Girl Power

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 across the design and production industries for a weekend of programs and workshops with students […]

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 a specific area of advertising, and contributions to the community. McCann is the 25th professional […]

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 to Massachusetts, these gifted young competitors include some of the nation's top-ranked athletes in their […]

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 reached out to the Girls Model School, where it had distributed 50 free bikes to […]

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 Steven R. Smith. Sarah's focus will be on growing the Network's distribution and refining the […]

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 research. Participants of the event enjoyed various competitions, a raffle drawing, and a silent auction […]

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 in the High School division, Brooklyn's Dayahana Douglas of Midwood High School won the 55 […]