SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 1 (TNSawa) -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Seton Hall University has honored Rabbi Noam Marans, Director of American Jewish Committee's (AJC) Interreligious and Intergroup Relations, with the Sister Rose Thering Award for Outstanding Service in Education for Interreligious Harmony. The prestigious award was presented at the Sister Rose Thering Fund's annual fundraiser on the Seton Hall campus in South Orange, N  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 31 (TNSres) -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: * * * CAWP's 2023 New Jersey County Report Card * * * With the 2023 New Jersey primary election just a week away, the 2023 New Jersey County Report Card from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, shows that progress for women's political representation in the state is at a virtual standstil  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, along with the New Jersey chapter of CAIR (CAIR-New Jersey), today joined 40 other state and national Muslim organizations and community partners in announcing a joint letter to the White House calling on the administration to apologize for and rectify harm caused by the S  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 2 (TNSres) -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: ETS, the world's largest educational assessment organization, announced today that it is cementing its partnership with the Institute of International Education(R) (IIE), one of the largest international scholarship and exchange organizations worldwide. As two of the world's leading international educational organizations with a history of more than 35 years of working togeth  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 31 (TNSgov) -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: ETS announced today that the TOEFL iBT(R) test has been approved by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for use in Canada's Student Direct Stream (SDS), an expedited study permit processing program for international students from 14 countries who plan to enroll in one of Canada's postsecondary designated learning institutions. Previously, only one English-lan  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSres) -- First Five Years Fund, an organization that advances ways to increase access to high-quality early childhood education for children from low-income families, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Child Care & Development Block Grant in New Jersey The Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal grant program that allows states to provide child care assistance to lowincome working families with children under age 13. The majority of these   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 3 (TNSper) -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news on June 2, 2023: The New Jersey Business & Industry Association has added four top executives to its Board of Trustees, while also electing new officers. The new additions to NJBIA's Board include: * Denise Beckson, Vice President of Human Resources & Government Relations, Morey's Piers * Anthony Iacono, Ph.D., President, County College of Morris * Michael Reagan, Senior Vice P  more

ROSELAND, New Jersey, June 2 (TNSper) -- The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release: The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) has named Edward G. O'Connell, CPA, CGMA, CFF, CFE, audit partner in the Technology and Life Sciences practice at WithumSmith+Brown, president for the 2023/24 term. O'Connell replaces Kathleen F. Powers, CPA, CGMA, PSA, chief financial officer of Chelsea Senior Living, on June 1. O'Connell has been act  more