Education & Workforce Development

Aspire Accelerator 2016: Applicants from Coast-to-Coast

In January, we announced an open call for applications to the AT&T Aspire Accelerator in search of ventures using technology to support students’ educational and career success. For- and non-profit organizations chosen to participate in the program will receive financial investment, access to expert services and mentorship. The application period closed in February, and we received 238 responses from organizations located across the country. Stay tuned for more information about the organizations selected for our 2016 Aspire Accelerator class, which will kick off in May!

Inclusion & Opportunity

#EmployeeAppreciationDay: Cox Enterprises Supports Employees Through Relief Fund

Today is Employee Appreciation Day. At Cox Enterprises, employees are our most important resource, and we offer a variety of benefits to support them in and out of the office. The Cox Employee Relief Fund (CERF) is one way the company assists Cox employees and their families. Celebrating its 11th year, CERF was established hours after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina by members of the Cox family and the James M. Cox Foundation.

Corporate Responsibility

3 Myths About Online Grants Management Holding You Back

Like any habit or process you have become accustomed to, change of adopting a new system or technology with perceived complexity can cause hesitation.

Education & Workforce Development

21st Century Fox Provides Training and a New Studio for Young Female Broadcast Journalists

The Television Club at Bishop Kearney High School recently received a state-of-the-art renovation of its studio thanks to 21st Century Fox. The company purchased new equipment for the school's student-run news station, WBKS, and professionals from Fox 5 trained the students on how to operate it. The initiative comes as part of the company's commitment to support and develop the next generation of journalists and storytellers. The Brooklyn-based high school's daily news broadcasts are much improved since the club started more than 20 years ago, and this new equipment will enhance their capabilities even further. The club has become a big draw for incoming students.

Volunteering & Community

Arrow Electronics: Innovating Communities

Arrow Electronics has established partnerships in our metro Denver headquarters’ community out of the fundamental conviction that the creative process in the arts and innovation in technology are intrinsically connected and must be nurtured.

Philanthropy

The North Face Announces 2016 Explore Fund Grants Open for Applications

The North Face to award $500,000 to nonprofit organizations that connect people to the outdoors.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

International Living Future Institute Adds $10K Prize Incentive to 2016 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge

Can we design products that function as elegantly as anything found in the natural world? And can those products mimic nature’s design principles?

Philanthropy

Nutrilite™ Power of 5 Campaign Celebrates Success

Volunteering & Community

Freeport-McMoRan Funds Women and Children Shelter in Arizona

The addition of the annex will more than double the shelter’s capacity and will allow the shelter to open its doors to women and children.

Education & Workforce Development

EdSurge Research: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 EdTech

We all have a huge stake in education, as parents, as community members and as learners ourselves. The only way we can collectively move education forward is if we start trading lenses and begin building a better understanding of how other communities see teaching and learning. EdSurge has spent months researching the predominant edtech trends, exploring data and engaging many voices including educators, administrators, entrepreneurs, investors, parents and policy-makers. We wanted to share the perspectives, hopes and, at times, frustrations of others as we all move forward to shape the future of teaching and learning.

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