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/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school, some students are experiencing a different scenario: the end of college panic.
Four years of classes and one degree latex.
er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
Gina Littlejohn, the campus
Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Graduates of a Massachusetts high school who received diplomas this month containing spelling errors are getting corrected versions — plus an apology.
Spelling errors wreck high school diplomas
The diplomas handed out to 263 Plymouth North graduates on June 4 had the word "for" spelled "fro" while the word
"and" was spelled "ans." School officials signed all of them without noticing.
School officials will sign them and mail them this week.
Principal Kathleen McSweeney told The Enterprise of Brockton that Jostens, the Minnesota company that printed the diplomas, sent new ones.
Jostens also sent a letter of apology, saying the mistake was human error made as the company transferred artwork to a new computer system.
Housecat steals items from neighbors' homes
SAN MATEO, Calif. — A prolific cat burglar has stolen hundreds of precious possessions from homes near San Francisco.
But the burglar really is a cat.
But the burglar really is a Dusty, a 5-year-old feline from San Mateo, has taken hundreds
of items during his nearly nightly heists.
Owner Jean Child tells the Sun Francisco Chronicle he has pilfered gloves, towels, shoes and more since she adopted him from the Humane Society.
Dusty has a special love for swimsuits. Neighbor Kelly McLellan says he stole her bikini on two separate trips.
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