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Weekly update from PND

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Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has announced a gift of $40 million from two Harvard Business School alumni who prefer to remain anonymous in support of endowed scholarships for students in its new Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) master’s program. Chicago Public Media raises $61 million to acquire Chicago Sun-Times.

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Embracing Intrapreneurship: A Nonprofit Game Changer

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Another example–noted in Gump’s book–is the Junior Achievement’s JA BizTown program, which teaches younger students about being citizens, workers, and consumers in society. But it’s much harder to dig up examples of intrapreneurship in the nonprofit world than it is in the for-profit world.

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High school students build electric car powered by social media - Chicago Tribune

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High school students build electric car powered by social media - Chicago Tribune : High school students have turned a 1967 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia into an all-electric car that is powered by tweets, shares, posts and likes. Turning tweets into watts will take the at-risk students from Kansas City to Washington, D.C.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

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To illustrate, Cilente Skendall shared that one activity not considered “service” by most respondents was “alternative breaks”—short trips designed to provide students with “service immersion experiences.” The students also emphasized that service increased their sense of agency.

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

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The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. In 1971, two students–Edward E. At the time, 80 percent of all Black freshmen students were dropping out after their first year in the engineering program.

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[PODCAST] INSPIRE with Jeff Nelson

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Jeff grew the organization from a small start-up in Chicago, with two staff members supporting 32 students, to a leading college access and success organization with a staff of 150 supporting 13,000 students in Chicago, Houston, New York, Massachusetts, Metro Atlanta and Bay Area.

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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

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and Chicago, Feeding America is the second largest organization focused on ending hunger in America. OUSD is Focused on Holistic Student Support. And supporting the whole student starts with making sure kids have nutritious meals, which serve as the foundation to learning, playing, and everything else. About the Author.

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