April 03, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken Institute, UCLA School of Law

Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and formerly a senior transactional partner and now "of counsel" in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Andrew M. Kaufman has been appointed executive director of the Lowell Milken Institute.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Education, Lowell Milken, Award, MFF, Milken Family Foundation

Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education (KDP), announces its selection of the Milken Family Foundation (MFF) as the first recipient of its International Award for Excellence in Education. The Foundation is being recognized for its sustained commitment to honoring and supporting our nation’s educators.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken, UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Institute

The gift, the largest in the school's history, establishes the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy and serves as the capstone of the school's $100 million endowment campaign.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken, Milken Education Awards, Education Reform

Schools across the nation will soon be visited by the Milken Family Foundation, which will present exemplary teachers with the surprise of a lifetime when they are honored with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award, one of education’s most prestigious and lucrative recognitions.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken Institute, UCLA School of Law, Teaching

The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is now accepting applications for the Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken, Prostate Cancer Foundation, PCF.org

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) recently announced the 2012 Lowell Milken Young Investigator Award given to Terence Friedlander.

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March 15, 2012

Tags: Lowell Milken, TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, Education reform, TAP Founder's Award

Lowell Milken, founder of TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, today surprised leaders from Whale Branch Middle School in Beaufort County, South Carolina, with the prestigious TAP Founder's Award—which includes a $50,000 prize—before more than 1,000 educators and policy leaders at the 12th National TAP Conference: Building a System of Teacher Leaders.

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March 10, 2012

Tags: TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, 2012 TAP Conference

Two surprise TAP Recognition Awards were presented to honor organizations and schools for their commitment to TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement. The TAP Award of Distinction honors organizations.

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March 10, 2012

Tags: TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, 2012 TAP Conference

Leaders from West Goshen Elementary School in Goshen, Indiana, were surprised with the TAP School of Promise Award, which comes with a financial prize of $5,000. The award honors a school for demonstrated efforts while in the early stages of implementing TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.

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March 10, 2012

Tags: TAP: The System for Teachers and Student Advancement

Leaders from Judkins Middle School in Pismo Beach, California, were surprised with the TAP School of Promise Award, which comes with a financial prize of $5,000. The award honors a school for demonstrated efforts while in the early stages of implementing TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.

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