George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, recently established the George Lucas Family Foundation Endowed Student Support Fund for Diversity in 2016 at the University of Southern California. For those unaware, Lucas is the famed film director of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series while Hobson is the current Chair of the Board of Directors … Read more
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Americans love to complain about the negative outlooks of the future. But despite the great divide along gender, race, and political lines, the country is actually the best positioned to succeed moving into 2035 (demographically speaking). In 2015 Nicholas Eberstadt, one of the world’s leading political economists and demographers, brought lots of data and research to … Read more
No…but very few mandatory business programs in general. Outside of things like healthcare for employees (which is a direct benefit to workers), there aren’t many things company employees will volunteer to do for free…..and supporters of these concepts shouldn’t take it personally. Increasing the efficiency of a business is a delicate dance involving many steps, and … Read more
In an effort to educate our viewers on the benefits of veteran owned businesses, we present another article highlighting the many opportunities in business for our military veterans. According to prnewswire, StreetShares Foundation in conjunction with JP Morgan Chase, awarded 3 grants to winners of its monthly Veteran Small Business Awards. The winners include Tom Cox, … Read more
Atlassian’s 2017 State of Diversity Report released an interesting review of its most recent survey. Under the new Trump administration, some people have feared that that value of diversity and inclusion programs would wane due to political rhetoric and possible employee backlash. While this may have been the early perception, reality has now set in … Read more
News of an upcoming Batgirl film has been released just as Women’s Month comes to an end. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Age of Ultron writer / director Joss Whedon will take on the responsibility of bringing the Batman partner to life on the big screen in the coming years. According to reports, this version … Read more
What do all Ivy League schools have in common (besides conference and east coast locations)? Well, it seems that tens of billions of American tax dollars are rolling into them frequently. The tax dollar sum received by these education institutions is so high it totals more than the tuition received from undergraduate students! The nonprofit, … Read more
Welcome back! Today we unveil our second episode of the #WeAreNMSDC Podcast feature. This time, we sit down and talk with Rakesh Kamdar, President and CEO of DB Healthcare IT, a consulting and staffing organization specializing in consulting and staff augmentation services to hospitals, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical research, genomics and medical … Read more