News in Carolina, Rhode Island
Jobless hunt in an employer's market (The Fayetteville Observer)
Maurice Ri chard recently dropped off an application for a janitorial job at an elementary school. He didn't ask if many others had applied. After more than a year of fruitless job searching, he figured he knew the answer - yes, lots.Job search puts resolve to the test (The Fayetteville Observer) Usually, he never hears back. Not a we've-received-and-are-reviewing-your-application. Not a thanks-but-no-thanks.
Hannah Passafuime Receives All-Ivy Basketball Honors (Brown University Athletics) Providence, RI- Brown University sophomore guard Hannah Passafuime (Soquel, CA) was named Honorable Mention All-Ivy after a vote of the eight Ancient Eight head basketball coaches.
Former URI dean, Robert Lepper Jr., dies at age 95 (The Providence Journal) In 1948, he became a botany instructor at URI, where he taught until his retirement in 1978
200 Teachers Selected to Attend the National Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) IRVING, Texas----The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy today selected 200 elementary school teachers from across the country to learn innovative new math and science teaching skills at three academies to be held this summer.
Mass, RI finalists in "Race to the Top" (FOX Providence) The U.S. Department of Education has named 16 finalists in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.
Craig Weller Dealt In Five-Player Trade With Florida (OurSports Central) Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins, in their 18th year in the American Hockey League, announced that the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins have acquired defenseman Dennis Seidenberg and Matt Bartkowski from the Florida Panthers in exchange for forwards Byron Bitz and Craig Weller and a second round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
R.I. eyes new Web site for firms’ filings (Providence Business News) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island requires entrepreneurs to fill out 15 forms to start a landscape architecture business, 11 to become a yoga instructor and 10 to start as an alcohol importer.
ARTISTS TO PAINT NON STOP DURING THE HOME SHOW AT THE RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER (Providence Business News) (East Providence, Rhode Island) The Home Show at the Rhode Island Convention Center will host an “Art-A-Thon for Haiti”, Thursday March 11th through the Sunday March 14th.
Summer Training Listings (Backstage.com) CALIFORNIA La Jolla Playhouse P.O. Box 12039 La Jolla, CA 92039 (858) 550-1070, fax (858) 550-1075 information@ljp.org www.lajollaplayhouse.org Christopher Ashley, artistic director Equity LORT B contract Non-Equity Casting: Casts productions in-house and through independent casting directors by invitation only.