Book award program benefits ESL students

This article is from Lake County News

A new program started by the Mendocino College Foundation is providing financial assistance for books to English as Second Language (ESL) students, and the foundation is seeking additional funding to benefit more students.

With donations from the Ukiah Branch of the American Association for University Women (AAUW), the ESL Book Award program began in fall 2011.

The AAUW and the Sons of Italy, Ukiah, have agreed to donate funds to continue the program in the fall of this year.

BlueVolt Wins Gold In Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards

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BlueVolt (http://www.BlueVolt.com), the leading provider of online learning management systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, is the winner of the Brandon Hall Gold Award for the Best Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology for its innovative $BlueBucks rewards program.

$BlueBucks is a built-in, pay-for-performance system that excites and rewards learners as they successfully complete training through their company’s LMS or online University powered by BlueVolt. Proven to increase online course enrollments up to ten times, adding $BlueBucks to training ensures more learners successfully complete the courses companies often spend hours developing and promoting. Learners may redeem their $BlueBucks rewards for virtual gift cards at hundreds of retailers nationwide, the purchase of future courses, or donate to charity.