BERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich., Aug. 11 -- Andrews University issued the following news release: The summer of 2010 marked the graduation of the first Doctor of Ministry students who received a degree from Andrews University's Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, yet completed all of their studies while still in Africa. Not only was this a historical first for Andrews University, it is also a first for the Adventist Church on the African continent. It started in the summer of 2006 when the   more

OSWEGO, N.Y., Aug. 12 -- The State University of New York at Oswego issued the following news release: The kinetic energy of Step Afrika will come to SUNY Oswego on Monday, Aug. 30, in a free performance for the campus and community. Partnering sponsors Artswego, the Student Association Programming Board, the Office of Orientation and the Office of International Education and Programs have extended an open invitation to the unticketed 8:30 p.m. performance in the Campus Center arena. "T  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 12 -- The Indiana Supreme Court issued the following news release: Judge Thomas G. Fisher, Indiana's first Tax Court Judge will step down from the bench on January 1, 2011. Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, upon learning of Judge Fisher's decision said, Those who worked to create the Indiana Tax Court in 1986 hoped that our state would benefit from thoughtful and predictable application of the tax laws. The energy and superb craftsmanship of Judge Thomas Fisher have m  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: The Peace Corps is proud to celebrate International Youth Day and recognize the work Peace Corps volunteers are doing to educate and engage youth in 77 host countries. In keeping with this year's theme of ensuring "Dialogue and Mutual Understanding," they are strengthening the next generation of leaders in communities worldwide. Over 40 percent of Peace Corps volunteers are currently working in the youth development   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 -- Amnesty International issued the following news release: Amnesty International criticized the TV "confession" of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears to implicate herself in the murder of her husband. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday 11th August, on the '20:30' program by Seda va Sima, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Televised "confessions" have repeatedly been used b  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 12 -- Iowa Center for the Arts issued the following news release: Three new volumes of literary scholarship -- including an essay anthology for poetry teachers, a significant contribution to Mark Twain studies and a study of the relationship between land and culture in Great Plains literature -- are now available from the University of Iowa Press. In response to a lack of source works for wide-ranging approaches to teaching poetry, award-winning poet Joshua Marie Wilk  more

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 12 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The University of New Orleans has received a $60,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to hold an academic workshop next year on biological diversity in central Africa. The workshop will provide a forum for scientists studying the evolution and conservation of biological diversity in the central African rainforests. Held at the National Science University of Gabon in 2011, the workshop will b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The White House's Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the country-specific in-quota allocations under the tariff-rate quotas on imported raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar and sugar-containing products for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 (Oct. 1, 2010 through Sept. 30, 2011). Tariff-rate quotas allow countries to export specified quantities of a product to t  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 12 -- The United Nations Environmental Programme issued the following news release: It was a simple game of building blocks that inspired Coco Tin Chi Ting's world-beating painting. Today, on the United Nations International Youth Day, the 14-year-old from Hong Kong, China, was announced the global winner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 19th International Children's Painting Competition, beating off stiff competition from hundreds of thousands of other   more