<p> May 7, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report</p><p>(1) CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS:</p><p>Waterman, Shaun. "Analysis: Homeland Security Busy on The Hill." United Press International, May 5, 2007. Accessed at: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/security/article_21278838.shtml</p><p>[Excerpt: "Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for instance, testified at 29 hearings last year. This year they have already testified at 18 and are scheduled for five or six more during May. FEMA is one of several agencies in the Department of Homeland Security that is overseen by several different committees, a legacy of the huge merger that set up the department in 2003."]</p><p>(2) IAEM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS:</p><p>Received a reminder from staff with the International Association of Emergency Managers, pasted in below:</p><p>"This is a reminder that the deadline for applications to the IAEM Scholarship Program is May 16. The application is available at http://www.iaem.com/resources/scholarships/documents/2007ScholarshipApplication.pdf. </p><p>The scholarship program is available to anyone studying fulltime towards a degree (or diploma) in emergency management or a related field. Undergraduates should be taking 12 or more hours of classes. Graduate programs differ and we require the student to prove that they are fulltime according to the registrar of their program. Students may fax their applications to arrive by the deadline and then send the original documents to arrive the next week. We must have an original transcript. Copies and faxes are not possible to read because of security watermarks in the originals. If you have any questions about the program, please contact me. Please also pass this information on to anyone that might benefit." Dawn M. Shiley- Danzeisen, Communications & Marketing Director, Scholarship Program Director, IAEM, 201 Park Washington Court, Falls Church VA 22046, Direct: 703-538-3542, Home Office/Cell: 703-489-0698, Email: [email protected] </p><p>(3) PREPAREDNESS:</p><p>Wisely, John. "Officials Clash on Safety Grants - State Keeps Too Much, Locals Say." Detroit Free Press, May 7, 2007. Accessed at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/NEWS05/705070340/1001 </p><p>(4) TERRORISM:</p><p>Hudson, Audrey. "U.S., British Officials Drop 'War on Terror'." Washington Times, May 5, 2007. Accessed at: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070504-110812-9313r.htm</p><p>B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM Higher Education Project Manager Emergency Management Institute National Emergency Training Center Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Homeland Security 16825 S. Seton, K-011 Emmitsburg, MD 21727 (301) 447-1262, voice (301) 447-1598, fax [email protected] http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu </p><p>* To subscribe to the Hi Ed Activity Reports go to the Higher Education Project homepage at http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/. Scroll to the fourth paragraph and click on the link to send a blank e-mail to our list server. You do not need to enter any information on the Subject line or in the Message area. If you want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send a blank email to leave-emi-hi-ed-reports- [email protected] or visit: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/</p><p>If you are unsubscribing from a different email address than the one you originally subscribed with, send your email to [email protected] and include the next line of text in the subject line of your message:</p><p>Unsubscribe emi-hi-ed-reports [email protected] . “Please note: Some of the Web sites linked to in this document are not federal government Web sites, and may not necessarily operate under the same laws, regulations, and policies as federal Web sites.”</p><p>* NOTE: Users can be dropped from the Hi Ed Activity Report list for a few reasons. Make sure your mail box will accept our email. Sometimes inboxes are too full to accept an attachment. If the email “bounces” too many times you will be dropped from the email listing. Make sure the activity reports are not rejected as SPAM. This will also cause the email to bounce and again you may be dropped from the listing. You can have your Help Desk check your computer settings to ensure DHS emails are acceptable to your system. Hi Ed Activity Reports are distributed daily Monday through Friday; if for any reason delivery of the Hi Ed Activity Reports stops let us know immediately via email at [email protected]. Missed Activity Reports can be accessed on the Hi Ed website at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/activityRA.asp. </p>