Announcing the Penn Foster Alumni Association Website   Graduates can search for a new job, polish resumés, design cover letters, and quickly access graduate services, such as transcripts. Read the full story.   Veterinary Technician Degree Program Earns AVMA Accreditation   We are proud to announce that the Penn Foster College Veterinary Technician Associate Degree Program is now accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), as a program for educating veterinary technicians.   Got a Job Opening?   The Alumni Association will be offering a job-posting board for graduates of Penn Foster. Employers seeking specific skills and training will be able to have their job openings posted to the message board at no charge. Contact Jim.Healey@pennfoster.edu for more information.   Got a Good Story?   Do you have a story you would like to share with other students? Your experience may be a way to encourage and motivate other students. E-mail your story to Jim.Healey@pennfoster.edu or mail your story to Jim Healey, Penn Foster, 925 Oak Street, Scranton, PA 18515.   Penn Foster News Archives   Spring 2006

Do you or someone you know need help with learning English? You can now purchase, at a discount, the award-winning Crossroads Café English as a Second Language (ESL) Series through Penn Foster. Read the full story. Penn Foster Career School can help you turn your hobby into a profitable business venture. Our Small Business Owner Program not only provides the instruction needed to efficiently start a small business, it also provides the training necessary to run a successful business. You’ll learn marketing, advertising, merchandising, and bookkeeping. Read the full story. International Correspondence Schools (ICS) was the academic root from which Penn Foster grew. Over the years, many famous names have been associated with ICS and its success. Read the full story. Thanks to GM3 D.C. Snow (U.S. Coast Guard) who wrote in to share a valuable resource with his veterinary medicine classmates. The resource is the Merck Veterinary Manual and it is accessible on the Web. The manual is broken down and organized into different systems (digestive, nervous, etc.) and filled with pictures, graphs, videos, and charts. It can be found at www.merckvetmanual.com. Other recommended websites include: www.ipl.org The Internet Public Library site features directories on online texts, newspapers, magazines, and reference materials. www.infoplease.com This site offers an online dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, and almanac reference. If you have a Web resource you’d like to share, e-mail me at Jim.Healey@pennfoster.edu.