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1. ‘Jersey Couture’ reality show’s Diane and Co. sticks to no refund policy despite tragic death
(Life/Style)

... car accident coming home from a baseball team dinner on May 13, shortly before graduation, MyFoxNY.com reported. Now Diane and Co. refuses to refund the $1,200 dress and would only give Genovese store ...

2. Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno says booing at William Patterson graduation was polite protest
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno had worse luck than Governor Christie when she delivered the commencement address at William Paterson University. Speaking at the Izod Center ...

3. Gov. Christie, 'The Disruptor,' booed at another college commencement
(N.J./State)

... of Christie as graduation speaker at the university considering his battle with the teachers union and his budget cuts to state education. According to South Orange Patch, Christie said, “I see a disruptor ...

4. Innovative educator Cami Anderson shares Christie’s vision for Newark public school system
(N.J./State)

... to New York’s rising graduation rates and declining drop-out rates of the past five years. Previously, Anderson served as director of Teach For America. She founded a board of business and education ...

5. UMDNJ and Grenada medical school move to head off physician shortage projected for N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... approximately 350 third- and fourth-year students are enrolled in clinical training rotations. Following graduation, students generally move into hospital residency programs to begin their careers as physicians, ...

6. N.J.'s 31 lowest-performing schools eligible for $11 million in federal aid
(N.J./State)

... aid was made available by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is designed to provide funds to persistently low-achieving schools based on measurements such as poor scores on assessments and graduation ...

7. Snooki getting paid to go to college
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and Peggy McGlone, it marks the first time Rutgers has paid for a graduation speaker. Officials say they will pay this year to animate its commencement, scheduled for the first time since the 1960s at ...

8. N.J. high school seniors struggle with alternative graduation test
(N.J./State)

... Learners who rely on the alternative assessment to meet state graduation standards. Guenther said, "About students who speak a foreign language: The ELC (Education Law Center) has this exactly backwards. ...

9. Rutgers will pay Toni Morrison $30K for commencement speech
(N.J./State)

... themselves, Gatto noted. Patterson generously donated two “namings” which were auctioned for $1,500 each. Past graduation speakers included actress Celeste Holm and author Mary Higgins Clark, Gatto ...

10. Dr. Seuss’s 107th birthday celebrated nationally
(Life/Style)

... wrote before he passed away in 1991, Oh, the Places You'll Go, sells 300,000 copies every year, due to its popularity as a graduation gift.  ...

11. Eric LeGrand story was hard for ESPN producer
(Sports/Professional)

... City was great for internships and pursuing media jobs after graduation,” said Kozak. “In addition to its location, the university was great for me because it helped me gain a bigger perspective of life. ...

12. Is President Obama stealing from Gov. Christie?
(U.S./Nation)

...  Actually, Newt Gingrich stole "Winning the Future" from Walt Whitman High School's Class of 1979. That was our graduation theme, and it was on all the posters. The stealing thing gets worse. On closer ...

13. supervision
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... CRNAs have completed over 1,000 cases of all types before graduation, also have been observed by all manner of providers CRNA and MD, before graduating. ONLINE CRNA? are you serious doctor? where, doctor, ...

14. You missed an important data point
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... biology and chemistry 148; and those with only biology 133. http://nationsreportcard.gov/science_2009/science_2009_report/ These are NJ's current graduation requirements: Science -- 15 credits ...

15. Gov. Christie announces Paterson education effort based on Harlem Children's Zone
(N.J./State)

... effective schools and community programs, with the final result of graduation from college. The U.S. Department of Education's "Promise Neighborhoods" initiative is premised upon the Harlem Children's ...

16. Ridiculous
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... CRNAs are supervised until the doctors have spent years continuing to teach the CRNAs after graduation. Mindy W, RN ...

17. Gov. Christie brings teacher tenure into focus with Michelle Rhee at State of the State Address
(N.J./State)

... still exists between wealthy and poor districts despite massive amounts of money being poured into poor districts in an attempt to raise test scores and graduation rates. He said he'll call for more charter ...

18. New Jersey’s low-income students lag behind in language and math tests
(N.J./State)

... in the 7th and 8th grades. The results also indicated there was no gender gap in the areas of math and science. State graduation examination results are essentially flat - with little change over the ...

19. Retired N.J. Superior Court Judge Herman Michels dead at 83
(N.J./State)

... served in the Navy from 1945-46. He then graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1950 and from Rutgers Law School in 1953. After graduation, he served as law clerk to Essex County Assignment Judge G. Dixon ...

20. Heavenly designs with Angel Rivera Bridal Couture
(Life/Style)

... I attended Youngstown State University in Ohio and received a bachelor's degree in Fashion Studies and Speech Communications. After graduation, I left Ohio in search of a career in fashion. Since then, ...