Sentences with phrase «national field program»

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The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) today announced its 13th annual listing of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world class programs that level the playing field for women's business enterprises (WBEs) to compete for corporate bNational Council (WBENC) today announced its 13th annual listing of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world class programs that level the playing field for women's business enterprises (WBEs) to compete for corporate bnational award honoring corporations for world class programs that level the playing field for women's business enterprises (WBEs) to compete for corporate business.

«It is imperative for all of the major stakeholders in women's enterprise development — in policymaking, program development, capital, research, and organizational capacity - building — to move forward in the same direction, to not only increase our national competitiveness but to level the economic playing field.

Mr. Walmsley, rector of St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) in New Haven, Connecticut, served for ten years as director of the Episcopal Church's national program in the field of social action and civil rights.

Additionally, he has lead and supported major change projects: the revitalisation and sale of the Dairy Farmers business; major acquisition integration programs at National Foods and Goodman Fielder, and; restructuring of the Sales and Logistics function at Kellogg's Australia and Japan.

Offers field trips, classes, clubs, co-ops, socials, networking opportunities, email updates, National Honor Society, home - school graduation ceremony, annual group testing, Mentor Mom program, and teen activities and socials.

www.eatdrinkpolitics.comBy Michele SimonOver the last couple of days, news outlets have been having a field day with a proposal from Congress that pizza sauce be considered a vegetable to qualify for the National School Lunch program.

And it seems as we travel around to state and national conferences to talk to our many friends in the recreation field, more and more we hear about budgets being cut, staff let go and recreation programs being forced to turn their programs over to volunteer based organizations simply because they have no other choice.

Currently, the funders for the program are the 11 Museums In the Park (Adler Planetarium, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, DuSable Museum of African American History, The Field Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Science and Industry, National Museum of Mexican Art, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, John G. Shedd Aquarium).

Each week, the Chicken Whisperer ®, Editor In Chief of, Chicken Whisperer Magazine, Author of, The Chicken Whisperer's Guide To Keeping Chickens, and Chicken Fact or Chicken Poop, and National Spokesperson for the USDA - APHIS Biosecurity for Birds Program, welcomes experts in their field from around the country to share their knowledge about backyard poultry, show poultry, and living a self - sufficiant lifestyle.

Working with Congress, national organizations, and FRAC's diverse state and local grassroots field network, Ellen advocates for improved access and participation to domestic anti-hunger programs for low - income individuals and families.

The citation, written by Elvira's father praised Dr. Clavano for her pioneering work in the field of pediatrics with her work «Under - Five Clinic National Program,» and in infant feeding with her Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Dr. Natividad N. Relucio Clavano is hereby awarded the Order of the Golden Heart in the field of Pediatrics, where she pioneered in Young Child Feeding with her work in the «Under - Five Clinic National Program,» and in Infant Feeding with her work on the «Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative» (subsequently replicated in 192 countries) which made her famous all over the world, where she banned infant formula milk from the Maternity Ward of Baguio General Hospital and enforced a regime of «rooming - in» of the infant.

In 1987 educators, program directors and experienced midwives in the field of direct entry midwifery decided it was time to begin developing a national credential, the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, which is administered through the North American Registry of Midwives and has rigorous standards for knowledge, skills and experience.

Wicks worked on Obama's 2007 - 08 campaign starting as the campaign's Western region field director in Chicago, then as field director in California, deputy field director in Texas, director of the campaign's national volunteer program («Obama Organizing Fellows»), and in the fall state director for Missouri.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is known for its scholarly involvement in fields like oceanography and the weather, but one program seeks to increase minority participation in the marine, environmental, and atmospheric sciences by offering internships and academic courses in these fields.

Bio-Link is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is designed to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in high - tech fields in the U.S.

«This exciting research, supported by the National Science Foundation, represents a seminal advance in the field of molecular machines,» said Eugene Zubarev, a program director at the NSF.

In June 2011, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Center for Scientific Review (CSR) debuted a program aimed at leveling the playing field — somewhat — by giving young researchers experience on grant - review panels so that they could see what they look for in the grant applications they choose to fund.

Miller's «departure from the field will have serious ramifications for many on - going archaeological projects throughout» the Near East, where she studies plant remains to better understand agricultural economies, wrote Melinda Zeder, director of the archaeobiology program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in a letter sent last weekend to Richard Hodges, the museum's director.

The main focus is on complex scientific - technical questions and cross-program basic research, as well as the operating of scientific large - scale equipment, technology development, national long - term programs, and national preventive research in the field of environment and health.

Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) have uncovered evidence that shows a more complex and elaborate role for the body's hard - working G protein - coupled receptors (GPCRs) than previously thought, suggesting a conceptual advance in the fields of biochemistry and pharmacology.

A research team of Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), RIKEN, Kobe Steel and JEOL RESONANCE successfully developed the NMR system equipped with world's highest magnetic field, 1,020 MHz, supported by the JST - SENTAN program «Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis.»

The National Science Foundation (NSF) manages the United States Antarctic Program and provided the funding and logistical support that made field research to the Sabrina Coast possible.

Established in 1990 with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Timbuktu Academy is an award - winning mentoring program for underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

He commended the National Science Foundation's new INCLUDES program as a positive step toward more diversity in such fields.

Despite Italian HIV / AIDS researchers earning a top tier berth in the field, the government has no plans to continue the National AIDS Research Program that, at its peak in the 1990s, received $ 25 million a year.

While such longitudinal studies are important, it's important to remember that the field is still young, with no consensus on the best tools to look for early signs of damage, said Michael Hutchison, a neuroscientist who directs a concussion program at the University of Toronto and consults for the National Hockey League Players» Association.

Ami Radunskaya — a professor of mathematics at Pomona College, president - elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics, and director of the national Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program — was chosen as the winner of the 2016 AAAS Mentor Award for launching «dramatic education and research changes leading to an increase in the number of female doctorates in the field of mathematics.»

In order to obtain the comprehensive designation, which is the highest ranking the National Cancer Institute (NCI) gives, a center must meet strict criteria that include a strong core of basic laboratory research in several fields, the ability to translate those research findings into therapies that can one day be used to treat patients, a program of high - priority clinical trials, and a commitment to community service and outreach activities related to cancer prevention and control.

Stacia Friedman - Hill, Ph.D., a program director at NIH's National Institute of Mental Health, says these findings are particularly relevant to the field of mental health research because many mental health disorders are marked by changes in cognitive function, sometimes years before clinical symptoms become significant, and because mental health disorders often involve changes in the developing brain.

The program will expand clinical care, education and research opportunities related to adults with chronic debilitating disease and poise the institution as a national leader in the emerging field of palliative care.

Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, of Kessler Foundation is the principal investigator of a Field - Initiated Program award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

Field data used in the study were obtained with the support from the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, a DOE national user facility; the DOE Atmospheric Sciences Program; the National Research Council of Canada; and Environmentnational user facility; the DOE Atmospheric Sciences Program; the National Research Council of Canada; and EnvironmentNational Research Council of Canada; and Environment Canada.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early - career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

Because their focusing skills make them uniquely suited for certain tasks in the security industry, May Institute and its National Autism Center (NAC) will collaborate with Work, Inc., one of New England's leading agencies in providing employment for people with disabilities, to develop a program to identify and train adults with ASD to work in this field.

The Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and creative phycologist to conceive, design and conduct a program of independent and collaborative, field and collection - based systematic research on algae; to publish results of scientific research; to contribute to and provide advice on the development and use of the National Herbarium of Canada algae collection; and to work with other museum staff on the development and production of exhibits, outreach and educational programs.

Ma currently serves as the X-Ray Analysis Group lead for LLNL's Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, and leads several fusion experimental campaigns fielded on the National Ignition Facility.

Because this fellowship is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Maine INBRE (IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence) program, projects submitted for the fellowship should have some biomedical relevance, with a preference for projects in the general field of comparative functional genomics (broadly defined).

«Bringing a very high - field superconducting magnet to UCSB to create the MRX facility would provide a unique opportunity to fulfill a national need and enable many experiments that can not be done at the NHMFL,» said chemistry professor Songi Han, a member of the «Big Mag @ UCSB» program committee who has been working with Sherwin for more than a decade on filming proteins in action.

In that time, the field has grown and matured significantly, attracting the interest of an increasing number of researchers across multiple disciplines, said Piotr Grodzinski, PhD, the Chief of Nanodelivery Systems and Devices Branch at the Cancer Imaging Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Thanks to the generosity of Dinaker Singh and Lauren Eng, parents of SMA sufferer Arya Singh, this clinic is poised to become a regional and national leader in the field linked to local and national research programs that offer new hope to families struggling with these disorders.

She explains how the work of the National Consortium for Credentialing of Health & Wellness Coaches (now referred to as the International Consortium for Health & Wellness Coaching) will further develop training in the field by creating a set of standards for health coaching trainers and educational programs to meet.

E-RYT, RPYT (Founder and National Program Director) is a is a perinatal fitness specialist with over 30 years of experience training 2000 + pregnant and new moms, and educating hundreds of fitness instructors, health professionals, and childbirth educators on the rapidly changing field of perinatal fitness and wellness.

MentorCoach's health and wellness training faculty continues to stay up - to - date with the national trends, consistently assures that our program meets national standards, and goes beyond that to have an active voice in the development of the field.

The NCCHWC is in a time of deep collaboration with health and wellness coach training programs that are working diligently towards creating a national standard which will help further professionalize and advance the field of health and wellness coaching.

At Utah's Arches National Park, for example, the Canyonlands Field Institute runs daylong and multiday programs aimed at secondary school groups.

Teachers who earn advanced certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are more effective than teachers without that credential, but there's little evidence to show the program has transformed the field in the broader ways its founders envisioned, a long - awaited report released today by a national scientific paneNational Board for Professional Teaching Standards are more effective than teachers without that credential, but there's little evidence to show the program has transformed the field in the broader ways its founders envisioned, a long - awaited report released today by a national scientific panenational scientific panel finds.

Fordham Institute Executive Vice President Mike Petrilli served as moderator, and he was joined by panelists Sandi Jacobs, Vice President and Managing Director for State Policy, National Council on Teacher Quality; Alice Johnson Cain, Vice President for Policy, Teach Plus; Chet Linton, CEO and President, School Improvement Network; and Rob Well, Director of Field Programs, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers.

More than 120 alternative teacher - preparation programs in almost 550 sites are now operating in 47 states and the District of Columbia — producing a growing number of teacher - candidates, according to a national survey of individuals who are entering the field through alternative routes.

According to the National Center for Education Information (NCEI), 48 states and the District of Columbia currently have AC programs, and approximately 50,000 teachers became certified through alternative routes in 2004 — 05 NCEI estimates about one - third of all new teachers enter the field with alternative certification.