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Trade school enrollments boom as high school grads shun costly four-year degrees
Blue Ridge Technical Center in Front Royal, Virginia, is one of the many high school, community college and trade group vocational-technical programs that have reported enrollment growth since the pandemic.
St. Pete after-school program inspires curiosity and love of learning in its students
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Inspire curiosity and love learning – those are the concepts behind an after-school class for kids in St. Petersburg. But, what makes this program unique is the family who started it. It's a classroom that seems more like a game show than a STEM class...
USF St. Petersburg’s newest mental health helper is a very good boy
ST. PETERSBURG — Jenny Gelin, an incoming first-year student at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, sat in the front row of student orientation. A graduate from Tampa’s Wharton High School, Gelin has never lived in a dorm and is nervous about meeting new people. As the...
Music School founder Vicky Fulop finds new challenges
From its inception in 1995 until the pandemic closed its Clearwater campus 25 years later, the Players School of Music was the hurricane-eye of jazz instruction in the bay area. The best local players taught there, and many more from the international ranks dropped in to conduct master classes. Students...
Returning to Japan: SPIFFS foreign exchange program restarts after four-year hiatus
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg foreign exchange student program with Japan is starting back up after a four-year hiatus. Paused because of the pandemic, the St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society (SPIFFS) is thrilled to send students across the globe once again. Madison Schmitz is one of...
Waterfront gem, Eckerd College, named in Money’s “Best Colleges 2024” list
Eckerd College has been recognized as one of the best colleges in America in a new ranking by Money. The analysis by Money highlights the top 745 colleges in the country based on a comprehensive evaluation of graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, alumni salaries, and other factors. Eckerd...
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