Sentences with phrase «community leadership programs»

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Sobey has redesigned its MBA program to emphasize responsible leadership through an eight - month integrative course, and it employs active learning through what it calls «immersive» experiences focused on entrepreneurship, community and not - for - profit leadership, and an international class trip.

She has more than 30 years of experience in business, program and engineering leadership and is actively involved in many community activities, with a passion for STEM education.

She has 30 years of experience in business, program, and engineering leadership and is active in the community, with a passion for STEM.

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

Under Mr. Fairbank's leadership, Capital One has demonstrated a strong commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting a number of area programs focused on community redevelopment and youth education, including DC Cares, the DC College Access Program and Junior Achievement.

It offers kids in the area critical programming to prepare them to become productive community members, including tutoring, sports leagues, gang prevention and youth leadership.

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business communitycommunity

We offer access to incubation programs, corporate innovation workshops, entrepreneurial leadership training, workspace, and a vibrant learning community.

Here the church may lend its official public support; supply monies; provide clerical and lay leadership, volunteers, and facilities to programs aimed at redressing social problems in the community which are contributory factors in producing mental illness.

Not only the leadership, but the rationale and philosophies of the reinforced family, the supporting community, the corrective living experience, come through with theological as well as sociological bases in these programs.

Members of all the counseling - therapy professions should take active leadership in developing such a network in the churches, high schools, colleges, adult education programs, and in all health care and counseling agencies of their communities!

In such programs both groups of professionals may be only part of larger community programs under the leadership of other citizens.

California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) is an advocate for farmers, providing leadership on public policies, research and education programs, sustainable farming practices and trade policy to enhance the California winegrape growing business and our communities.

Having raised about $ 4 million since 1998, the Jam has helped the Woods Foundation support programs like Start Something, a youth leadership program that promotes community activism.

With academics at its core, Bay Area Equestrian Club provides equestrian - focused activities and events; volunteer and community service opportunities; rescue horse programs; leadership training for young people; and educational experiences for people interested in the field of veterinary medicine.

Our programs focus on three main areas: skill development through soccer training and competitive play, leadership training through our junior coaches and career mentoring programs, and character building through our community service initiatives both home and abroad.

A growing number of camps are offering leadership training experiences for young adults, and organizations such as Global Works and Onshore Offshore Expeditions have created camping experiences that include community service programs where young people can work to improve the human condition and preserve the environment.

The ACF Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) awarded the TEI contract to provide technical assistance, leadership, and support to promote excellence in community - based research and evaluation of MIECHV initiatives that serve American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

This list includes: solid internal consistency that links specific program elements to specific outcomes, well - trained and competent staff, high - quality reflective supervision that includes observation of the provider and participant, strong leadership and organizational capacity, linkages to other community resources and supports, and consistent implementation of program components.

Jill will oversee programs and events for museum - goers of all ages and connect community members to meaningful service and environmental leadership opportunities, both at the museum and in their own neighborhoods.

Kesem provides training, support and leadership development to more than 4,500 passionate college student leaders from coast - to - coast who volunteer year - round to create, manage and run Camp Kesem's life - changing programs in their communities.

The Fleetwood - Jourdain Community Center in Evanston, located in a predominantly black, working - class neighborhood, offers karate, a special coed leadership program for teens, a class that studies plants and leaves, and a full roster of sports.

A former administrator for the East Harlem Tutorial Program, Guerrero describes an «absolute disconnect between leadership and the community,» citing high rates of asthma and unemployment with «not enough being done» in the last eight years to justify a third term for the incumbent.

Maria Henry, of Nyack, received the Clement Duran Scholarship Award in recognition of her outstanding leadership and service to the program and her community.

Under your leadership we have been able to maintain the infrastructure of community services programs that assist the State's older persons to remain living independently, even during this time of economic uncertainly.

Under the leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo, in New York State, the tax credit program is critical to revitalizing communities and building and preserving homes for low - income families, seniors, and those in need of support services.»

Prioritized program areas, designed for youths ages 6 - 18, include academic enrichment; cultural enrichment (arts, music, science); career enrichment; youth leadership, community service and civic engagement; and gang and violence prevention.

Prioritized program areas include academic enrichment; cultural enrichment (arts, music, science); career enrichment; youth leadership, community service and civic engagement; and gang and violence prevention.

Under his leadership, the ECIDA also launched a minority entrepreneurship loan / scholarship program aimed at creating entrepreneur opportunity in the minority community, oversaw creation of a venture fund that targets early - stage investment in the technology sector, and helped shape the organization's adaptive reuse policy.

As a fellow, he works on Big Data policies and programs, participates in a coordination and leadership group on cyberinfrastructure investments, and works to advance the data - intensive science and high performance computing communities supported by NSF and other Federal agencies.

The AAAS RCP convened a panel of 3 scientific experts at various sites in Jackson, Mississippi to provide external evaluation and guidance to the Mississippi INBRE leadership on the development and implementation of the program's Community Engagement and Training Core (CETC).

And yet: A report recently issued by the U.S. National Academies» Institute of Medicine (IOM) argues that, for scientists trained as part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH)- funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA program), it's time to deemphasize publishing and grant winning and focus on instilling leadership, team science, community engagement, and entrepreneurship skills.

Twelve years ago, when McLean recognized an increasing demand for integrated and specialized psychiatric care for young people, the hospital and the leadership of its child and adolescent services jumped into action and began expanding programs to meet the needs of the community.

Thanks to The Florence Gould Foundation's support and leadership of these Fellowships, the program has quickly become a highly sought after fellowship in the scientific community and has taken its place among the ranks of much older fellowships around the United States.

In addition, he praised her leadership with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in advancing the Weather Research and Forecasting model for climate research, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science community.

Dr. Palmer has also launched many programs engaging the synthetic biology community in the societal aspects of their work including the Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP), a fellowship in biotechnology leadership and the Policy & Practices track of the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.

Walk The Talk offers books and resources on leadership development program ideas, habits of highly effective leaders, effective team leaders, business Access deep technical training, discover new tools for innovation, and connect with the tech community.

When woven throughout these areas, funding also is provided for leadership; information systems / technology; efforts to capitalize on diversity; and family, neighborhood, and community development programming.

More dramatically, when students confess privately that this program has been their connection to the world, a shot at real leadership, kept them in school, given them a voice or saved them from troubled times in their home country, these stories seem remote from O - MUN's core debating program, but are fundamental to the success the community has experienced.

Funding is also provided for leadership, information technology, efforts to capitalize on diversity, and family, neighborhood, and community development programming.

«We have a lot of excellent assistant teachers at our schools already, and [the program] is about building their capacity, while also building on Indigenous leadership within our communities.»

Mason chairs the New and Aspiring School Leaders Institute, a four - day professional development program at HGSE that invites new principals to come together and talk about leadership styles, how to construct a positive learning environment, and how to form a community of school leaders.

«With growing faculty strength, new and energetic leadership, and significant advances in the field over the 20 years since the program's founding, this is the right time to recognize Prevention Science and Practice and its enhanced capacity to undertake new research on child and adolescent prevention, in schools, and the communities around them.»

To complete this feat, the program prescribes four essentials to learning: community support, leadership and positive values, access to resources, and new basic skills.

This summer, Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT)-- an education coalition composed of business and community leaders, parents, and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving Texas public schools — sent 125 educators from throughout the state to four leadership institutes at the Programs in Professional Education.

The Advanced Placement program at Sharpstown High School has long been viewed as a haven for top students in the school's magnet leadership learning community.

Cawsey says the success of the program, and the fact the school is recognised for its leadership in this area, is all the more remarkable because Rooty Hill is an L2 community - that is, no - one speaks Chinese as a first language.

The four - day leadership development program drew on the expertise and research of Harvard faculty and leading practitioners in framing the challenges faced by charter schools and their school communities while also addressing the larger state - level policy environment.

After graduating from the program, the participants become members of the YLI Community as they launch their respective personal leadership paths.A key component in the continued development of these young leaders arises from the creation of a vibrant network across three generations of Indonesian leaders encompassing the Foundation patrons, board members, established leaders and the YLI program graduates.

The ChalleNGe Program addresses the needs of the whole adolescent, as evidenced by its eight core components: leadership / followership; academic excellence (i.e., high school diplomas or GED certificates); responsible citizenship; service to the community; life coping skills; physical fitness; health and hygiene; and job skills.