PROGRAMS

PROGRAMS
Testing for nurse classwill be held on Dec. 8
LORDSTOWN -- The School of Practical Nursing at the Trumbull County Career & amp; Technical Center will be administering the pre-entrance test for the fall 2005 licensed practical nurse class at 8 a.m. Dec. 8.
The cost is $35. Pre-registration is required.
For more information, call (330) 824-2588 or (330) 847-0503, Ext. 1420.
Summer biology follow-up
ALLIANCE -- Mount Union College will have a meeting designed as a follow-up to the MUC summer biology workshop from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 2 in Bracy Hall.
Dr. Jonathan Scott, professor of biology, will lead the meeting. All biology teachers who would like to learn how to use a thermal cycler for polymerase chain reaction work are encouraged to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Contact Charleen Race at (330) 829-8161 or racech@muc.edu to register.
FUNDING
Slippery Rock gets grant
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Slippery Rock University will use a $125,000 federal grant to continue providing exercise and health education to regional residents with disabilities through its Center on Disability and Health. The grant will keep the center operating throughout the 2005-06 school year.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided the grant working with U.S. Rep. Phil English of Erie, R-3rd. English helped get a $161,000 grant to open the center in August.
The center helps community members with physical and mental disabilities develop healthy lifestyles and reduce health risks associated with obesity, such as heart disease and diabetes.
About 175 people benefit each week, said Robert Arnhold, center director and professor of exercise and rehabilitative sciences.
Leadership scholarship
CANFIELD -- Erin McCullough of Canfield has received one of Chick-fil-A's $1,000 Leadership Scholarships awarded to restaurant employees for excellence in work, education, community and personal development.
McCullough becomes the 13th scholarship employee at the free-standing Chick-fil-A restaurant in Boardman on U.S. Route 224, which is operated by her mother, Gail McCullough.
Erin is studying exercise science and physical therapy at Youngstown State University.
HONORS
Conservative ranking
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Young America's Foundation has recommended Grove City College as one of its Top 10 Conservative Colleges in the country.
This is the first time the foundation has constructed such a list, which seeks to rank the overall experience that colleges offer rather than solely by numbers such as SAT scores and cost. Others on the list are: Hillsdale College, Franciscan University, Indiana Wesleyan University, Thomas Aquinas College, Harding University, College of the Ozarks, Liberty University, Patrick Henry College and Christendom College.
According to the foundation, many conservative students seek alternatives in higher education, but they may not know that many institutions nationwide fit these criteria.