Attorney General Becerra. “While this settlement is an important step forward, there’s still a long way to go. It’s now time for U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to follow through on her end with the federal relief owed to defrauded Corinthian students on their federal student loans. At the California Department of Justice, we will continue to hold accountable those who would prey on America’s college students, their parents and their American Dreams.”
As a result of this settlement, former Corinthian students from throughout California will soon receive relief from their student loans. By designated market area (DMA):
In the Eureka DMA, 11 former students will receive relief.
In the Chico-Redding DMA, 100 former students will receive relief.
In the San Francisco DMA, 7,368 former students will receive relief.
In the Monterey-Salinas DMA, 465 former students will receive relief.
In the Santa Barbara DMA, 168 former students will receive relief.
In the Medford, OR DMA, 17 former students will receive relief.
In the Reno, NV DMA, 16 former students will receive relief.
In the Sacramento DMA, 3,995 former students will receive relief.
In the Fresno DMA, 1,091 former students will receive relief.
In the Los Angeles DMA, 23,473 former students will receive relief.
In the San Diego DMA, 192 former students will receive relief.
In the Yuma, AZ-El Centro DMA, 36 former students will receive relief.
In the Palm Springs DMA, 106 former students will receive relief.
Due to the settlement, Balboa will:
– Immediately halt all debt collections and forgive 100 percent of the remaining balances on each of the 34,971 private student loans that it currently holds, totaling $67 million in debt relief;
– Refund all payments made by Californians since Aug. 1, 2017, totaling more than $500,000;
Refund additional payments made prior to Aug. 1, 2017, by Californians who received problematic debt-collection notices, totaling approximately $84,000;
– Be prohibited from engaging in future debt-collection misconduct; and
– Delete all negative credit reporting associated with these loans for students in California and around the country.
The California Attorney General’s Office opened a formal investigation into Balboa in 2017, after learning that the company may have engaged in debt-collection misconduct with respect to some of its Corinthian loans. That investigation led to the settlement.
Corinthian is a now-defunct, predatory for-profit school that intentionally targeted low-income, vulnerable individuals through deceptive and false advertising that misrepresented job placement rates and school programs, among other egregious misconduct.
In 2013, the California Attorney General’s Office led the charge against Corinthian, seeking to put an end to abusive practices that left students with large amounts of debt and without the jobs Corinthian had falsely promised its degrees would provide.
The California Attorney General's Office ultimately obtained a $1.1 billion judgment against Corinthian.
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- Written by: Tulane University
Garrison Boyd of Lakeport, Calif., earned a Juris Doctor from the School of Law.
The ceremony's keynote speaker was acclaimed author and professor Jesmyn Ward, a two-time National Book Award winner and 2017 recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant.”
Honorary degrees were awarded to internet pioneer Jim Clark, health care activist Dr. Paul Farmer, former New Orleans Saint and ALS activist Steve Gleason and Grammy Award-winning singer Irma Thomas, who sang one of her biggest hits, “It’s Raining,” with Dr. Michael White’s Original Liberty Jazz Band.
Boyd and fellow class members were honored at the ceremony, which included all the pomp and circumstance of a traditional commencement but with a New Orleans twist, including herald trumpets, and a second-line jazz procession.
In addition to Dr. Michael White’s Original Liberty Jazz Band, Gospel and jazz singer Topsy Chapman performed “Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans.”
Tulane University is one of the nation’s leading educational and research institutions. Founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Tulane has 10 schools and colleges offering degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, the sciences and engineering, and social work.
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- Written by: Lake County News Reports
KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – This year’s recipients of the J. Fletcher and Anne Elliott Educational Scholarship awarded last week at Kelseyville High School are seniors Kevin Sanchez and Jason Gentle.
Sanchez and Gentle both have outstanding academic and athletic high school careers. Both ranked high in their class, and both had exemplary athletic success through their high school years with Sanchez playing football, track and cross country, and Gentle playing four years of baseball, along with wrestling and cross county.
Sanchez is going to Sacramento State, where he will major in chemistry. Gentle is going to the University of California, Davis, where he will major in biology.
“This scholarship will really help reduce time needed to work a job allowing me to study even harder,” said Sanchez.
“This will allow me to cover my whole tuition at UC Davis and take a huge weight off my shoulders,” Gentle said.
This year’s award is $10,000 to each recipient.
This scholarship foundation was originally established by the late Anne Elliott with the help of Rian Sommerfield at Nestegg Investment Consulting and is expected to fund future scholarships for decades to come in memory of her husband J. Fletcher.