Creating a Capable, Diverse Talent Pipeline
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2020 GlobalMindED Conference
June 6-8 in Hybrid or Virtual as Circumstances Dictate
Sheraton Denver Downtown
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GlobalMindED is a 501(c)(3) innovation network that closes the equity gap through education, entrepreneurship, employment and economic mobility to create a capable, diverse talent pipeline.
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Brent Chrite has participated in GlobalMindED since our first year in 2015 and serves on our National Advisory Council. He is a First Gen success story and he advocates for faculty and students who are First Gen, underrepresented or diverse from all backgrounds. He shares the difficulty that COVID-19 presents for HBCU's like Bethune Cookman.
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You are President of Bethune Cookman, a Historically Black College in Daytona, Florida. How has COVID-19 hit you, your faculty and your students?
Like all institutions, COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on our ability to carry out our mission. Safety and health, teaching and learning and financial sustainability are just some of the issues that colleges and universities across the country are facing. What's unique about B-CU in particular and HBCU's in general, is that the students we serve are already vulnerable and the financial health of our institutions is especially precarious. COVID-19 has dramatically exacerbated these challenges.
While we have migrated to a distributed learning platform utilizing the same tools as other institutions, the efficacy of these tools is a function of the availability of broadband access and hardware. Over 90% of our students are PELL eligible. Many have zero FEC (family economic contribution) requirements. Too many of our students do not own a lap top and many have no access to Wi-Fi.
Some have neither. Many of our students come from environments that are defined by trauma and generational poverty. Bethune-Cookman is for many, an essential outlet for them. Having to leave the confines of a university that loves and supports them - as part of our mission - to return to an uncertain and often dangerous home environment is not simply a matter of having to migrate to an on-line platform for members of our community.
What do you most want Americans to know about your students and their plight during this crisis?
These students select institutions like B-CU because our mission - and our purpose - is to bridge the gap between talent and ability and access and opportunity. We take students without many resources or options and we work to ensure their success in a way that cannot be easily replicated in the majority of institutions. HBCUs account for 3% of US colleges and universities, yet, these institutions are responsible for generating 17% of black bachelor degree holders in this country. We provide wrap-around and student success services that maximize students' opportunities for success.
HBCU's punch way above their weight class and I'm proud of the fact that we directly contribute to intergenerational wealth-creation for hundreds of thousands of families across this country and around the world. We're also a major supplier of diverse talent for some of the world's leading organizations. The need for HBCU's has never been greater and many of these institutions are at a particular risk - with thin margins in the best of times - of successfully getting through the COVID-19 crises.
What do you most need from Foundations/Funders and businesses at this crucial time?
Available laptops to be distributed to our students (and even faculty!) is the most critical need at this time. Financial resources in support of our students.
How else can the GlobalMindED community help you, your staff and students?
Introducing us to stakeholders who may have an interest in supporting places like B-CU, connecting our students to the role models and mentors in the GlobalMindED community and providing the continued resources to support our faculty to resources.
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Join us to recognize the most inclusive leaders in key industries for their innovations and bold actions to promote access and equity for women, people of color, and underrepresented populations in their recruiting, development, senior management on their boards, and in their pipeline strategies from education to employment.
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If you would like to nominate a student from your institution for the
2020 GlobalMindED First Gen Student Leadership Program so that they can meet role models and mentors while networking for internships and jobs with companies who are dedicated to creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline
, please encourage them to apply
HERE.
If you are an educator, you can
attend
by yourself, a team or with your First Gen student delegates. If you come with more than 5 people from your institution, you are eligible for the discount.
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GlobalMindED and the SDG Impact Fund are delighted to announce GlobalMindED's Donor Advised Fund for your year-end giving and planning your 2020 investment goals. 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Women's Declaration and Action Platform. Many from around the world are thinking of 2020 as the gateway to our most vital decade for delivering equity, the Sustainable Development Goals, and a world where all can thrive. Our key time for these outcomes is 2020-2030.
GlobalMindED DAF and the SDG Impact Fund are a powerful combined force for good as the 2019 year comes to a close and we reflect on the gratitude and the commitments we make to the causes we care most about. The DAF offers immense power and flexibility for giving prior to the year's end as you plant seeds of generous intention for 2020 and the decade ahead.
When you contribute to GlobalMindED, you support students like Emanuel Walker whose story is below. He was in the class of 2018. Since 2015, we have served more than 300 students by connecting them to role models, mentors, internships and jobs. Your generous support will allow us to take our work 10x and reach these talented students at scale who lack the resources and support we provide. Your support also helps teachers who can't afford the conference fees, faculty at colleges which are under resourced and students who persist at those universities despite food insecurity and/or housing insecurity.
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The ILO is calling on individuals and organizations to share innovative ideas and solutions to address the skills mismatch challenge. The ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call will recognise and support the development of solutions that aim to address the different forms and dimensions of skills mismatch.
Submission deadline: April 13, 2020.
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Harvard Business School College Programs Overview
The
Summer Venture in Management Program
is a free one-week residential education program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education.
Using the renowned case method of instruction, HBS faculty lead class discussions on current management issues. You will spend evenings analyzing real-business cases, and use morning study groups and classes to examine and debate their ideas through lively interaction with peers and faculty. The academic program is supplemented by presentations from HBS administrators and alumni who provide information about the impact of an MBA, as well as with social events and meals. You will have the opportunity to live in the dorms to experience the full life of an MBA student. The SVMP program is designed for students from backgrounds historically under-represented in business (e.g., African American, Latino, Native American, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender, the first family member to attend college, from a school whose graduates are sometimes underrepresented such as a community college as part of a four-year degree or a predominantly minority college).
This year's
program will be held June 13th-19th; the application is due on April 21st.
Peek Weekend
Come to HBS for a weekend to participate in our famous case method classes, live on our campus, meet current students and alumni, and get a peek into what an MBA is all about.
Peek is designed for rising juniors, rising seniors or graduating seniors. Peek Weekend seeks a diverse group of college students who are exploring career options and want to understand how an MBA can help them achieve their long-term goals. Preference will be given to students who have not had academic or professional exposure (including internships) to business or business-related fields.
The
program dates are June 12-14; application is due April 21st.
For more information on Peek Weekend, you can watch the
College Programs Webinar
which showcases all three college programs.
The
2+2 Program
is a deferred admission process for current students, either in college or full-time masters programs. It is comprised of at least two years of professional work experience followed by two years in the HBS MBA Program. Upon graduation, admitted 2+2 students spend a minimum of two years (maximum of four years) working in a professional position in the public, private, or nonprofit secto
r. T
he application is due on April 2, and is open to anyone who is graduating between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020.
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Since 2006 when the flagship TGR Learning Lab opened its doors in Anaheim, CA, TGR Foundation has had a lot to celebrate, including its most recent milestone of one million students impacted by
TGR EDU: Explore, alone.
Developed in partnership with Discovery Education, TGR EDU: Explore is a free digital resource library that offers interactive web experiences, lesson plans, training videos and tools for educators, students and families to explore new disciplines and gain skills for a modern and expanding workforce.
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The climate crisis, rape culture, the wall-we think the patriarchy has done enough. Introducing "
When Feminists Rule the World", a new podcast series from the
Nobel Women's Initiative and producing partner
MediaStyle. Hosted by Nicaraguan-born comedian,
Martha Chaves, we're talking to badass feminist changemakers around the world about the future they are creating. It shouldn't be groundbreaking. But it is.
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Entertainment For Change creates original song and dance (#SDGGROOVE) to educate young people on the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Like any meaningful social change, the original song and dance is a collaborative effort between more than 20 singers, dancers, writers and choreographers. Lauded vocalists Natalie Weiss and Antonio Cipriano lend their voices to the powerful lyrics, while each SDG is danced by performers of all calibers.
To learn more about Entertainment for Change and #SDGGROOVE, visit our
website.
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Join the #NeedHerScience Campaign that is aimed at addressing journal-level gender bias. For decades, studies have demonstrated gender bias in publishing. This may occur at various stages in the process, including at the level of the
journals. The equitable inclusion of women editors at every level is long overdue. Addressing journal gender bias starts at the top.
The goal: To raise awareness about gender bias in publishing and share with stakeholders, including journal editors and owners, the overall number of scientists, healthcare professionals and others who have taken the pledge. The pledge can be taken anonymously. Educators and others are encouraged to take the pledge and share information about this issue with colleagues and trainees.
GET INVOLVED
Here are 3 quick and easy things you can do to join the #NeedHerScience Campaign: 1. Disseminate the infographic Tips for Publishing in Medical Journals.
2. Take the #NeedHerScience pledge.
3. Encourage others to take the pledge.
TAKE THE PLEDGE
PLEDGE: "As part of determining where to submit my manuscripts, I will look at the list of editors and consider whether a journal has equitably included qualified women at every level."
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