Sentences with phrase «funded by alumni»

Scholarships managed by the LTAA are typically funded by alumni, or given in honor of alumni or Lane faculty members, and always give a nod to the special heritage of Lane Tech.

Funded by alumni from the McCombs School of Business, where it is housed, Texas Venture Labs will selectively take on projects and provide (student) labor to help the firms get off the ground.

Not exact matches

Other universities are watching carefully and will likely follow Stanford's lead, says Chris Lesmes, former director of the Big Red Venture Fund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the schFund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the schfund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the school.

James Richardson, alumni professor of economics at Louisiana State University, in May noted that the state had an obligation to fund care for uninsured patients whether or not it expanded Medicaid, and estimated that Louisiana stood to gain between $ 810 million to $ 864 million in federal support by expanding the program.

Among the companies Lonsdale has funded is Relate IQ, started by ex-Palantir alumni Steve Loughlin and Adam Evans.

TechHub alumni SwiftKey (who raised Series B funding over their time as TechHub members) are acquired by Microsoft.

TechHub alumni Nexmo (who grew from 3 to 70 + and raised a $ 18M funding round while at TechHub) are acquired by US - based Vonage.

He is also the co-founder of an early stage venture capital fund at the University of Oxford that seeds young companies run by Oxford alumni.

Our alumni have joined accelerators such as Techstars and YCombinator, have sold their companies for multiple millions, have been featured in Forbes 30 under 30 and are currently funded by some of the most prestigious investors including Marc Benioff, Marc Andreessen, and Tim Draper.

The campus foundations are private, not - for - profit organizations designed to raise and manage money and real estate donated by alumni, parents, community members, family foundations, university employees and corporations to fund approved university activities and scholarships.

«Now they are asking that alumni and other stakeholders fund their free SHS by paying money into a fund.

Meanwhile, in a statement earlier signed by the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of the Alumni, Femi Akande, he said the association had exploited all avenues to ensure that the alleged funds were returned to the alumni account but it proved abortive.

So we've established a few things that are useful to the postdocs,» including the travel awards, which come out of a departmental fund established by an alumnus.

Jill Carlson International Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M.»

«By carrying forward the same spirit of giving to the HGSE Fund as alumni, we can continue to help future classes through financial aid,» Faux says.

The initiative to build alumni networks in schools and a college in the town, run by the education charity Future First and funded by the Government's Careers and Enterprise Company, has been backed by the actors Jodie Prenger and Craig Parkinson who both grew up and studied in the town.

The strong allegiance to private schools by their alumni makes the chances of fund - raising success a real possibility in most cases.

Educators, alumni, students and families can speak out on behalf of their charter school by joining the Charter Revolution and fight for equal funding for charter school students.

The top issues identified by charter alumni so far include ensuring access to equitable facilities, sharing best practices, and startup funding.

I then multiplied this real average tuition by 1.25 because in earlier research in Arizona I found that, on average, 20 percent of total private school funding comes from non-tuition sources (mainly parish subsidies and alumni donations).

Tuition at the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New York is heavily subsidized by generous alumni / ae, donors and other funding sources to help schools maintain tuitions that are as affordable as possible.

Most importantly, the generous support provided by our alumni and philanthropic funders makes our work possible.

The funds for these portfolios are usually endowed by alumni with the goal of letting students actually invest the money.

Many of these funds were created by endowments by alumni, and were gifted with the intent of being used as a student - run investment fund.

Grandeur Peak was approached by a large investor who recognized the fact that many of those now - larger stocks were still fundamentally attractive, and asked about the prospect of a couple «alumni» funds to hold them.

Gifts made by alumni, parents, friends, and students renewable on a yearly basis, provide support for programs that are not funded by student tuition.

Funds for the building were donated by Cornell alumnus Herbert F. Johnson, late president and chairman of S C Johnson.

Although the impact of supporting artists and creativity is not easily measured by typical standards, Headlands» accomplishments can be assessed largely through the career successes of alumni artists, many of whom have gone on to achieve international recognition and receive awards, including MacArthur Foundation «Genius» grants; Creative Capital, Joan Mitchell, Pollock - Krasner, MAP Fund, SFMOMA SECA Art, Aldrich, and Anonymous Was A Woman awards; and National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation USA, Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka, and Guggenheim Fellowships; and have been nominees and finalists for Academy Awards and the Turner Prize.

Each year the museum purchases artwork by alumni artists from the Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region exhibition with funds from the Alumni Association's Arthur N. Collins ’48 Purchase Award allowing the museum to add significant works by alumni artists to the University Collections.

Designed by architects Peter Eisenman of New York and Richard Trott of Columbus, the center was funded in large part by Ohio State alumnus Leslie Wexner's gift of $ 25 million in the 1980s.

Made possible by Yale alumni and friends: Helen Buchanan; Allan K. Chasanoff; Lara Rubin Constable and the Reed Foundation; Nathaniel W. Gibbons; Betsy and Frank Karel; Saundra B. Lane; Melanie and Rick Mayer and the MFUNd; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan; Ms. Eliot Nolen and Mr. Timothy P. Bradley; Risher Randall, Sr.; the Shamos Family Foundation; Mary Jo and Ted P. Shen; Jane P. Watkins; the Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund; and an endowment created with a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Minneapolis, MN — May 3, 2018 — The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) invites the public to The Auction at MCAD, featuring more than 60 pieces of exceptional quality artwork by distinguished alumni, friends, and faculty, with proceeds supporting the MCAD Scholarship Fund.

Initiated in 2012, the Fund aims to be self - sustaining, with funds raised primarily through alumni giving and boosted by donations from corporate organisations and other benefactors.

This year, the college has stepped up its alumni fund - raising, an area where it had been relatively weak, and contributions have increased by almost one - third.

The loan program is funded by student fees and alumni donations.

Not only have schools sent in banners, but MSD alumni have also donated banners and contributed by coordinating fundraisers and events for victims» families, the establishing scholarship funds in honor of the victims and organizing of the March For Our Lives.