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Study: Adult education classes, in any subject, can boost mental and physical health

September 29, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Health ben­e­fits of evening class­es revealed (Sci­ence Daily):

“Those with a taste for adult edu­ca­tion class­es have long known it, but now Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty sci­en­tists have con­firmed that tak­ing part in the week­ly ses­sions can boost well­be­ing — regard­less of the sub­ject stud­ied [Read more…] about Study: Adult edu­ca­tion class­es, in any sub­ject, can boost men­tal and phys­i­cal health

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Adult Education, anxiety, classes, health, health-benefits, Lifelong-learning, Mental-Health, physical-health, singing, wellbeing

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education Brenda Dann-Messier to Open 2011 SharpBrains Summit

March 26, 2011 by Alvaro Fernandez

We are hon­ored to announce that Dr. Bren­da Dann-Messier, US Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion’s Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Voca­tion­al and Adult Edu­ca­tion, will open 2011 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit next Wednes­day, March 30th, shar­ing Wel­come Remarks with all participants.

Bren­da Dann-Messier was nom­i­nat­ed by Pres­i­dent Oba­ma as assis­tant sec­re­tary for voca­tion­al and adult edu­ca­tion on July 14, 2009. On Oct. 5, 2009 she was con­firmed by the U.S. Sen­ate and began her offi­cial duties on Oct. 13, 2009.

As the first assis­tant sec­re­tary for the Office of Voca­tion­al and Adult Edu­ca­tion (OVAE) who is also an adult edu­ca­tor, Dann-Messier leads the Department’s efforts in adult edu­ca­tion and career and tech­ni­cal edu­ca­tion, as well as efforts sup­port­ing com­mu­ni­ty col­leges and cor­rec­tion­al edu­ca­tion. She over­sees the admin­is­tra­tion of 11 grant pro­grams in these areas, total­ing approx­i­mate­ly $1.9 bil­lion annu­al­ly. Dann-Messier is com­mit­ted to col­lab­o­ra­tion, both with­in the Depart­ment and across fed­er­al agen­cies, includ­ing work­ing with the U.S. Depart­ments of Labor, Agri­cul­ture, Health and Human Ser­vices, Home­land Secu­ri­ty and Commerce.

OVAE’s vision is for all youths and adults to have mul­ti­ple oppor­tu­ni­ties to obtain life­long edu­ca­tion and train­ing in order to achieve reward­ing careers and fam­i­ly lives, par­tic­i­pate in their com­mu­ni­ties, and attain their per­son­al goals. OVAE is devot­ed to [Read more…] about Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Voca­tion­al and Adult Edu­ca­tion Bren­da Dann-Messier to Open 2011 Sharp­Brains Summit

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Adult Education, Brenda Dann-Messier, innovation, SharpBrains Summit, US Department of Education, Vocational Education

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