Working to support an increasingly female student body entering a male-dominated field, the School of Design and Production (D&P) at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will host an unprecedented “Weekend of Women+” (WOW+) event on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25. The event will bring together nine successful professional women+ from […]
Renetta McCann, Chief Inclusion Experience Officer, Publicis Groupe, was today named the recipient of the Chicago Advertising Federation’s 2019 Silver Medal Award. The CAF Silver Medal Award recognizes a distinguished member of the Chicago advertising community for outstanding career accomplishments in the areas of: creative ability, contributions to the general advancement of advertising, contributions to […]
Fresh off an exciting year for women’s basketball in the Capital region after the Washington Mystics took home their first-ever WNBA title, newly-appointed WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will discuss her vision and goals for the league at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, March 3. Engelbert was appointed the first Commissioner of the […]
Pratt Institute – From an initial field of thousands, some 445 girls and young women from elementary school through college and beyond, have earned their way to the semi-finals of the nation’s largest track and field series for girls by scoring points in the preliminary meets of the 46th annual Colgate Women’s Games. From Georgia […]
The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF), which had distributed 500 free Ghanaian-made bicycles, since 2016, at predominantly rural schools throughout Ghana, today announced a new “Collaboration for IT and Communications Excellence” program (africanbike-itexcellence.org), at a demonstration project, yesterday, at the Girls Model School, in Nabdam, Ghana, with students, teachers and administrators in attendance. The foundation […]
SlumberPod, a Georgia-based startup that makes blackout privacy sleep pods for babies and toddlers, announced today it has been selected from thousands of applicants nationwide to participate in ABC’s Shark Tank the multi-Emmy® Award-winning show where entrepreneurs have their business ideas evaluated by an expert panel of self-made millionaire and billionaire business moguls and venture […]
Global weather and digital media leader AccuWeather today announced award-winning executive Sarah Katt has been promoted to General Manager of the AccuWeather Network. Katt joined AccuWeather as Vice President of Product Development and Operations for the AccuWeather Network in 2016. In her new role at the AccuWeather Network, Katt will report directly to AccuWeather President […]
Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer (DDF hosted its 4th annual South Florida Dream Fore a Cure Golf Tournament on Nov 14, 2019, at the Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation, Florida. The tournament, which raised nearly $17,000 this year, is held annually as part of DDF’s mission to raise awareness and funds for stomach cancer […]
Thousands of girls from first grade through college and beyond competed this weekend in the third preliminary meet of the nation’s largest track series, the Colgate Women’s Games. From Boston to Virginia, division leaders continue to set the pace for the indoor track season, while girls of every level of talent continued to improve. Friday […]
Tampa Bay Chef, Chef Rosana Rivera, made Food Network history by being the very first Latina woman to ever ‘Beat Bobby Flay’ on December 26th, 2019. This win was not only groundbreaking, it was also incredibly bittersweet. Her first toe-to-toe challenge was against her husband and business partner, Chef Ricardo Castro, which she crushed with […]