Shawn Wei
Education & Workforce Development

From Caregiver to Engineer

This fall, Wei, a recent high school graduate from Berkeley, California, will begin studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California as a recipient of a Medtronic Spark Scholarship.
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Education & Workforce Development

Minneapolis Public Schools, AchieveMpls and Cargill Partner to Boost Local Career and College Readiness By 2020

As the school year wraps up, local partners are looking ahead with a focus on practical solutions to help close the achievement gap and prepare the future workforce. Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and AchieveMpls, in partnership with the Cargill Foundation, today announced a major three-year investment of $4 million for MPS Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID); Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs; and AchieveMpls Career & College Centers in MPS high schools. The grant will provide critical support for student academic success and career and college readiness through 2020.

Inclusion & Opportunity

A Better Chance to Honor MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark and Other Community Leaders Committed to Education and Diversity

Event features presentation of 2017 Chairman's Award to JCPenney Chairman and CEO Marvin Ellison; the 2017 Benjamin E. Mays Award to The College Board President and CEO David Coleman and the DreamBuilder Award to Tony Clark, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Association.

Awards & Rankings

Los Angeles Kings and LA Galaxy Named Environmental Innovators of the Year by Green Sports Alliance

AEG’s Los Angeles Kings and LA Galaxy will be honored as Environmental Innovators of the Year at Green Sports Alliance’s (GSA) Sixth Annual Game Changer Awards in Sacramento, Calif. on June 28, 2017. Both first-time recipients, the Kings and Galaxy were selected for their efforts in sustainable stadium and arena operations and community and fan engagement.

Environment

General Motors Sustainability Newsletter - June 2017

General Motors’ sustainability approach enables the company to serve its customers and shareholders, increase operational efficiency, mitigate risk and improve the communities where it does business.

Education & Workforce Development

Arrow Electronics Sponsors Student-led Formula-E Electric Race Car Projects in Norway, Germany

In Europe, Arrow is working with universities that are participating in Formula Student, a global automotive engineering competition. Some 3,500 students across Europe participate in the program each year, producing more than 100 custom vehicles. Arrow sponsors the Formula-E Race Car Projects in Norway and Germany.

Education & Workforce Development

Debswana Funds Flagship School Project

New classrooms are being built for Seaseole Primary School in Letlhakane, close to Debswana’s Letlhakane Mine, where a new tailings plant project is nearing completion, extending the life of the mine by 25 years.

Education & Workforce Development

Sanofi Pasteur Sponsors 15th TecBridge Business Plan Competition

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, once again served as a lead sponsor for the TecBridge Business Plan Competition – a regional competition, located in Northeast Pennsylvania, designed to stimulate innovative thinking to leverage a technology-driven economy while retaining area talent.

Education & Workforce Development

Major League Baseball Players Association Shines Light on Michael Weiner Scholarship Recipients and Future Labor Leaders

Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark told Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies recipients all about the man for whom the award is named during a luncheon in their honor at the union's Manhattan headquarters on Monday, June 5.

Education & Workforce Development

Kip, Kip, Hooray: The Osprey has a Name

"Ooohh," "Aahhh," "Whoooaaa."

Those sounds were some of the not really quiet, but trying to be quiet, squeals from 150 elementary students as Skoshi, a 28-year-old red-tailed hawk, made an appearance at Oakhurst STEAM Academy in Charlotte, N.C.

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