Sentences with phrase «years as a program»

Michael Sligh Organization Representative: Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI - USA) Michael Sligh has worked for over 30 years as a Program Director for RAFI - USA where he manages policy, research and education for the promotion of organic, agro-biodiversity, organic seed development, and a wide - range of food justice, fair trade and other value - added food labeling, policy and marketing issues.

The selection process was a bit stiffer this year as the program received over 650 applications — a 30 % increase from last year.

Marcus Green: It's getting bigger and bigger every year as the programs all keep getting better.

After receiving her Master's Degree in International Affairs from Boston University, Sarah worked for Circle Surrogacy for two years as a Program Coordinator, providing intended parents, surrogates and egg donors support throughout their journey.

For example, «[m] aterials scientist William Coblenz left DARPA last fall after serving for 25 years as a program manager.

I'm pretty new to research development — I started in my position at UMass Lowell about a year and a half ago after six years as a program director and science advisor at the National Science Foundation.

Explorations courses will evolve each year as the program grows and based on the interests and partnerships in the community.

Programs: Two - year AS programs in Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts.

After several years as a program evaluator and an attorney, Josh has spent the past two decades as a nonprofit leader, initiating organizations aimed at improving and equalizing educational outcomes.

In his seven years as a program specialist in SEDL's Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching, Dr. Molina worked primarily with elementary and middle school teachers.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Lilia spent three years as a Program Officer at a private family foundation focused on child welfare, where she managed that foundation's grant programs, including programs in many art disciplines.

Before joining the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Christa spent three years as a Program Officer at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), working to provide a variety of professional development opportunities for artists.

Jayne served for several years as the Program Director of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court in New York, a network of 2,000 NGOs worldwide that helped bring about the establishment of the Court and was twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Summary: * Over 14 years as Program Manager (Bioenvironmental Engineering Services) for the Virginia Air National Guard.

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The news of the program, announced Wednesday night, comes as a Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report shows U.S. entrepreneurship education lagging and follows a decrease in VC fundraising last year.

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

DACA recipients» fears are not unfounded — the same fear surfaced several years ago after the Obama administration in 2014 attempted to expand DACA and implement a program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, which sought to shield from deportation the parents of American citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Before joining the Times, Kate worked for more than six years as an on - air television reporter at CNBC, appearing on the channel's daytime programming with news, interviews, and analysis.

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison at the California City Correctional Facility with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6 - month training program.

He launched the Kickstarter campaign as a part of his MBA Summer Internship program at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management following his first year of classwork.

«Once fully realized, the programs in this announcement will support more than 18,000 highly skilled jobs in the U.S. and thousands of jobs in Saudi Arabia as part of maintaining and modernizing these platforms over the next 30 years,» Lockheed Martin said in a statement on May 20.

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

Earlier this year, his Toronto - based startup was one of 20 selected for C100's 48 Hours in the Valley program, which introduces teams to successful Canadian entrepreneurs as well as influential Valley VCs.

As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's estimate.

These effects help explain the recent announcement by Starbucks and several major American corporations of a program to offer full - time positions as well as apprenticeships and internships to 100,000 disconnected youth over the next three years.

Under the Obama - era program undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors can apply for a renewable two - year work permit that would protect them from deportation.

To celebrate 30 years of the program, we are rebranding what was once known as the PROFIT 500 to the Growth 500 ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.

While concentrations in traditional areas such as finance have existed for years, a new wave of industry - specific program announcements include golf and resort management (introduced at Wilfrid Laurier this fall) and mining (another Ryerson option).

The issue stems, in part, from year - old changes to Canada's express entry system which makes it impossible for someone in the PGWPP program to gain express entry without a Labour Market Impact Assessment, as chronicled by Nicholas Keung:

CEO Saeed El - Darahali — who himself spent years paying off his $ 50,000 student debt — created an employee debt assistance program as a «pay it forward» gesture, but it's also a canny recruitment strategy.

The Canada Pension Plan started operation 50 years ago in 1966 as a stand - alone program based on a federal - provincial partnership.

The 10 - year agreement gives Rogers (which owns Canadian Business) exclusive broadcast and distribution rights to existing WWE programming such as Raw and Smackdown and pay - per - view events, as well as to its fledgling WWE Network, a dedicated wrestling channel launched in February in the United States.

That program is controversial as it gives foreigners a two - year visa in exchange for investing at least $ 500,000 in a project that is promised to create jobs.

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

Earlier this year, for example, it launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner with Weiss.

Hourly and half - hourly news bulletins, combined with programs on a host of topics, from sports to culture and cookery to comedy, mean that the radio is arguably still as relevant today as it was in the years before podcasts, the web and streaming.

Last year, instead of paid time - off, Apple donated $ 50 per hour for volunteer work employees performed as part of its gift matching program.

For more than four years now, the U.S. Federal Reserve has tried to do just that through a security - purchasing program known as quantitative easing — also commonly referred to as «printing money.»

Akbar Yungai started as a bellhop, working his way up to the front desk at Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, and is now on the brand's elite Navigator program — where, instead of standing behind a desk, the 30 - year - old approaches guests and encourages them to leave the well - trodden tourist paths.

«Having physical office space was tremendously legitimizing,» says the 31 - year - old, who spent two months working from the lobby of a defunct credit union as part of the program.

The Hive has been open in Manhattan for nearly a year, since receiving a $ 100,000 grant from the Bloomberg administration as part of the mayor's MediaNYC 2020 program.

Santiago's startup scene — half - jokingly referred to as Chilecon Valley by global investors — has also gained momentum in the past five years, thanks to Start - Up Chile, a government - backed program launched in 2010.

The funding will continue to the end of the calendar year and into next year, but that's about as much money as there is to run those programs.

Meant as a stopgap measure, the braceros program lasted 22 years.

For years, he'd been administering a test to help board members assess their decision - making skills, as part of a training program he'd developed for corporate directors.

Noah, who takes over for former host Jon Stewart after previously appearing on the show as a correspondent, will be the program's first new host since Stewart took over the role in 1999 (though, John Oliver briefly stepped into the role two years ago during a Stewart hiatus before getting his own show on HBO (TWX)-RRB-.

The next year, on Gemini 10, Young and Mike Collins completed a dual docking and other maneuvers as prelude to the Apollo program's quest to put a man on the moon.

The average homeowner receives $ 1,823 a year through programs such as tax - free capital gains on the sale of principal residences and the Home Buyers Plan that lets first - time buyers withdraw money from their RRSPs for downpayment.

While Colorado and California are looked at as models of the modern marijuana economy, the U.S. lags behind other countries like Canada, which already has a fully - functional nationwide medical program and will launch its nationwide recreational program in the next year.

Mary Baldwin University's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted accepts girls as young as 13 and about 20 girls enroll in the gifted program each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, CorinnProgram for the Exceptionally Gifted accepts girls as young as 13 and about 20 girls enroll in the gifted program each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, Corinnprogram each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, Corinne said.