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Target to Launch Internship Program for HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Maya Moss The Target Scholars Sophomore Internship Program will give second-year students industry experience in a number of the retailer's departments, such as retail, supply chain facilities, technology, merchandising, and product development. “We Paul Business Journal reported.

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Oden Assumes Historic Appointment at Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Oden was tapped to lead HSBC Bank’s wealth management, global private banking, and retail companies in the United States. TMCF officials plan to leverage that experience, adding that Oden’s transformative work in industry uniquely positions her to serve as an advocate to secure new partnerships. “As

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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite 2021 legislation allowing adults age 21+ to possess up to 1 ounce of recreational marijuana and grow up to four plants, in Virginia there is no framework for retail sales of cannabis yet, though efforts are being made. I think [the faculty vote] passed because people realize that cannabis isn't going anywhere,” Poli said.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. I am not going to beat jobs in the retail and food industry at providing Black learners with a steady wage and health benefits, so I need to offer a different value proposition.

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Crafting More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University; M.S., While addressing a problem in a for-profit industry is different from a project like public school transportation, he said the mathematics of it intrigued him. Dipayan Banerjee Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Program: Ph.D.,

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Teacher-Researcher Crafts More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That resonates with Banerjee, who acknowledges that when he got to college at Northwestern University, he didn’t know what he wanted to pursue as a career even though he declared an industrial engineering major. It’s not something I knew even existed before, and I realized what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” said Banerjee.

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MIT Sloan Retail Conference

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March 3, in person: E14 This year’s MIT Sloan Retail Conference is honored to have Heidi Hackemer as our keynote speaker!

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