Posts Tagged ‘Haiti’
Reflections from Haiti
by Carole Berotte Joseph and Jackie Jenkins-Scott
November 11, 2010
In conjunction with International Education Week, the authors will present a talk entitled "Reflections on Haiti" on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. at the Wheelock College Campus Center. For more information, please call 617-879-2447.
On Oct. 25 and 26, we took part in an unprecedented convening of higher education leaders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Led by ...
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MassBay CC Gets its Largest-Ever Grant; New Program Aims to Boost Haiti Partnership
by Shoshana Akins
November 5, 2010
MassBay Community College was awarded a five-year, $2 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program, which aims to help campuses serve lower-income students by enhancing academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.
The Wellesley, Mass. college also won approval of a three-year Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant from ...
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Presidents Setting Precedent for Haiti Reconstruction
by Shoshana Akins
August 13, 2010
After the January 2010 earthquake that shook Haiti, President Barack Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to lead a fundraising effort to assist the Haitian people. Their response, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF), helps people and small and medium-sized enterprises in Haiti access the formal business sector ...
Read MoreTags: BrandAid Fund, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Haiti, Haiti Hope Fund, Shoshana Akins, State University of Haiti | No Comments
