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Secy. Jones: 'We have to grow the private sector'
Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones said 15 of the 20 largest employers in Hampton Roads are in the public sector, something...
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ODU renames biz school for Strome family
1978 ODU alumnus Mark Strome's family foundation recently donated $11 million to the school to establish a multi-pronged approach to nurturing entrepreneurship throughout the university. Old Dominion...
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UPDATED McAuliffe makes appointments to state higher education boards
One of the four new appointees to ODU's board is ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jay Harris, who graduated from the school in 1987. In his first round of board selections for Virginia's colleges and...
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Thomas Nelson gets the most - a third of nearly $3 billion - in manufacturing...
Deborah Wright is TNCC's vice president of workforce development. Siemens Corp. executives are not shy about telling why they've donated nearly $3 billion worth of manufacturing-related software to...
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UPDATE Private sector must grow, official says Hampton Roads echoes state's...
Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones For years there's been talk about diversifying the local economy, which is heavily dependent on federal spending. But it's not just the federal...
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Va. Wesleyan president says he won't slow down during his final year
Billy Greer, president of Virginia Wesleyan College, announced at the May board of trustees meeting that he'll retire on June 30, 2015. The warm-spirited Georgia native has been president of the...
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Virginia Beach business owner's Adopt-A-Student program delivers supplies and...
The faces of 241 Hampton Roads homeless children lit up last year after the Adopt-A-Student program provided each with a new backpack filled to the brim with school supplies. By Virginia...
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Camp Stihls kids for the future
Sounds of laughter bounce around the room as 35 campers watch a movie and chat with each other. They're enjoying sandwiches and sodas during their lunch break, fueling up for their next camp activity....
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Dip in state funding leads to rise in tuition
Tuition and fees for incoming freshmen at the College of William and Mary will rise 14.2 percent for 2014-15. For this coming academic year the expected state funding increase virtually disappeared,...
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Virginia Wesleyan announces long-term strategic plan
By Virginia Lascara virginia.lascra@inside biz.comOn July 30, the Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees announced the approval of VWC 2020: Pathway to Prominence, a long-term strategic plan...
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Brokers in training: Interns find jobs in commercial real estate sometimes...
Wade Wawner, a recent Radford University graduate, walked into the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate summer program as an intern and exited with a job at S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. By...
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Achievable Dream starts in Virginia Beach
Students walk into Seatack Elementary during a summer intersession, the start of the Virginia Beach school's transition into Seatack Elementary, An Achievable Dream Academy. Virginian-Pilot photo by L....
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New state initiative aims to better align workforce and employers
Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced their effort to help bridge the gap between training and jobs. Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week announced a...
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New director to take over Opportunity Inc.
Shawn Avery is taking over at Opportunity Inc. after Judy Begland retires. Opportunity Inc., a workforce development consortium formed by eight Hampton Roads localities, will be getting a new chief. By...
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Norfolk State U. is 'stable and recovering,' says interim president
Norfolk State University interim president Eddie Moore When Norfolk State University interim president Eddie Moore took the job less than a year ago, he said he aimed to "right the ship." At the time...
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ODU has a bold vision, a bright future
John Broderick, president of Old Dominion University, called the school "the economic engine that drives the Hampton Roads economy." Last week, in his seventh State of the University address, John R....
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Warner hears concerns about student debt
Sen. Mark Warner failed not once, but twice in starting a business - first an energy company and second in a real estate investment. Warner, the first member of his family to go to college, told a...
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Strome mentor program kicks off at Stihl
Mentors of Old Dominion business students maintain they get as much out of the relationship as they give, while students in the two-year-old program say the experience helps them apply principles from...
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Manufacturing Day to show jobs' appeal
ECPI University in Virginia Beach wants to reveal the "truth" about manufacturing jobs. The fact that manufacturing jobs are not the dirty, dingy, dead-end jobs they're now recognized as has been a...
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New Strome Entrepreneurial Center sets realistic goals
During a week of events that led to the dedication of the Strome Entrepreneurial Center at Old Dominion University, Mark Strome said he had realistic expectations. By Virginia...
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