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Student center(ed): Is the student union the key to retention?

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College educators across Southern California share a common struggle: How to keep their students on campus throughout the day despite scattered class schedules and competing off-campus activities. And the majority of their students—dependent upon motorized transportation—travel a significant distance to attend classes.

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Mental Health In Construction: The Ugly Truth

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People in occupations that don’t require any education after high school are at a higher risk of suicide. Offices were shut and more job sites are reopening up, this means the travel to get to most sites has increased as well as the pace of work and time to completion has gotten shorter. Get educated! Mates in Mind.

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Grant Kueper, from black cat to construction management

The Korte Company

You probably hear some of these construction stories of I’m a third generation union carpenter. Thats when his true education began. While project engineers usually work in the office, Grant traveled to jobsites as much as possible, still eager to get his hands dirty when he could. ’ I want to be that person.”

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent); Education & Health Services (2.4 For years, the name Florida has been firmly associated with travel and tourism, and the state has enjoyed one of the world’s best known leisure brands. Navy Federal Credit Union. “Sectors expected to have the strongest average growth during 2013-2016 are Construction (6.1

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

He helped with sales brochures, file retrieval and intra-company mail while taking general education classes at South Western Illinois College. So he marched down to the carpenters’ union hall and applied as an apprentice, ready to learn a trade and return to his construction roots. None of it held Tom’s interest.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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3 Rivers Connect is a nonprofit agency that helps individuals, educators and community leaders use information and technology to make the best possible decisions about the allocation of resources and delivery of services. Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. Maximizing resources also is a critical key to success.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Over 80,000 vehicles travel through this intersection every day, making Waxahachie an ideal location for a variety of business and industry. High School, many active youth programs and two college campuses with a combined enrollment of over 3,000 and you will quickly see why making lots of room for education is very important to Waxahachie.

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