How to Keep Yourself Mentally Energized and Motivated
 At AACS, we are in production for your next issue of Beauty Link (BLINK) magazine. The theme is "Health is Wealth" and we need your tips, tricks and best practices for the latest "Voices from the Classroom" feature. The topic is "How do you keep yourself mentally energized and motivated?" Please send your answer or best advice along with a high resolution head shot to editor@beautyschools.org by August 21. Beauty Link is a member benefit for YOU. If there are any topics, issues or story ideas you want covered, then we want to hear from you. Your email will be kept private and confidential.
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DOE Establishing a Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
 The Department of Education intends to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to develop proposed regulations for determining which acts or omissions of an institution of higher education ("institution") a borrower may assert as a defense to repayment of a loan made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Federal Direct Loan) Program ("borrower defenses") and the consequences of such borrower defenses for borrowers, institutions, and the Secretary. Two public hearings will be held in September for interested parties to discuss the rulemaking agenda. Learn more.
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BCL Tools for Prospective and Current Students
 Share news about Beauty Changes Lives scholarships with your students and prospects. Visit beautychangeslives.org for digital and traditional promotional resources, as well as downloadable scholarship fliers you can include within prospective student enrollment packets, place in your school’s break room, locker area and anywhere else students congregate. Three BCL scholarships will be closing soon including the BCL Massage Envy Spa Scholarship next Monday, August 24. Put these promotional resources to work and encourage your students and prospects to apply!
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11 Consumer Trends that will Change business in the next 5 years
 Thanks to the proliferation of high-tech consumer services, the business world is trending toward improving customer experiences using automated technologies. But how will these developments advance the business world one year from now? How about five years down the road? Learn which trends are top of mind for business professionals and which consumer trends could change the way we do business over the next five years. For in-person information about how IT trends are shaping education, businesses and what impact it will have on jobs, register for the 2015 AACS Annual Convention & Expo.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering a FREE one-hour training opportunity August 26 for small businesses and industry organizations. Topics include: reporting profit or loss from a business or profession, self-employment tax and estimated tax payments, record keeping and deducting business expenses.
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Enter Modern Salon’s Excellence in Education program by August 31
Tough situations often happen as you're building your career but there are hidden lessons in these setbacks. There are professional failures you can’t predict, opportunities that end up being too good to be true and moments when you don’t live up to your potential. Although they may seem career-ending in the moment, these workplace setbacks can prove their value over time. In part, it’s because they are mistakes you’ll never forget or repeat. 