Education & Workforce Development

Rural Illinois Schools Offer New STEM Education Programs with Grant Funding from Project Lead The Way and Astellas USA Foundation

Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization that provides transformative educational experiences for K-12 students and teachers, announced today that 26 rural Illinois middle and high schools will begin new computer science, engineering and biomedical science-focused programs this school year, thanks to $1 million in multi-year grant funding made possible by Astellas USA Foundation.

Education & Workforce Development

Belle Heth Builds New Thinkabit Inspired Lab

The school has been implementing new technology such as Chromebooks for each student and new robotics. One of the new additions to the elementary is the Qualcomm inspired Thinkabit Lab. There are only two Thinkabit labs in the entire country and the school is working over the summer to have their inspired lab ready for the school year.

Education & Workforce Development

Disney Campaigns Recognized at Halo Awards

Disney's Hour of Code tutorials, created in close collaboration with code.org, aim to inspire children of all ages to learn the basics of coding in a fun and engaging way. Since 2014, more than 42 million students in over 180 countries have tried a Disney Hour of Code tutorial. In 2016, Disney and code.org's Moana Hour of Code tutorial was recognized with a Gold Halo Award for Best Education Campaign and a Silver Award in the category of Best Digital Campaign.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2017

Philanthropy

Junior Achievement volunteers help students make ‘cents’ of their future

Wells Fargo team members share the impact Junior Achievement has had on their lives — and why they enjoying giving back to future generations.

Awards & Rankings

CSRHub Releases Third e-Book in How to Improve Your CSR Score Series

CSRHub is pleased to release the third e-Book in the new series, How to Improve Your CSR Score, sponsored by Triple Pundit. “Telling Your Story... Is more disclosure better disclosure?"

Education & Workforce Development

Keep America Beautiful Announces Launch of 2017 Recycle-Bowl; Encourages Nation to #BeRecycled Ahead of America Recycles Day

As students begin to gather their notebooks, backpacks and pencils for the new school year, Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, plans to ignite a passion for recycling in schools across the country with the launch of its 7th Annual Keep America Beautiful Recycle-Bowl. Registration is now open for the fall recycling competition at http://Recycle-Bowl.org/.

Research & Reports

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Publishes Its 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

This week Commonwealth Bank of Australia released its 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report, which shows continuing progress across a range of initiatives focused on delivering the Group’s vision to excel at securing and enhancing the financial wellbeing of people, businesses and communities.

Education & Workforce Development

Scotiabank & the FC Barcelona Foundation: Kick-Starting Youth, How FútbolNet Soccer Camps Teach Tools for Success

In an open field in Lima, Peru, beside a tall hill lined with buildings, victory has just slipped out of reach for the young soccer player.

His goals hadn’t counted. He’d broken the rule of passing to two teammates before scoring. In this game of futbol (as the game is known in Spanish), winning is more about how you play than who gets the most goals.

Events

دعوة للتقدم لورشة عمل الممارسات الريادية المستدامة، حيث تعتبر الأولى من نوعها في المملكة العربية السعودية والتي تستهدف المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة

تفخر مؤسسة الملك خالد بإقامة شراكة مع مؤسسة أكاونتبلتي لتنظيم البرنامج التدريبي الخاص بالممارسات الريادية المستدامة الذي ينفّذ للمرة الثالثة في المملكة العربية السعودية بعد تنظيمه في مديني أبها والرياض. ستقام هذه النسخة من الورشة التدريبية على مدى ثلاثة أيام ٢٣-٢٥ من شهر أكتوبر. وسيتم عقد البرنامج باللغة الإنجليزية مع توفير الترجمة الفورية إلى اللغة العربية.

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