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28 June 2022Meazure Learning Announces Acquisition of Scantron’s Certification and Licensure Business
The company expands global scale and reach with addition of test center network and exam development services Birmingham, AL – Meazure Learning, the premier provider of high-stakes online testing services … Learn More
14 January 2020
ProctorU and Yardstick Assessment Strategies Merge to Form Meazure Learning, Establishing World’s Most Secure Testing Network and Platform
Birmingham, AL and Ottawa, ON – ProctorU, the world’s largest online exam security and identity management company, and Yardstick Assessment Strategies, leaders in psychometrics and computer-based exam administration for professional … Learn More
18 March 2019
ExamSoft and ProctorU Embark on New Partnership to Deliver Industry’s First Offline Version of Online Proctoring into Secure Assessments
EdTech leaders join forces to increase assessment integrity for educational institutions across the globe Birmingham, AL – ExamSoft, a secure testing and assessment platform company based in Dallas, Texas, that … Learn More
21 December 2018
SAES Partners with ProctorU to Protect the Integrity and Credibility of Augmented Engineers and Scientists
Birmingham, AL – ProctorU and the Society of Augmented Engineers and Scientists (SAES) announced today their partnership to deliver a revolutionary new human augmentation certification program. SAES was established in … Learn More
14 November 2018
ProctorU and SmarterServices Partner to Offer Flexible Proctoring Solutions
Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, the world’s largest provider of online proctoring and identity management services, is partnering with SmarterServices, a full-spectrum assessment services company. The ProctorU integration with SmarterServices’ SmarterProctoring … Learn More
5 September 2018
ProctorU Raises the Bar for Academic Integrity in Online Proctoring
Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, the world’s largest online proctoring and identity management company, announced today the release of Live+, the latest version of its live online proctoring solution. ProctorU Live+ … Learn More
1 May 2018
Stryker Acquires Hygia Health Services
Birmingham, AL — Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions division announced today the completion of its acquisition of Hygia Health Services. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., Hygia focuses exclusively on reprocessing patient care single-use … Learn More
28 November 2017
College Placement and Prep Exams to Get More Secure Online Proctoring
Birmingham, AL – McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, and ProctorU, an online proctoring company, today announced the launch of a new partnership that will enable higher education institutions to … Learn More
10 October 2017
Excelsior College Taps ProctorU for CourXam Exams
Birmingham, AL – Students taking courses through Excelsior College’s CourXam platform can now take exams from anywhere using a computer, webcam and internet connection, thanks to a partnership between the … Learn More
1 June 2017
Tips and Tricks for Online Students’ Success
Birmingham, AL – College is hard. From the time management, all night study sessions, volume of material and level of difficulty of the information that students must learn, the challenges … Learn More
11 May 2017
Five Reasons Online Learning Enrollment Rates are Rising
Birmingham, AL – Enrollment rates in online education classes are still climbing, despite the fact that overall higher education enrollment rates are declining. The Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education Enrollment … Learn More
6 April 2017
ProctorU Has a New Look
Birmingham, AL – Education is changing, and ProctorU is leading that change. We have updated our look to something simple and sleek, yet powerful. We wanted our look to better … Learn More
31 March 2017
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education is Here
Birmingham, AL – The Times Higher Education is warning that the extreme potential economic and social benefits of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, may be squandered if colleges do not prepare … Learn More
20 May 2016
University of Iowa Investigating Cheating Among Online Students
IOWA CITY, IA – Safeguards in place to prevent cheating among University of Iowa online students recently detected “potential irregularities” during an exam, prompting the institution to launch an academic misconduct … Learn More
20 April 2016
ProctorU Forms Two New Partnerships Amid Huge Expansion
Hoover, AL – ProctorU, a Hoover-based online exam proctoring service, has significantly expanded its operations by establishing an international partnership network that will add 100 employees in the U.S. and … Learn More
21 October 2015
National Commerce Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2015 Earnings
Birmingham, AL (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – National Commerce Corporation (NASDAQ: NCOM) (the “Company” or “NCC”) today reported third quarter 2015 net income to common shareholders of $2.5 million, compared with $1.5 … Learn More
23 July 2015
National Commerce Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2015 Earnings
Birmingham, AL (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – National Commerce Corporation (NASDAQ:NCOM) (the “Company”) today reported second quarter 2015 net income to common shareholders of $2.3 million, compared with $1.1 million for the second … Learn More
30 April 2015
Ucard Helps Colleges Combat Fraud, Ensure Academic Integrity
Birmingham, AL – As the popularity of online education grows, schools need ways to maintain academic quality and standards as they extend teaching and learning beyond traditional campus walls. Since … Learn More
28 April 2015
National Commerce Corporation Announces First Quarter 2015 Earnings
Birmingham, AL – National Commerce Corporation (NASDAQ: NCOM) (the “Company”) today reported first quarter 2015 net income to common shareholders of $1.9 million, compared with $1.0 million for the first … Learn More
31 March 2015
ProctorU joins Apple, Microsoft to Solidify Stance on Student Privacy
Birmingham, AL – Birmingham’s ProctorU has joined some of the nation’s largest school service providers including Apple, Microsoft and Google by signing a student privacy pledge that creates more accountability … Learn More
18 March 2015
National Commerce Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering of Common Stock – Stock Prices at $19.50 Per Share
Birmingham, AL – National Commerce Corporation (“NCC”), the parent company of National Bank of Commerce, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 1,700,000 shares of its common stock, … Learn More
4 December 2014
ProctorU Hits Milestone of 1M Proctored Exams
Birmingham, AL – When Zymezia Rivers came in to work at the proctor center in Hoover, Alabama on Oct. 13, she became part of a ProctorU milestone. That day, Rivers … Learn More
22 August 2014
Sterilized Pneumatic Tourniquets Added to HYGIA Health Services’ Patient Room Management Program
Birmingham, AL – HYGIA Health Services, the leading provider of Essential Clinical 6749-pneumatic-tourniquet-072Commodities (ECCs) through their multiplication and management program, now offers sterilized pneumatic tourniquets in their Extreme Quality. Adding tourniquets … Learn More
21 August 2014
ProctorU Named 4th Fastest Growing Education Company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine
Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, an online test proctoring company that was founded in Hoover in 2008, has been named to the 2014 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies … Learn More
18 June 2014
Which Birmingham Banks are Lending the Most?
Birmingham, AL – For years, businesses have been citing a lack of lending from banks as an obstacle to growth. As I noted yesterday, however, Birmingham banks are clearly lending … Learn More
6 June 2014
United Group Banking Company of Florida, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement to Join National Commerce Corporation
Birmingham, AL – National Commerce Corporation (“NCC”), the parent company of National Bank of Commerce, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and United Group Banking Company of Florida, Inc. (“United”), headquartered in Orlando, … Learn More
16 May 2014
HYGIA Health Services Successfully Completes Recent FDA Audit with Zero Citations for Essential Clinical Commodity Patient Room Reprocessing
Birmingham, AL – HYGIA Health Services, the premier service provider of patient room Essential Clinical Commodities (ECCs), is pleased to announce it has successfully completed a periodic three day FDA … Learn More
10 April 2014
National Bank of Commerce Expands into Florida with New Vero Beach Office
Birmingham, AL – National Bank of Commerce (NBC) announced today the opening of a new loan production office in Vero Beach, Florida. With the new office, the bank expands its … Learn More
17 October 2013
HYGIA Adds Bed Alarms to Hospital and Health Systems’ Green Initiatives
Birmingham, AL – HYGIA Health Services, the leading provider of Essential Clinical Commodities (ECCs) through their multiplication and management program, has added bed alarms to their catalog of single use, … Learn More
4 September 2013
HYGIA Adds Stethoscopes to Patient Room Essential Clinical Commodity Management Program
Birmingham, AL – HYGIA Health Services, the leading provider of Essential Clinical Commodities (ECCs) through their multiplication and management program, has added stethoscopes to their catalog. HYGIA is the leading ECC … Learn More
10 July 2012
MEDSEEK, BrightWhistle Partner to Provide Targeted Social Patient Acquisition Solutions
Birmingham, AL – MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only enterprise strategic patient engagement and management solutions, today announced it has entered into a reseller agreement with BrightWhistle, the Atlanta, … Learn More
10 May 2012
MEDSEEK Acquired by Silver Lake Sumeru and Essex Woodlands
BIRMINGHAM, AL – MEDSEEK, a leading provider of online strategic patient engagement and analytics solutions for healthcare organizations, announced today that Silver Lake Sumeru, Essex Woodlands and MEDSEEK management have signed … Learn More
26 April 2012
2012 eHealth Excellence Awards Announced at MEDSEEK Client Congress
Birmingham, AL – MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only enterprise strategic patient engagement and management solutions, today announced the winners of the eHealth Excellence Awards during the 2012 eHealth … Learn More
21 February 2012
MEDSEEK’S ePatient Engagement Helps Hospitals Find Patients, Raise Revenues, Manage Health
Birmingham, AL – MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only enterprise strategic patient engagement and management solutions, today unveiled its predictive analytics-based ePatient Engagement Propensity Index report that helps hospitals … Learn More
16 February 2012
MEDSEEK Management Reports Record Growth and Expansion
Birmingham, AL —MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only enterprise strategic patient engagement and management solutions, today announced 2011 was the best year in the company’s 15-year history. The demand … Learn More