Charles University at Prague, Czech Republic; also called Univ. of Prague. The oldest and one of the most important universities of central Europe, it was founded in 1348 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, for whom it is named. The faculty was organized in four so-called nations, the Czech, Saxon, Bavarian, and Polish. The struggle between the German and Czech nationalities in Bohemia was reflected in the university when, in 1403, the Czech nation, including Jan Huss , was outvoted by the three other nations in a controversy regarding John Wyclif's doctrines. When in 1409 the three foreign nations opposed the request of Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus to take a neutral attitude between the two rival popes in the Great Schism, Wenceslaus changed the statutes of the university. By the Decree of Kutna Hora he gave three votes to the Czech nation and one vote to the other three nations. Shortly after that Czech victory, Huss himself became rector of the university. As a result of the Decree of Kutna Hora the Germans left the university and founded the Univ. of Leipzig. The Germanization of the university, which began after the battle of the White Mt. (1620), reached its peak in 1774 when German was made the language of instruction. In 1882 the university was divided into two branches—Charles Univ., which was Czech, and Ferdinand Univ., which was German. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 this division was maintained, although the Czech university received the greater facilities. The German university was abolished after World War II. The university currently has faculties of education, law, mathematics and physics, medicine, pharmacy, philosophy, physical training, social sciences, and theology. There are institutes of social and political sciences and economics.
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B. Alan Sugg, president of the University of Arkansas system. (Business Briefs).(Joel Anderson to replace Charles E. Hathaway as chancellor of University of Arkansas at Little Rock )(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business; 12/16/2002; 49 words;
* B. Alan Sugg, president of the University of Arkansas system, has recommended that Joel Anderson, provost at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, be named the next chancellor ... If approved, Anderson will take over on Jan. 1, replacing Charles E. Hathaway, who announced his retirement earlier this ...
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Washington University surgeon joins St. Charles hospital
St. Charles County Business Record; 2/10/2005; St. Charles Business Record Staff; 83 words;
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes Jennifer Etling, M.D., surgery. The Washington University School of Medicine-trained surgeon joins the Benrus Surgical Group in association with surgeons Drs. Daniel Bergmann, Kenneth Hacker ...
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R&B music legend Ray Charles donates $1 million to Dillard University
New Orleans CityBusiness; 11/24/2003; Staff; 35 words;
R&B music legend Ray Charles donated $1 million to Dillard University. The school will use the donation to create an academic program devoted to the musical, culinary, artistic and linguistic contributions of black Americans.
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Charles and Helen Dolan of Oyster Bay, N.Y., longtime benefactors of Fairfield University, received the Honorary Alumni Award.(Credits, Clients and Awards)(Brief Article)
Fairfield County Business Journal; 4/19/2004; 39 words;
Charles and Helen Dolan of Oyster Bay, N.Y., longtime benefactors of Fairfield University, received the Honorary Alumni Award. Charles Dolan is chairman of Cablevision Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., and a member of the university's board of trustees.
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Florida Atlantic University.(appoints Dr. Charles L.Brown)(Brief article)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 10/5/2006; 51 words;
DR. CHARLES L. BROWN has been appointed ... affairs at Florida Atlantic University. He was most recently vice ... for student affairs at the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg ... doctorate from Illinois State University.
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Lindenwood University in St. Charles to hold economic policy lecture
St. Charles County Business Record; 10/25/2005; St. Charles Business Record Staff; 51 words;
Lindenwood University will hold a How Dangerous is the U.S. Trade Deficit? seminar from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Spellmann ...
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University of Missouri Extension Center in St. Charles County provides QuickBooks
St. Charles County Business Record; 5/30/2006; St. Charles Business Record Staff; 57 words;
The University of Missouri Extension Center in St. Charles County, located at 260 Brown Road in St. Peters, will hold a QuickBooks workshop from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 7 and 8. The workshop ...
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MONDAY INTERVIEW: CHARLES CLARKE - Putting a brave face on the debate raging in Cabinet over top-up fees for universities; CHARLES CLARKE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION.(Features)
The Independent (London, England); 11/25/2002; Macintyre, Donald; 1277 words;
CHARLES CLARKE recalls an aphorism coined ... cons - of the second Blair term: university funding. It's as well he is brimming ... manifesto target of 50 per cent university participation and the separate ... and sloppy thinking he says. The university system already has about 100 tiers ...
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Dr. Edward C. De Meter of Penn State University has been awarded the 2003 Charles F. Carter Jr. Advanced Manufacturing Award.(Awards & Certifications)(Brief Article)
Tooling & Production; 7/1/2004; 34 words;
Dr. Edward C. De Meter of Penn State University has been awarded the 2003 Charles F. Carter Jr. Advanced Manufacturing Award from the Technology Issues Committee of AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology ...
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Rebecca J. Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and professor of law at the University of Michigan, was selected as the winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for 2006, awarded for the best book on slavery or abolition.(Brief article)
Civil War History; 3/1/2007; 56 words;
Rebecca J. Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and professor of law at the University of Michigan, was selected as the winner of the Frederick ... Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery (Harvard University Press).
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Definiens Imaging.(opens new center at Charles Darwin University.)(Brief Article)
GEO World; 7/1/2005; 37 words;
Definiens Imaging formed two new Centers of Excellence in Object-Oriented Image Analysis: the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary and the Tropical Spatial Science Group at Charles Darwin University. www.definiens-imaging.com
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Charles E. "Chick" and Joan F. Rolling of Helena. (Education Briefs).(donate funds to Pennsylvania State University Engineering Department)(Brief Article)
IIE Solutions; 4/1/2002; 43 words;
A $250,000 gift commitment from Charles E. Chick and Joan F. Rolling of Helena, Mont., will benefit Penn State programs in the colleges of engineering and liberal arts. The donation will support programs designed to address ethical issues related to the practice of engineering.
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Xavier University of Louisiana.(on the move)(Kenneth St. Charles named vp)(Brief article)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 7/12/2007; 52 words;
DR. KENNETH ST. CHARLES has been appointed ... advancement at Xavier University of Louisiana. He had ... the university. St. Charles earned a bachelor's from Loyola University and an MBA and doctorate from the University of New Orleans.
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Mississippi State University (MSU).(People to Watch)(North Carolina State University Alumni Association honors Mississippi State University president Charles Lee )(Brief Article)
Mississippi Business Journal; 12/13/2004; 83 words;
Mississippi State University president Charles Lee is among 16 distinguished alumni honored during the first Evening of Stars celebration sponsored recently by the North Carolina State University Alumni Association. Lee was the honoree of the College of Natural Resources, from which he received a bachelor's ...
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Agriculture. (Movers & Shakers).(Charles E. Caviness wins 2002 outstanding alumnus award from University of Arkansas department)(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business; 6/10/2002; 49 words;
Charles E. Caviness of Fayetteville was named the 2002 outstanding alumnus of the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Caviness retired from the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences in ...
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