Judge Clears Way for Herb Wesson to Temporarily Return to LA City Council
4 months ago
Former Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson was cleared by a judge today to begin serving as a temporary replacement for City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was suspended from service following his indictment on federal corruption charges. The SCLC of Southern California’s lawsuit is aimed at reinstating Ridley-Thomas to the City Council. The lawsuit noted that Wesson is “termed out” and alleged he cannot lawfully assume the City Council Read more ...
Midland couple to open Taste of Cairo in downtown Grand Rapids
4 months ago
1 of 4Dale and Riham Erdman were drawn together by a shared love of Egyptian food, and there’s nothing they want more than to pass that on to Grand Rapids. “I was trying to spread my culture and the popular foods of Egypt,” Riham Erdman said. They started selling their food at farmers markets that spring, then in September 2020, they opened their first restaurant, Egyptian Koshery, in Midland. It’s Read more ...
Usio, Inc. (USIO) CEO Louis Hoch on Q4 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
4 months ago
Houston Frost will talk about this and other new prepaid card programs in just a minute. Growth in both volume and transactions processed continued to show steady improvement and drive credit card revenue growth. As Louis stated previously, we intend to keep the rate of overhead growth below the rate of revenue growth. Looking quickly at the results for the full year of 2021, it was our fifth consecutive year Read more ...
Endowment increases by 39% in 2021
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Emory University’s endowment increased by 39% from $7.94 billion in fiscal year 2020 to $11.03 billion in fiscal year 2021, according to the annual study conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Emory’s $11 billion endowment comprises 2,000 individual endowments. According to Diamond, 70% of Emory endowment funds are contractually restricted in their usage and the other 30% are unrestricted. Although donors are able to Read more ...
Oberlin Appoints Ted Evans as Director of Entrepreneurship and Instructor in Business
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Oberlin College and Conservatory has selected Ted Evans as the new director of Entrepreneurship and Instructor in Business. Evans’ career reflects success in corporate, non-profit, academia, entrepreneurship, and management consulting with two top-tier global consulting firms. Prior to Oberlin, he was a senior director of several key areas—admissions, recruitment, corporate relations, placement, fellowships, internships—at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Evans is very familiar with the Read more ...
Nineteen Students Receive a Total of $19,500 in 2022 Premier Select Sires Scholarships
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Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $19,500 to 19 college students through the 2022 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Laurel Gray of Grayhouse Farms, a 1,100-cow dairy operation in Stony Point, N.C., is the daughter of Andy and Amy Gray. He wants to help dairy producers achieve genetic goals while improving the breeds that define the future of the dairy industry. Kyle Barnes of Gate House Farms, a Read more ...
Articles by Cynthia McDermott
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Cynthia McDermottCynthia McDermott is Chair of the Education Department at Antioch University, Los Angeles. McDermott was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research and teach at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 2010/2011 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She recently was named to the advisory board of the International Step by Step Read more ...
Go Ads Founder, Nick Kohlschreiber, Reveals the Extent of Modern Tech's Impact on Marketing
4 months ago
One company with such expertise is Go Ads, founded by Nick Kohlschreiber who is a staunch advocate of marrying marketing and technology. Story continuesThe advent of technology into the marketing space has opened up incredible opportunities for companies such as Go Ads, Nick Kohlschreiber notes. It specializes in advertising and technology solutions that help its clients boost customer acquisition. About Go Ads:California-based, Go Ads is an internet marketing company specializing Read more ...
How to make a beeline for native plantings this year
4 months ago
"I cut them back as much as I could … then enriched the soil and weeded" before planting a selection of native plants. On Long Island, several groups and organizations are devoted to helping home gardeners select and incorporate plants that will attract them. Coley is a board member of the Port Washington-based pollinator-advocacy group ReWild Long Island, which works with residents to "rewild" their gardens. The term refers to Read more ...
Parkersburg City Council to vote on unused COVID funds
4 months ago
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg City Council will consider reallocating pandemic assistance dollars and new guidelines for deciding how American Rescue Plan Act funds are spent when it meets Tuesday. The rest was put in a Family Relief Fund, offering emergency payments for up to 90 days for low-to-moderate-income individuals or families facing homelessness or utility cutoffs. Development Director Ryan Barber said the Small Business Relief Fund aided 31 businesses in the Read more ...