Continuing education short courses, seminars, workshops and other programs at the Univesity of Kansas http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/rss/index.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2012-05-08 14:05 2012-05-08 14:05 KU Continuing Education, KU School of Engineering and KU International Programs recently partnered to provide seven weeks of professional engineering education to 33 Chinese aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineers engaged in commercial aircraft design and certification processes. http://bit.ly/Jc743T 9C8E5848-72A1-4459-92CB-F2E663B93ED3 2012-05-08 00:00:00 KU Continuing Education Executive Director Frederick W. Pawlicki has announced several changes in the administrative structure at KUCE. http://bit.ly/JdWsQa 4F8B2A26-186D-4FEA-AF38-1CEE19008932 2012-05-08 00:00:00 Topeka, Kan.--Freshly appointed Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Mike King kicked off the department's annual statewide safety conference with opening remarks Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka. King was joined by National Highway Traffic Safety Region VII Administrator Romell Cooks and KDOT Traffic Safety Program Manager Pete Bodyk in welcoming the more than 450 attendees to the 18th annual edition of the conference, titled Roadway Safety: It's About Slashing the Crash. The goal of the two-day conference was to bring together a diverse audience of traffic safety experts, law enforcement and emergency response personnel, state officials and even 150 teens to explore how to make the state's roads safer. http://bit.ly/Iz9hFl 0AEBC42B-31DF-485B-A301-D2A5F5515ADB 2012-05-07 00:00:00 Lawrence, Kan.--The University of Kansas and Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little honored a pair of KUCE employees at the University's 38th Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony, including naming Brian Baker employee of the year for unclassified staff in the Kansas Union Ballroom, Thursday, May 3, 2012. Malcolm Neelley, also a KU Continuing Education staff member, who was a finalist for the same award, was also recognized for the University-wide Employee of the Month award he received in January. http://bit.ly/IQvSki A1B02147-6742-4016-821E-14AAC63B409B 2012-05-07 00:00:00 Digestive Disease Week 2012 Highlights Dinner Program will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2012, from 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at the Leawood Hereford House, 5001 Town Center Drive, Leawood, Kansas. Sponsored by the University of Kansas School of Medicine and University of Kansas Medical Center Continuing Education, the program will include presentation and discussion of clinically important and seminal abstracts in the field of gastrointestinal diseases presented at DDW 2012 in San Diego, Calif. http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/kumc/digestive-disease-week/index.php A389966D-FF2D-435E-83E9-061B8AE47247 2012-04-23 00:00:00 The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center will name its new driver training facility in honor of Robert J. Senecal, dean emeritus at the University of Kansas, at a dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 20, on the KLETC campus. http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/april/12/kletc.shtml B86A0841-0841-46BC-B7EE-7EE1C2A6068B 2012-04-08 00:00:00 The deadline for reservations in the hotel room block for the annual Transportation Safety Conference has been extended to March 30. The conference will be held, Tuesday-Wednesday, April 17-18, 2012 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, Topeka. Pre-conference sessions will be Monday, April 16. The annual conference features sessions for law enforcement personnel, judges, city and county government officials, educators and counselors, engineers, EMTs and EMS workers, bus drivers, teen drivers, safety advocates and special interest group representatives. http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/transportation/ 014E8297-1C07-4631-A06B-C1D90D78FCE6 2012-03-29 00:00:00 Exhibitor and sponsor opportunities are still available for the 62nd Annual KU Environmental Engineering Conference Wednesday, April 18, 2012, co-sponsored by the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and KU Continuing Education, at the University of Kansas, Kansas Union, Lawrence, Kansas. Conference planners are expecting 300 to 500 participants at the annual conference including environmental consulting engineers, technicians, and employees of utility companies and manufacturing facilities. http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/environmental/ E52CAABE-A6B1-430D-B65B-E72B2DABC16C 2012-03-28 00:00:00 Two new professional bioscience continuing education courses are being offered by KU Continuing Education this spring, Introduction to cGMP, April 18, at the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park, Kan., and Universal Technology Transfer Methodologies for the Bioscience Industry will be offered May 3-4, at the KBA facility in Olathe, Kan. ttp://biosciences.continuinged.ku.edu/ CF1FFB58-B2A0-41BF-8517-D5AB12636A79 2012-03-23 00:00:00 The first "Environmental Security Conference: Academic and Military Perspectives," which will be held April 23-24, 2012 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, will bring together academic and military researchers around the world, to examine how combatant commands, international security organizations and scholars view consequences of climate change related to national security. http://bit.ly/FQ6h6a 6152199C-1B47-44C2-9F1D-17BF9A799D0C 2012-03-19 00:00:00 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas presents a memorable afternoon of Irish music and culture with Kansas native Ashley Davis, Sunday, March 11, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Regnier Hall, KU Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, Overland Park, Kansas. Artfully blending the influences of ancient Celtic lore and American folk music, Ashley enchants her audiences as she mixes her traditional and original songs with a medley of waggish tales about her travels, observations, triumphs and heartbreaks. http://www.osher.ku.edu/ashley/ 5AFEE0D8-F1BF-4891-800A-B6276843D5D5 2012-03-05 00:00:00 Learn recent breakthroughs from experts at the Review of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2011 Meeting, Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the School of Nursing Auditorium, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting serves as an avenue to discuss the most recent breakthroughs in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. This review will discuss highlights from the 2011 ASH meeting. It will also provide opportunities for local physicians and medical health workers to discuss these advances with renowned experts in the field. Register today by visiting our website. http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/kumc/hematology/register.php 19D1AD56-A765-45FD-A0A3-3ED33E606057 2012-02-01 00:00:00 Recent Developments in the Law, an annual two-day continuing legal education program will be held Thursday and Friday, May 31 and June 1, 2010 at KU School of Law, Green Hall, Lawrence, Kansas. The program will include up to 14 50-minute Continuing Legal Education (CLE) sessions with ethics hours available. Attorneys will be able to fulfill their annual CLE requirements. Don't miss this opportunity to earn credits while networking with colleagues on the beautiful KU campus. http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/rdl/ 09376CD1-9D5E-4608-ABE8-3804D4E571F9 2012-01-17 00:00:00 A22C24CA-90DA-4D17-AE56-DABB6FF1AE19 0000-00-00 00:00:00