Sentences with phrase «children of alumni»

Did you know a scholarship exists exclusively to support the children of alumni?

It is a bit tiresome to have these affirmative action challenges come up, though, given that most of the American universities challenged have much more extensive «legacy» admissions, by which children of alumni or big donors are admitted without meeting the usual academic requirements.

Many camp directors give discounts or funding prioritization to the children of alumni, or even subsidize the cost personally.

Not exact matches

«Edmark had all the ingredients for a brand: it was making some of the best children's software on the market,» says McNeely, the former chairman of a top Seattle ad agency and an alumnus of giant Ogilvy & Mather.

I was struck by how many of my female alumni colleagues had put their careers on hold to stay at home with young children, while almost none of the men had made that choice.

Their children Josh Woitas, BComm ’03 and MBA» 05, and Carson Woitas BSc ’08 and MBA» 16, are also double alumni from the University of Calgary and Josh is a Dinos Hockey alumnus.

«While we rejoice that Professor Foster's earthly struggles are over and find comfort in the promise of his eternal life with Christ, we grieve the loss suffered by his wife Anise, his children Gus and Avery, and his many friends among the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Wheaton College.

Some of those alumni were part of Passion's consistent history of generous donations, including $ 3.3 million to end modern slavery in 2012, 20,000 towels and socks for the homeless in 2015, and $ 800,000 for a hospital for women and children in Syria in 2016.

Camp Registration Includes: Instruction from De La Salle Coaches, alumni and current student athletes 1:8 coach to camper ratio Camp Tee Shirt Each camper will receive a certificate of participation Weekly awards Incoming K to 9th graders - for some camps The mission of the De La Salle High School athletic camps is to offer children of all ages (male and female) the opportunity to participate and experience an enjoyable camp while at the same time providing assistance to the Bishop John S. Cummins program.

Stories of alumni adventures are inspiring for everyone: current students launching into high school, parents looking to their own younger children's future and, of course teachers.

Your child can make new friends as they master new tech skills, and will join a community of more than 350,000 alumni.

But McKenzie, who has studied the alumni of orphanages in the U.S. — and was an orphan himself, growing up in the Barium Springs Home for Children, an orphanage in North Carolina — says that the conclusion of the paper «doesn't surprise me as much as it might others.»

Norwich has been identified by the government as one of the areas in the country needing additional support to ensure all local children get a brilliant education and good start in life.Future First research shows alumni are crucial in inspiring current state students to greater motivation, confidence and success in the world of work.

Primary school children are to be linked with supportive communities of volunteers from the world of work — both alumni and friends of the schools — who can broaden their jobs horizons and boost their aspirations for the future.

A new enterprise from a team of Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni will add its own box to the industry with a subscription service designed for parents and children.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

Four alumni of the Harvard Graduate School of Education are doing this work in very different ways, all with one common goal in mind: preparing our children for school success later on.

Other SSP alumni own an architecture firm specializing in the design of children's educational play spaces.

HDP alumni are in a range of roles including kindergarten teachers, doctoral students in clinical psychology, public television producers, admissions directors, school - based child advocates, and education policy analysts.

A 1993 book, «Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up,» which tracked 20 years of graduates, concluded that Hunter alumni were no different than similar students, their life results mapping onto a normal bell curve.

Perhaps most importantly, the schools are blessed with overwhelming advocacy from alumni and the parents of their students, many of whom feel that their children are receiving a private school — quality education at public expense.

And with hundreds of alumni, they plan to start a long - term study on the effects on children as they progress to middle school and high school.

Through their work across all areas of the education sector, our alumni work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to fulfill his or her potential.

HGSE faculty, students, and alumni produce groundbreaking research in fields as diverse as the moral development of children, international education policy, organizational leadership, neuroscience and cognitive development, and the role of the arts in schools.

He is an active alumni of the Pahara - Aspen Education Fellowship program and was a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind as well as the Advisory Board of Tulane University's Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives.

«Initial Accreditation is a testament to the dedication of our faculty and staff as well as the hundreds of Residents and program alumni across the nation who are working tirelessly to ensure that every child has the opportunity to receive a world - class education.»

Today, more than 10,500 corps members are teaching in 52 urban and rural regions across the country, while more than 37,000 alumni work across a variety of sectors to ensure that all children have access to an excellent education.

The purpose of this network is for program alumni to share their positive stories with state policymakers, school choice advocates, parents, and the media to ultimately give more children the opportunity to participate in these programs across the country.

A University of Houston alumnus, Karen is married to Steve and they have four children and two granddaughters.

>> I was — I'm one of the alumnus of the children's defense fund.

Studies of college enrollment and graduation rates of scholarship alumni have shown that, despite coming from socioeconomic backgrounds associated with lower rates of college enrollment, Children's Scholarship Fund students enroll in college at an average rate that is similar to or higher than the general population.

Founded by a group of IIMA alumni, with ample personal experience of educational institutions, Educational Initiatives (EI) is an effort to ensure every child learns with understanding.

Meanwhile Malkin seems to ignore the reality that the nation's criminal justice systems are in as sore a need of reform as public education — and that as school reformers, Teach For America alumni and staffers can no more ignore the consequences of those woes on children outside of schools than the crises within them.

Dennis Morris, a parent of both a current student and an alumnus of Hartford's Jumoke Academy, said he felt compelled to participate in the demonstration because he believes that a good education is the key to success for our children.

Research shows that high - quality pre-school has a positive impact on children's lives: Adult alumni of high - quality preschools have higher education attainment, employment, and earnings, and are less likely to be involved in crime than adults from similar backgrounds who didn't attend pre-K as children.

By focusing solely on the fact that Teach For America alumni are playing their proper (and laudable) roles as participants in civil society on behalf of children and communities, Malkin fails to pay any mind to the great work that the organization and its recruits do on a daily basis in providing kids with high - quality teaching.

Our own campus book store has expressed interest in carrying the non-English titles as well, saying that outside of the required texts they sell to students, children's books sell the best, especially during family weekends and alumni events.

Other scholarships for grandchildren include the alumni heritage scholarship and the alumni scholar award at the University of Alabama, Augustus Ward Young and Ruth Agenes Young Scholarships at the University of Maine at Machias for students whose grandparents or great - grandparents were members of Eastern Star, a scholarship for grandchildren and great grandchildren of full - time faculty (past or present) sponsored by the San Diego State University Retirement Association, a scholarship for grandchildren of alumni at Texas State University San Marco, a scholarship for children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of alumni at the University of New Hampshire, and a scholarship for grandchildren of alumni sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association.

Utilize the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAECHY) resources to assist your homeless students and alumni with important topics related to higher education.

Other subjects include: a discussion at the college led by visiting author Alfred Kazin; a discussion led by W. A. Robinson, director of the Secondary School Study of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes, on education for African Americans; faculty appointments; the future of world culture as outlined by Herbert Miller; children in the college community; the role of the college in the surrounding community; radio programs via WWNC; the building of the Quiet House; upcoming plays, concerts, and other events at the college; general campus news and news from alumni of the college.

There are a lot of students and alumni who aren't satisfied by the trustee response, and we will keep pushing Reed to display a fiduciary and moral backbone by divesting from the fossil - fuel industry that is degrading, if not destroying, our future and our children's futures.

Yale Law Women decided to create an extra list after alumni said a list focused on issues such as child care helped perpetuate gender stereotypes, according to Megan Mumford, a co-chair of the survey committee who spoke with the American Lawyer.

Star alumni: David Butt, first Canadian prosecutor to specialize in Internet child abuse cases, legal director of Kinsa, and secretary of ECPAT International; Anne Giardini, president of Weyerhaeuser Canada, newspaper columnist, and novelist; Kimberley McVittie, CIBC ombudsman and chief privacy officer; Caroline Pinto, managing principal at Counsel Public Affairs Inc.; Michael Silver, mediator and arbitrator; Ian J. Tod, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. global managing partner for tax; Kathleen Waters, president and CEO, LawPRO; Jennifer Wood, senior legal counsel at Royal Bank of Canada; Ann Elise Alexander, senior counsel, CIBC legal department.

Star alumni: David Butt, the first Canadian prosecutor to specialize in Internet child abuse cases and counsel to Kinsa; Anne Giardini, chancellor of Simon Fraser University; Kimberley McVittie, vice president of business management at CIBC; Caroline Pinto, managing principal at Counsel Public Affairs Inc.; mediator and arbitrator Michael Silver; Ian Tod, former chairman of Deloitte Legal; Kathleen Waters, president and CEO of LawPRO; Jennifer Wood, private banker at RBC.

Star alumni: David Butt, first Canadian prosecutor to specialize in internet child abuse cases, counsel to KINSA; Anne Giardini, chancellor of Simon Fraser University; Kimberley McVittie, vice president, Risk Shared Services, CIBC; Deborah Rogers, senior vice president, Legal Counsel, Brookfield Office Properties; Daina Selvig, assistant general counsel, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals; Michael Silver, mediator and arbitrator; Ian Tod, former chairman, Deloitte Legal; Kathleen Waters, president and CEO, LawPRO

In Exploring the path from foster care to stable and lasting adoption: Perceptions of foster care alumni (Children and Youth Services Review, 55, 111 - 120), Mariscal et.

Many of the teachers were once students at St. Mark have children that are either alumni or current students and a few have soon to be students making the teachers highly invested in the educational quality and overall enviroment of the school.

Mr. Finlay is an alumnus of Southern New Hampshire University and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Karin and their four children.