No Rest for Technology Vexed, amazed and bewildered by the stranglehold technology seems to have over the younger generation — including young African-Americans — I recently conducted my own investigation. Scene 1: Three young ladies having lunch at a restaurant,…
read moreMawi Learning Expands Partnership with Florida Virtual School reaching 200,000 Students
For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Tania Clow, 407-513-3627, tclow@flvs.net Jeannie Clary, 727-278-8216, Jeannie@anson-stoner.com Florida Virtual School® and Mawi Learning Offer New Suite of Student Success Courses ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 11, 2014) – In celebration of National Distance Learning Week (Nov….
read moreMalik Murray DePaul Alumnus Scores Finance Success with Teamwork
A post from the DePaul Kelldstadt School of Business Website Malik Murray (BUS ‘96 MBA ‘04) personifies the DePaul MBA experience. Murray, a vice president at Ariel Investments, works with a cadre of people with MBAs. But his path to…
read moreMoelis & Company Announces the Establishment of its Private Funds Advisory Business and the Appointment of Four Managing Directors
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 16, 2014– Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the establishment of its Private Funds Advisory Business which will provide capital raising, secondary and other independent advisory services to private fund sponsors…
read moreAnother weekend, another shooting? Chicago needs a Marshall Plan
By: James Reynolds Jr. July 14, 2014 Another weekend in Chicago: more homicides, muggings, burglaries and thefts. The profiles are eerily similar: an African-American male, most likely between the ages of 15 and 22, a high school dropout with a history…
read moreFund a learning center for Chicago’s minority contractors
This Article Was Originally Posted On ChicagoTribune.Com on May 26, 2014 Despite robust building programs, Chicago is without a locally based African-Americangeneral contractor capable of routinely bidding, bonding and building $60 million-plus projects. This is especially curious since Chicago has a…
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Chicago Defender Men of Excellence
Please Take a moment to click on the link below to view the profiles of Business Leadership Council Members Levoi Brown and Cornelius Griggs. View The Entire Flipbook Here.
read moreSpeaker Madigan Proposes $100 Million in Capital Funding to Help Secure Obama Presidential Library
Speaker Madigan Proposes $100 Million in Capital Funding to Help Secure Obama Presidential Library Springfield, Ill. – Hoping to secure a second presidential library for Illinois, House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and State Rep. Monique D. Davis on Monday…
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Cornelius Griggs Takes on Washington
Greetings My Friends – Happy MLK Jr. Day! In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s National Day, I wanted to share a personal story with you regarding a recent experience. History –In 1964, Dr. Arnold Mitchem and several other…
read moreMartin Nesbitt Obama’s Chicago Friends Leading Presidential Library Search
“I think the vision is that it’s a place that’s going to reflect the arc of his career and what he spent his time working on throughout his career, promoting economic opportunity, justice and human rights and the pursuit of…
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