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Angela Wilbourn Ensures That Amazing Opportunities are Available for HBCU Students

by EducationPodcast

Angela Wilbourn is an area development director for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). She fundraises and develops programs and events that will support educational  interests and inspire fresh ideas within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) community.  Her work centers in the San Francisco area where technology thrives and innovation is abundant, and, while Angela is well aware of the assets around her, she is solidly founded on the principles of impact. She brings her whole self to the negotiating table when it comes to advocacy for the students and the experiences she wants for them.  Those experiences won’t happen without a fat address book and some fantastic donors who help her in seeing that it all gets done.  Angela talks about her background, the work ahead, and some special events coming up with host, Mary Kurek, and  co-host, Terry Briggs, a huge advocate for HBCUs and Angela’s efforts.

Bob LeVine

Bob LeVine and University Consultants of America Helps Students Find and Get into the Right College

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He’s the resource you wish you had when you were in high school. Now, he may be the resource you need for your college-bound child. Bob LeVine (CEO of University Consultants of America) skillfully and with compassion, helps students and parents navigate the path toward college admissions. He and his staff spend time getting to know the family and the student’s learning methods, interests, and personalities. They help students explore the best colleges that will fit them and helps them prepare for admission, get in, and work through college life hurdles. And, they’ve been doing it successfully for years. There are other services that have to do with life-skills and career planning, but, you’re going to want to let your student listen to this episode. It could be lifechanging for your family. 

Chuck Moyer

Chuck Moyer and Task4Pros Elevate Tech Solutions for Staffing

by AfricaEducationPodcast

Chuck Moyer is the President for Task4Pros, a unique tech-based flexible staffing solution based in the United States. The company has been blowing away industry standards on traditional challenges like no-shows, improperly trained or categorized staff, turnover, and start-up times. What started as more of a manufacturing industry solution has quickly become a solution that’s now moving around to other spaces and even into remote working situations. Chuck shares details with Frontrunners Innovate host, Mary Kurek, and co-host, Marc Freedman, Co-Founder of Evolved Profits headquartered in Florida.

Special thanks to Marc Freedman for Co-hosting.

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Princess Adewoyin Breaks Social Inclusion Barrier at Cape Verde’s English Development Centre

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Princess Adewoyin Breaks Social Inclusion Barrier at Cape Verde’s English Development Centre

Dr. Olawunmi Princess engages in many roles, but, probably, the most impactful right now is her leadership role with the English Development Centre.  She is a champion for education.  She is using language as a stepping stone for youth in Cape Verde to expand opportunities for generations and also for the country’s economic development.  Princess shares in this interview with host, Mary Kurek, her work with children who are considered exceptional in abilities and how the creatives arts are making an enormous difference in the lives of entire families.

Princess announces the Centre’s partners and shares the need for sponsors as well as the plans for a major upcoming regional Spelling Bee that will put a spotlight on the work of the Centre.

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