One thing we Americans normally don’t lack is our ability to talk.
From council meetings to Capitol Hill, from 24-hour cable commentary to fan theories that delve into the vagaries of “Star Wars” droid sidekicks, our comfort zone is in constant conversation.
A nonprofit advocacy organization for students who are also parents has released a tool kit with recommendations for how colleges can best support those students.
Generation Hope held a focus group in July with the teen student parents it serves in the Washington, D.C., area. The Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation provided funding to create the tool kit.
The COVID-19 public health and economic crisis has changed our world as we know it. As employers moved to remote work, schools shifted to distance learning, and businesses closed completely, it became clear that the impact on residents, nonprofits, and businesses was far greater than anyone could have ever imagined. In response to the growing and evolving needs of our region, the Greater Washington Community Foundation established the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to raise and rapidly deploy funding to local nonprofits providing food, shelter, educational supports, and other critical services.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the U.S. continues an unprecedented racial reckoning following the deaths and continued pursuit of justice for countless Black Americans including Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, an innovative new fund is supporting Black leaders on the frontlines of shaping the urgent movement to build a fair, equitable, and anti-racist America. The Black Voices for Black Justice Fund launched today with an initial $2 million investment – with the goal of raising over $10 million – to support Black leaders as they seize this unparalleled opportunity to advance racial justice.
While pharmaceutical companies globally vie to develop a vaccine to make COVID-19 a problem of the past, a University of Maryland student is working to tackle one of the complications of a pandemic that’s still very much with us.
Emily Cho ’22, a mechanical engineering major, co-founded a multi-institutional team of students brought together by a National Academy of Engineering (NAE) effort and supported by the the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE).
Our guest on this episode is William Walker. He is an inventor, serial entrepreneur, and educator. He’s repeatedly invented solutions to unmet clinical needs and built companies to deliver those solutions. He currently serves as the Mattson Family Director of Entrepreneurship at Duke Engineering. In this role he coaches innovators and entrepreneurs, leads multiple research projects, directs the A. James Clark Scholars Program, and is actively building new programs in education and entrepreneurship. Dr. Walker holds BSE and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Duke. He’s published over forty journal articles, he holds more than thirty patents, and has founded three medical device companies.
Chris Rowe, School of Engineering associate dean for external relations, has received the 2019-2020 K.C. Potter Outstanding Service to Students Award, which is given to a faculty member who provides outstanding service consistently to individual students or student groups through personal advising, development of programs, or improvements to university systems and policies that affect students.
New York, NY– October 13, 2020 – KIPP Public Schools is the first K-12 public charter school network to create and launch a National Alumni Network focused on supporting career advancement, entrepreneurship, networking, and mental health services for more than 30,000 alumni, increasing to 80,000 alumni by 2025. This suite of programs has been created by and for KIPP’s alumni community, to connect alumni to each other and to opportunities beyond KIPP. This initiative is among the first of its kind for K-12 public schools in the US.
Last month, Marymount University officially established a new partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to support DCPS Persists, an innovative program that will provide students in the Class of 2020 and beyond a guaranteed support network as they embark on the next chapter of their educational journey.
Through DCPS Persists, eligible students who plan to go to college will be provided with a network of support that ensures they have the guidance and resources they need to succeed and earn a degree that paves the path to a fulfilling career. DCPS graduates are connected with DCPS Persists coaches who help them navigate the transition to college and assist them with academic, financial and other resources available on their college campus. They will also check in with students regularly throughout their college experience.
Who were A. James and Alice B. Clark and how were they connected to engineering?
While the world knows them as Jim and Alice Clark, I am lucky enough to call them ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom.’ My parents were married for nearly 65 years, and although my father died in 2015, I am blessed that my mother Alice is still with us today. During his career as an engineer and businessman, my father transformed a small, local construction company he joined as a field engineer in 1950 into Clark Construction Group, a large, nationally renowned company that exists today. As an engineer, my father loved to solve problems, and after he passed away, my mother and our family wanted to continue his legacy of generosity and investing in people.
