There are 14 article(s) tagged Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South:
Junior Achievement’s JA Inspire Career Exploration Fair brought industry leaders and students together for a hands-on look into careers that are fast-growing, in high demand and close to home.
Designed for fifth- and sixth-grade students, JA’s BizTown program combines in-class learning with a day-long visit to the simulated town where elementary schoolers operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks and vote for mayor of their “town.”
Allen & Hoshall, and Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South announce additions.
Leigh Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do energy that was the air she breathed growing up.
“Since children can’t be what they can’t see, a critical component of this program is that the participating entrepreneurs represent diverse industries and communities across our region,” said Leigh Mansberg, president and CEO of Junior Achievement.
Twenty companies and nearly 2,000 eighth-grade students from Memphis area schools descended on Agricenter International Wednesday, May 18, for Junior Achievement of the Mid-South’s JA Inspire Career Exploration.
Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South built a city that models all the careers that students can aspire to have as adults, and they run the city during a five-hour simulation.
The BDC could not find another grocer to replace Save A Lot in the Binghampton Gateway Center and changed its approach to find a new tenant.
The commission scorecard focuses on a rare veto by the county mayor and the County Commission’s vote earlier this month to override that veto. It’s another chapter in a contentious political saga as the commission enters the last year of its current four-year term of office.
Junior Achievement sold its two, attached buildings at 299-307 Madison, plus a 25-space parking lot, to ServiceMaster by Stratos. Junior Achievement now occupies a small office at the University of Memphis.
An independent investigation by attorney Brian Faughnan flatly accuses Ford of deliberately deceiving his fellow commissioners by failing to disclose to them his obvious conflict of interest. To call Faughnan’s report damning is an understatement.
The 15-page report obtained by The Daily Memphian details a nearly year-long investigation that initially faded for lack of corroboration but came back to life as paperwork confirming the grant emerged. Ford has contended he recused himself since he left the room during the vote on the grant. The report says that doesn’t resolve the conflict of interest and could lead to his removal from office.
In its Building Blocks program, JA partners with Shelby County Schools to offer a 40-part video series and curriculum guides to introduce students to local entrepreneurs.
Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South will benefit from the annual “Bowlin’ on the River” Bowl-A-Thon event that begins Feb. 22 and runs through April.
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