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NDSU NEWS: The following area students have received university scholarships for North Dakota State University: Braeg Trevor, son of Marc and Tracey Braeg, Fargo, $ 10,000 scholarship to honor presidential Clemenson Nicolas, son of Wayne Deb and Clemenson, Fargo, $ 500 Arthur W. Clara Cupler Scholarship Foundation, Kyle Roberts, son of Russell and Julie Roberts, West Fargo, $ 2,000 Henry and Em Eggert Honors Scholarship and a $ 500 scholarship Freshman university.

MSUM NEWS: Madison Brantner, child of Lynn and Mike Brantner, Glyndon, Minn., was awarded a $ 800 Minnesota State University Moorhead.

MAKING THE GRADE: Caitlin Baker, Fargo, was named to the list of the spring semester dean at Upper Iowa University, Fayette.

Cassandra Bonitto, Moorhead, was named to the honor roll of the Dean of the University of Wichita (Kan.) State.

The area students were named to the list following the Dean of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul: Christina Balega, Karin Norby, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota; Kaylee Bergstrom, Sean Deichert, Tessa Nelson, Sean Ness Hannah Simonson, Laura Vance, Andrew Wolf, Fargo, Everett Dotson, Halstad, Minnesota, Ashley Beutler, Tyler Iverson, Kevin Torgerson, Moorhead, Emma Messer, New York Mills, Minnesota; Mathew Vicknair, Osage, Minnesota, Garrett Schmidt, Perham, Minnesota, and Danielle Greving, West Fargo.

Dan Tipping, Fargo, was named to the list of the spring semester dean at the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, Twin Cities.

GRANTS AND AWARDS: Seiko Shastri, daughter Chizuko and Ananda Shastri, Moorhead, was named Enterprise Holdings Scholar at Washington University, St. Louis. Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit, leadership skills and commitment to community service.

Justin Schock, West Fargo, has been awarded a scholarship from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City.

Jason Grotte, son of Kelly and Joni Grotte, Thompson, N.D., has been awarded a $500 Potato Bowl USA Scholarship from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association of East Grand Forks, Minn.

Western State Bank has awarded West Fargo students Jacob Lardy and Erin Krogh $250 Western Pays for A’s savings scholarships. Students in grades 9 - 12 are encouraged to bring their report cards into Western State Bank each quarter. Each semester, the bank awards $250 scholarships from those students who brought in their report cards. Students receive an entry for each A they earn.

What is Continuing Education? | Outdoor Education Research

Continuing education in general is quite similar to adult education since it is also intended for adult learners, especially those adults who are beyond traditional undergraduate college or university age. However, it is wrong to club continuing education with other educational programs such as vocational training. As its name suggests, it is a continuation of education. The student of continuing education already has an education prior to taking up continuing education.

Continuing education in the simplest term is a form of post-secondary learning activities and programs. Some of the programs under continuing education may include non-degree career training, degree credit courses by non-traditional students, formal personal enrichment courses, workforce training, experiential learning, and self-directed learning which is done through online interest clubs and groups or personal research activities.

Many universities and colleges in the US cater to continuing education programs. Often there is either a division or a school of continuing education, which is also at times given names such as university extension or extension school. Continuing education involves both credit-granting courses as well as non-credit-granting courses. Such non-credit-granting courses are often taken for personal, non-vocational enrichment. There are many community colleges in the US that cater to such programs.

It is not only students who need continuing education, but also professionals who need it to update their knowledge and skill set. In fact, it is a compulsory for people practicing certain professions. Licensing authorities in a number of fields make continuing education compulsory on members who hold licenses to practice within a particular profession. The licenses to practice their profession are issued for a fixed term and are to be renewed after the expiry of this term. If they fail to update themselves through continuing education, their licenses are not renewed. This is done to encourage professionals to expand their knowledge base and keep pace with new developments. This may be achieved through college or university coursework, extension courses or conferences and seminars attendance.

The method and format of delivering continuing education includes conventional classroom lectures as well as distance learning. Students who enroll for continuing education in a college or university often opt for classroom and laboratory classes. However, much weight is given to distance learning as maximum of those who opt for continuing education are working people who have little or no time to attend classroom lectures.

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