HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) deplores the recently publicized demand that TIAA-CREF divest itself of its holdings in an Israeli-owned company, Africa-Israel. SPME is an international academic organization of 28,000 academics world-wide, based in the United States.

The divestment demand came from 59 academics, several of whom are well known for anti-Israel activism. The anti-Israel faculty had their facts wrong (TIAA-CREF had already terminated its holding, presumably for financial reasons), but their demand illustrates certain academics’ hostility, bias and prejudice towards the state of Israel, and their indifference to the facts.

The SPME Board of Directors commends TIAA-CREF for its long-standing and consistent policy of resisting the politicization of its allocations, and urges that any future calls to divest from Israeli companies for political reasons be rejected.

Furthermore, because of recent confusion in the media, we encourage TIAA-CREF to make a public statement about its purely fiduciary decision to drop Africa-Israel from its holdings, and about its commitment to resisting the politicization of its allocations.

For more information on Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and our action alert on TIAA-CREF please see our web site www.spme.net.

This action was approved by the SPME Board of Directors on September 13, 2009.

For more information: Contact Dr. Edward S. Beck President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East www.spme.net at ScholarsforPeace@aol.com or call 1-717-576.5038 or Prof. Sam Edelman, Executive Director, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East at Sedelman@csuchico.edu or call 1- 530-570-8137.

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* Please consider making a donation to SPME http://www.spme.net/donation.html

CONTACT: Dr. Edward S. Beck President, +1-717-576-5038, ScholarsforPeace@aol.com, or Prof. Sam Edelman, Executive Director, +1- 530-570-8137, Sedelman@csuchico.edu, both of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

SecureOnCampus.com(TM) is Online and Already a Hit on Campus

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ – SecureOnCampus.com(TM) (http://www.SecureOnCampus.com/?click=104) is the first online destination that caters to the needs of college students offering the full spectrum of products hand selected to keep students and their valuables safe on campus.  Tens of thousands of students and parents from every state in the country have made SecureOnCampus.com a hit as traffic and sales reach new heights.  In a time when students take thousands of dollars of electronic equipment with them to their dorm, including laptops, digital cameras, MP3 players, cell phones as well as ID, passports, cash and credit cards, it is now more important than ever to secure these expensive items in dorm safes. To help students protect themselves, pepper spray and personal alarms have become indispensable items.

SecureOnCampus.com has brought together the best dorm products on the market – for the first time in one online store. Dorm safety essentials like dorm safes, pepper sprays, personal alarms, back up hard drives, and laptop locks are all hand selected for the needs of the college student.  Innovative products like LoJack for Laptops, tracking software designed to find – and retrieve – stolen computers with the help of local law enforcement, are also available.  As more and more students take advantage of Study Abroad opportunities, we are happy to offer prepaid international GSM cell phones from National Geographic and Cellular Abroad for purchase or weekly rental. GSM cell phones help them stay connected with their fellow travelers and family members back home.

Rob Pellizzi, Founder/CEO of SecureOnCampus.com(TM) notes that “according to the US Department of Education, in 2007 there were over 131,000 criminal offenses and arrests on and around campuses nationwide including burglary, rape, robbery and assault and that’s on top of over 227,000 disciplinary actions for weapons, drug and alcohol violations.  I’m hoping that these statistics will encourage kids not to be paranoid about staying in dorms, but to be smart and prepared.”

About SecureOnCampus.com(TM):

Owned by Act Three Marketing LLC, SecureOnCampus.com(TM) (http://www.SecureOnCampus.com/?click=104) is the creation of twenty-five year marketing veteran Rob Pellizzi, formally SVP Marketing at MTV Networks. SecureOnCampus.com(TM) is the first brand launched by Act Three Marketing LLC, a marketing consultancy and

e-commerce brand development organization.

CONTACT: Linda Cirone of SecureOnCampus.com, +1-516-458-7225

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Spurred by trepidation over a jobless economy, more University students are planning ahead for graduate school. An increasing number of undergraduates are taking graduate entrance exams while still in school. Experts advise taking standardized tests while still in “study mode,” even if students do not plan to apply for graduate school right away. Most test scores can be banked for up to five years and stored away for when the time is right to apply. Standardized test preparation is important, and with more people seeking graduate programs, the competition is steep. To help with the process, The Princeton Review is offering free Test Fest events for students to take full-length MCAT, LSAT, GMAT and GRE practice exams with detailed score analysis. These events will take place on Saturday, October 17th at locations nationwide.

Experts say that taking a practice test is one of the best ways to prepare for graduate school entrance exams. The Princeton Review practice tests for the graduate school entrance exams are completely cost and stress free. The scores will not go on a student’s testing record. These free practice tests are meant to help students become familiar with the test formats, pacing, question types, and physical and mental demands of the graduate exams.

Students are also invited to attend a free scores back session, where they will receive a personalized, detailed score report broken down section by section. The scores back session reveals students’ strengths and weaknesses and, by working with a Princeton Review expert instructor, the session provides students with strategies to develop the best prep plan.

Space is limited, so students should register now. Those that attend Test Fest are eligible for special savings on MCAT, LSAT, GMAT and GRE courses.  To learn more or to reserve your spot, visit us at www.PrincetonReview.com/GradTestFest or call 800-2Review (800-273-8439).

Through October 16, 2009, students can enter The Princeton Review’s Dream School Tour Giveaway and win the grand prize — a trip to their top-choice medical, law, business or graduate school. Additionally, two first prize winners will receive a free classroom or online MCAT, LSAT, GMAT or GRE course.  Students can register to win online at www.PrincetonReview.com/DreamTour or by calling 800-2Review (800-273-8439).

About The Princeton Review, Inc.

The Princeton Review (Nasdaq: REVU) has been a pioneer and leader in helping students achieve their higher education goals for more than 28 years through college and graduate school test preparation and private tutoring. With more than 165 print and digital publications and a free website, www.PrincetonReview.com, the Company provides students and their parents with the resources to research, apply to, prepare for, and learn how to pay for higher education. The Princeton Review also partners with schools and guidance counselors throughout the U.S. to assist in college readiness, test preparation and career planning services, helping more students pursue postsecondary education.

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CONTACT:  Harriet Brand of The Princeton Review, +1-212-874-8282, Ext. 1091, harrietb@review.com

SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Penn Foster has been named one of the Best Places to Work in PA for 2009. The awards program, created in 2000, is one of the first statewide programs of its kind in the country. The program is a public/private partnership between Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and the Central Penn Business Journal.

This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best places to be employed in Pennsylvania, benefiting the state’s economy, its workforce, and businesses. The Best Places to Work in PA list is made up of 100 companies divided into two groups: 50 medium-sized companies with 25-250 employees and 50 large-sized companies with 251 or more employees. Penn Foster has been named one of the Best Places to Work in PA in the large category.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

• Have at least 25 employees in Pennsylvania

• Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business

• Be a publicly or privately held business

• Have a facility in Pennsylvania and

• Be in good standing with Commonwealth agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction

Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the 100 Best Places to Work in PA. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company’s workplace policies, practices, philosophies, systems, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process.

Penn Foster will be recognized at the Best Places to Work in PA evening awards ceremony on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center in Hershey, PA. Rankings will be revealed at the ceremony. Tickets may be purchased online at www.centralpennbusiness.com/events.

In addition to the public/private partnership, the program is supported by the following organizations: Lead Sponsor — Team Pennsylvania Foundation; Presenting Sponsor — Sovereign Bank; Major Sponsors — Drug Free Pennsylvania and E.K. McConkey & Co., Inc.; and Supporting Sponsors — Capital BlueCross and Arcus.

For more information on Best Places to Work in PA, visit www.bestplacestoworkinpa.com or contact Heather Long at the Central Penn Business Journal at 717-236-4300 or HeatherL@journalpub.com.

About Penn Foster

Penn Foster College, Penn Foster Career School, and Penn Foster High School are part of Penn Foster, Inc., a global leader in distance education.  For more than 118 years, Penn Foster has been providing career-focused training programs in the fields of health care, business, technology, automotive technology, and select trades. Nationally and regionally accredited Penn Foster High School serves more than 40,000 online students seeking individual courses or a complete diploma program. Penn Foster Career School (www.PennFoster.edu) and Penn Foster High School (www.PennFosterHighSchool.com) are headquartered in Scranton, PA, with regional offices in Montreal, Canada.

CONTACT: Michelle Dempsey of Penn Foster, Inc., +1-570-961-4641, Michelle.Dempsey@pennfoster.edu

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Reducing waste, energy and sourcing food locally help campuses win kudos

GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 14, 2009 — Several campuses served by Sodexo earned a coveted spot on the Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll and Sierra Club’s Cool Schools list for contributing to campus sustainability initiatives from methods of sourcing and serving food to reducing heat-trapping pollutants.

“Sodexo is partnering with campuses to model organizational excellence in carrying out sound sustainability programs,” said Tom Post, Sodexo president of campus services. “Sodexo works with college administrators, students and faculty who are creating tomorrow’s sustainability leaders.”

Sodexo, through its contracted foodservice and facilities management, contributed to the following campuses earning green distinction, including Binghamton University, Colorado College, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Warren Wilson College and the University of Vermont.

Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y. in collaboration with Sodexo, has reduced the amount of disposable items in dining halls to produce almost zero waste. Sodexo utilizes as much organic and local produce and dairy products as are seasonably available. Approximately 2,500 pounds of food waste is collected each day for composting from Binghamton dining and retail facilities, approximately 27,000 pounds per semester or about 27 tons per academic year.

Colorado College in Colorado Springs, through Sodexo-contracted facilities management, was able to reduce the number of cleaning products by half and switch to microfiber cloths and mops, reducing custodial-cleaning water use by about 247,000 gallons per year in residential and academic areas. Sodexo uses environmentally preferable chemical-dispensing systems that are nontoxic and reduce waste. Tent cards in dorm rooms tell students rooms are cleaned using eco-friendly products that are Green Seal™ certified. Colorado College was one of only two colleges honored by American School & University magazine, the Green Cleaning Network, and the Healthy Schools Campaign for the 2008 Green Cleaning Award for Schools and Universities.

Georgia Tech in Atlanta has benefited from Sodexo’s comprehensive reusable mug program, which has significantly reduced waste and eased the way for a full-scale composting program. This year, the dining facility became a zero-waste organization by having dining waste composted and used for campus grounds maintenance. Sodexo has helped Georgia Tech adopt a conservation mindset with innovate marketing, such as The Wheel of Sustainability, which helps students think carefully about waste and consumption. Sodexo is also conducting a comprehensive energy audit of its dining facility with a goal to reduce its carbon footprint by 26 percent.

University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. has created a sustainable food system with the help of Sodexo and its partnering with the university’s Common Ground Student Run Farm by purchasing five community supported agriculture shares, which supplied produce to the dining facility. Sodexo also sponsors the Campus Kitchens Project, which encourages students to collect and donate unserved food to local food pantries. Sodexo has also spearheaded efforts to promote recycling and reduce plastic bottle waste.

Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. benefits from Sodexo’s expertise in sourcing vegetables, beef and pork from its own campus farm. Local produce is featured in the campus Cow Pie Café, which is a solely vegetarian and vegan venue. Warren Wilson has an extensive recycling program and composts all dining facility waste.

These achievements demonstrate Sodexo’s commitment to work together with clients, suppliers and customers to take measurable sustainable actions today in the areas of environment, health and community that ensures a better tomorrow.

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Sodexo, Inc.

Sodexo, Inc. (www.sodexoUSA.com) is a leading integrated facilities management services company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with $7.7 billion (USD) in annual revenue and 120,000 employees. Sodexo serves more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government, and remote sites. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., is a member of Sodexo Group, and funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (www.sodexofoundation.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $11 million in grants to fight hunger in America.