ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 12 -- Valencia Community College issued the following news release: Thanks to a new greenhouse on the East Campus,students enrolled in science courses including Biology I & II, Neotropical Biology, Ethnobotany, Environmental Science and Biological Science are now able to view physical examples of the plants they learn about in the classroom. Not only has this allowed for students to learn visually but in some cases by touch, smell and even taste. The 30' x 48' x 15' gre  more

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Children played in the nearby grass as the sun beamed down on the crowd of family and friends waiting eagerly outside the French Creek Recreation Center aboard Camp Lejeune for their Marine or sailor to return. As the crowd's suspense grew, the Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, prepared to board buses at the docks   more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 13 -- The African Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: The Rothschild's giraffe is the latest charismatic African mammal to be declared "Endangered" by IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), adding to the growing number of species under threat of extinction. A recent analysis by Fennessy and Brenneman 2010 indicates that the Rothschild's populations are in peril and the IUCN Red List supports this (http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps  more

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 -- The University of San Francisco issued the following news release: A $5 cell phone text donation to Keep a Child Alive (http://keepachildalive.org/) by University of San Francisco sophomore Kristen Dyer won her a two-week trip to South Africa with best-selling R&B artist Alicia Keys in June. The trip wasn't a stop on Keys' The Element of Freedom tour, however. It was a chance for Dyer and four other supporters of KCA - a nonprofit dedicated to providing anti-retro  more

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Cedarville University issued the following news release: This summer, Cedarville University has sent out eleven short-term missions teams and at least eight individuals to work with people around the globe. Teams have traveled to South Africa, Swaziland, Togo, China, the Philippines, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Kosovo, Indonesia and Costa Rica. Teams begin their trips through Cedarville's Missions Involvement Services (http://www.cedarville.edu/Christian-Ministr  more