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0 Schools See the latest announcement from Dallas College Student Blog. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Dallas College Student Blog: January 18,2023 Nancy Westbrook, pathway specialist lead with the School of Business, Hospitality and Global Trade, recalls the day she met Stanley, a 32-year-old truck driver who reached out to her to get help registering for classes. He wanted to set an example for his son who would soon be graduating high school. “I don’t want my son to do what I’m doing,” he told her. “I helped him get into classes, and every question he called me no matter what it was,” Westbrook said. When Stanley’s son was finally ready to start college, Stanley again reached out to Westbrook who was happy to help. Later, he called again: “Would you help my wife?” he asked, “She wants to go back to school.” A few weeks later Westbrook got another call. “Would … [Read more...] about Dallas College Student Blog: Nancy Westbrook Channels Passion For Business Into Helping Students Find Their Path

Endowments have long been viewed as the bedrock upon which the long-term financial health of arts organizations is built — money that was painstakingly accumulated and protected over decades to finance the future. They are not rainy day funds, or pots of gold to be casually raided to cover some unforeseen expense. A manager who dipped into theirs excessively, taking out more than the widely embraced standard of 5 percent, could put themselves at risk of being cast as shortsighted, or worse, a spendthrift. But the coronavirus pandemic has challenged that orthodoxy because so many largely dormant museums, orchestras and ballet troupes are facing unmatched financial problems. So elite organizations like the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Los Angeles Philharmonic — institutions with veteran leadership and a track record of solid financial management — now feel they have to blow past the stop signs. The Lyric plans to spend $23 million from its $173 million endowment this … [Read more...] about The Sacrosanct Endowment? Not Anymore for Some Arts Groups

North Korea has imposed a five-day lockdown on its capital city as it battles an increase in “recurrent flu and other respiratory diseases” amid a cold spell, according to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang. A North Korean government notice that the embassy posted on its Facebook account on Wednesday said Pyongyang had ordered a “special anti-epidemic period” through Sunday. It advised all foreign diplomatic missions to keep their employees indoors, have their temperatures taken four times a day and report the results to a hospital by phone. There was no mention of a specific plan of action for regular citizens. Any goods the diplomats need can be ordered and delivered to the embassies, the notice said. The statement made no mention of the coronavirus, although the North’s state media said on Thursday that its health authorities were taking precautionary measures to “cope with the daily-worsening world health crisis.” It was also unclear whether the lockdown covered areas beyond … [Read more...] about North Korea Imposes Lockdown on Pyongyang to Fight ‘Recurrent Flu’

0 Health & Fitness New federal data shows which hospitals are nearing capacity in Dallas County and across Texas. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply IRVING, TX — While U.S. coronavirus cases and deaths have been trending downward over the past week, hospitals across the country still report straining to meet the demands of the ongoing pandemic. At the national level, during the week ending Jan. 25, deaths were running at an average of just under 3,100 a day — down from a peak of more than 3,350 in the weeks prior, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. New cases were averaging about 170,000 a day after hitting almost 250,000 earlier this month. Meanwhile, state health officials in Texas reported to the federal government that 78 percent of all inpatient beds in hospitals across the state were still occupied as of Jan. 23. Around 22 percent of beds statewide were filled by COVID-19 patients, … [Read more...] about Here’s How Close Irving Area Hospitals Are To Capacity: Weekly Update

0 Health & Fitness New federal data shows how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting hospitals and their ICUs in Dallas County. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply IRVING, TX — Although the coronavirus pandemic shows signs of easing, with numbers of new cases trending downward, health authorities remain concerned that new variants from overseas could spark yet another surge and maintain the intense pressure on the nation's already strained hospital system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has been tracking the effect of COVID-19 on hospital capacity since early in the pandemic, each week releases data showing how close tens of thousands of hospitals nationwide are to reaching their limit. The latest data for hospitals in Dallas County includes the share of all adult inpatient beds occupied by patients confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19, along with the share of ICU beds occupied by such … [Read more...] about How Close Are Irving Area Hospitals To Capacity? Weekly Update

0 Health & Fitness Here's how many hospital beds are currently filled in Dallas County and across TX as the pandemic wanes. Local Data , Patch Staff Posted Reply IRVING, TX — The United States passed a grim milestone this week, when the death toll from coronavirus topped half a million, but other statistics point to the slow waning of the pandemic. Among these more optimistic figures is the number of new hospitalizations nationwide, which fell last week to just over 56,000, down sharply since the 130,000 recorded in mid-January and the lowest number since November. Experts attribute the improvement to a variety of factors, including the greater use of masks and social distancing and the spread of vaccinations, especially among the most vulnerable populations. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has been tracking the effect of COVID-19 on hospital capacity since early in the pandemic, releases … [Read more...] about Hospital Capacity In Irving Area: Weekly Update