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University of Phoenix and Emsi Collaborate to Map Skills Taught in the Classroom to Those Desired by Today’s Workplace and Built into Degree Curriculum | Business
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 11, 2021– University of Phoenix is participating in the SHRM Conference, West Hall, Booth #12063, and highlighting a strategic collaboration with Emsi, a leader in labor market analysis, that changes the way we think about higher education and its connections to careers. Focused on instilling “skills-based learning” in graduates, the University of Phoenix is actively using workplace data and insights to link program coursework to the types of skills employers indicate they are seeking. “Helping students understand how their learning connects to desired employee skills is the new frontier in higher education,” said Bob Hieronymus, vice president … Read more
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Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards Names IDology CEO “Woman of the Year” |
ATLANTA, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — IDology, a GBG Company, announced today that its CEO, Christina Luttrell, has been named the Gold Globee® winner of this year’s “Woman of the Year in Business & the Professions” (11-2,499 employees) by the Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards. The awards recognize and honor the world’s best in leadership, organizational performance, products, and innovation. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry leaders participated to determine the 2021 award winners. Luttrell was specifically recognized for fueling IDology’s growth while focusing on mentorship and community service. “While I am deeply honored and … Read more
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Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards Names IDology
Christina Luttrell recognized among world’s best in leadership, innovation, and organizational performance IDology, a GBG Company, announced today that its CEO, Christina Luttrell, has been named the Gold Globee® winner of this year’s “Woman of the Year in Business & the Professions” (11-2,499 employees) by the Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards. The awards recognize and honor the world’s best in leadership, organizational performance, products, and innovation. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry leaders participated to determine the 2021 award winners. Luttrell was specifically recognized for fueling IDology’s growth while focusing on mentorship and community service. Marketing Technology … Read more
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Rosanna Garcia, PhD, Is Named Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | News
Rosanna Garcia, an expert on business innovation and marketing, has joined the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) faculty as the Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in The Business School. She began her new role July 1. Garcia, who has a PhD in marketing from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Business at Michigan State University, was most recently the Walter Koch Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at the University of Denver; she previously held associate professor positions at North Carolina State University and Northeastern University. Her research on entrepreneurism, innovation, and consumer behavior has been published in peer-reviewed journals; … Read more
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A Proclamation on Small Business Week, 2021
The American entrepreneurial spirit is a defining quality of our Nation which time and again has lifted us to new heights and carried us through our greatest challenges. Small businesses are not only the engines of our economic progress — they are the heart and soul of our communities. During National Small Business Week, we celebrate our Nation’s small businesses — the pillars of their neighborhoods When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck last year, it posed a historic challenge to America’s small businesses. From coast to coast, in big cities, small towns, rural enclaves, and Tribal communities, small business owners … Read more
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HSU Partners with UC Davis to Launch Tech Center for Small Business Innovation
Sep 09, 2021 In a one-of-its-kind collaboration, Humboldt State University’s Northern California Small Business Development Center (NorCal SBDC) has partnered with the University of California, Davis to open a tech center that will support business owners and innovators in bringing new ideas, inventions, products, and services to market. The tech center, called SBDCtech @ UCDavis Venture Catalyst, will offer specialized services for entrepreneurs and early-stage startup companies developing technologies in the ag-tech and biotech arenas. With an emphasis on technology-led economic development, it will be a pivotal resource for the Northern California innovation ecosystem. NorCal SBDC is the … Read more
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Overcoming the barriers to business innovation
Following on from the CBI and Microsoft ‘Tech Tracker’ report, read some practical steps your business can take to overcome the common barriers to innovation. 06 Sep 2021, 2 min read The CBI and Microsoft report Tech Tracker 2020: the innovation imperative, highlighted how businesses have adopted new technologies and processes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges they have faced, and their underlying motivations to innovate. As we emerge from the pandemic and the economy reopens, the boundaries of the new world of work are yet to be … Read more
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