Fictitious Names – Week Ending September 24, 2017
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UF's Newell Hall recognized for achieving sustainability while preserving history
After falling into disrepair and standing vacant, the University of Florida’s third-oldest building has been given new life as a high-tech, 24/7 “Learning Commons” for students. The building re-opened in the spring after an $18.9 million dollar renovation that included not only historic preservation and rehabilitation in its vision but sustainability, as well. As a...
Learning to create a corporate culture that is personal
Recently, I attended the FPRA 79th Annual Conference: PR It’s Personal – Research, Relate and Respond. While there was a large slate of breakout sessions and keynotes too numerous to mention here, I wanted to share several of the takeaways that I know will assist me as I return to the workplace. The conference officially...
The Sewing Coop: Teaching a love for creation
Vanessa Wilson will be launching The Sewing Coop, a sewing studio already equipped with materials, where she will teach five to seven classes per week to children and adults. The classes are open to everyone – from novices to the more advanced – and teach sewing, quilting, bag making, crochet and machine embroidery. She said...
Study Edge: Bringing tutoring out of the shadows
Leading market research company, Technavio recently published a report forecasting the global online tutoring market to grow at an annual rate of 13.68% through 2021. But why? Are today’s students struggling more in their studies? Maybe not. Tutoring, historically a method to help struggling students more readily grasp classroom concepts to bring them up to...
Fictitious Names – Week Ending September 17, 2017
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The Leading Edge Business Theatre brings fun and a sense of “play” to educational development initiatives
What is The Leading Edge Business Theatre? The Leading Edge Business Theatre uses training tools and forms of theatre to teach leadership and communication principles. This group of professional actors, writers, and experienced teachers offers a creative way to learn and embrace business concepts and issues that are important to organizational culture and development. This learning...
Alachua County: A college and college-prep community
Alachua County, home to the University of Florida and Santa Fe Community College, is known as an educational hub in the sunshine state. Unknown to many, however, are the vast number of academic opportunities available to students even before their undergrad and graduate school years. Students in the Alachua County Public School system have the...
UF Director for Small Business and Vendor Diversity Relations appointed to state small business advisory board
The University of Florida Director for Small Business and Vendor Diversity Relations Kathey Porter, MBA, CPSD, has been appointed to the Florida Advisory Council on Small and Minority Business Development by the secretary for the Department of Management Services, Erin Rock. This group consists of small businesses, supplier diversity professionals and stakeholders from across the...
The importance of continuing education and professional growth for employees
Are you investing in your employees’ training and development? All employees can benefit from a development program however, this task is quickly forgotten or put at the bottom of the ‘to do list’ amid the pressures of daily business activities. Neglecting this task, however, will ultimately put your business at risk. The truth is: your...