Education Briefs: Aug. 21, 2010

Retirement party is Thursday

WORTHINGTON — A celebration to honor retiring Provost Diane Graber will be 3 p.m. Thursday in the commons of Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Worthington campus. A program will be at 3:15 p.m.

MW instructor published

WORTHINGTON — David Mills, history instructor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, has been published in “Perspectives in American Social History Cold War and McCarthy Era People and Perspectives.”

Chapter 5 of the book is written exclusively by Mills and is titled “An Unlikely Team: The Social Aspect of the Ground Observer Corps.”

The publication is available at the Minnesota West library.

Foundation to award scholarships

WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Regional Health Care Foundation Inc. will award six scholarships this year with a maximum value of $2,000 to area students or employees seeking to advance their skills in the health care profession.

For more information, call Executive Director Robert S. Demuth Jr. at (507) 372-2919; or stop by the office at 1121 Third Ave., Worthington.

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