ARKANSAS CITY, Kan., April 12 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: Having traveled the globe sharing its joy of faith through its music, the Harlem Gospel Choir was in Arkansas City on Friday to provide inspiration to those in attendance. "The Harlem Gospel Choir concert was a great experience," Shannon Massey, executive director of alumni and development said. "I loved how they engaged the crowd and even had audience members on stage with them, singing and dancing. It was   more

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., April 12 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news release: Members of the Mount Holyoke community, past and present, gathered in Chapin Auditorium on the evening of April 7 to celebrate the second annual Hortense Parker Day, honoring the first known African American student to graduate from Mount Holyoke College, in 1883. Rochelle Calhoun '83 (right), who held many positions in her 23 years at Mount Holyoke including, most recently, executive director of the   more

COLUMBIA, S.C., April 12 -- The South Carolina State Library issued the following news release: It's National Library Week! To celebrate libraries and the ways they help communities thrive, ProQuest is offering free and open access to several popular resources. Access is available from Monday, April 12 through Sunday, April 18. DISCUS already provides access to CultureGrams, SIRS Issues Researcher and SIRS Discoverer. However, this is an opportunity to explore (and use) eLibrary, ProQuest(  more

DENVER, April 12 -- The Colorado Department of Education issued the following news release: Monday, April 12 Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones will join the Colorado Legacy Foundation board meeting via phone. Time: 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 14 Commissioner Jones will attend the Colorado State Board of Education meeting. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Colorado Department of Education, 201 E. Colfax Ave., State Board Room, Denver The commissioner will attend the Ros  more

BATON ROUGE, La., April 12 -- Southern University and A&M College issued the following news release: Southern University's School of Nursing, recently named "Nursing School of Year" in Louisiana, will host the 10th annual Health Disparities Research Symposium, " Celebrating a Decade of Collaborative Research for Advancing Nursing Science and Reducing Health Disparities," Friday, April 23. The symposium will be held in the auditorium of the J.K. Haynes School of Nursing Building from 8:30 a  more

CORVALLIS, Ore., April 12 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: Oregon State University will host a symposium this Friday, April 16, that will examine the roles "cultural memory" plays in society, how interpretations of events may differ among groups, and conflicts between individual and collective memories. The symposium, which is part of OSU's Holocaust Memorial Week, is free and open to the public. Titled "Cultural memory and the Representation of Genocide as a   more