Helping Hands for Single Moms
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Single MomsSingle Moms Succeeding in College
Phoenix, Arizona – On Saturday, November 8, 2008 Helping Hands for Single Moms will celebrate the success of forty-three single moms who are pursuing a college education and financial independence. The Celebrate Success – Meet the Moms dinner will take place at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm. The gala event will feature Brenda Warner (founder of First Things First and wife of Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback Kurt Warner) and Fay Fredricks of 12 News. Reservations can be made by calling 602/796/7875, or 602/475/1718, or online at http://www.helpsinglemoms.org/. The cost is $75 per person.
Those attending will have their hearts touched as they hear the courageous stories of single moms who are pursuing a better life for their children through educational achievement. Four moms will be honored for their recent graduation from college and successful launch of their careers as nurses and educators. A Community Service Award will be given to NARPRO (Neighborhood Auto Repair Professionals) and Cardinals’ Charities for providing no-cost auto repair for Helping Hands’ clientele through their generous donation of in-kind labor and funds for parts.
FlexMLS training for Realtors
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Jul 7, 2008 … Beginning July 28th ARMLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, INC.) will be switching to a new and improved operating system for Realtors here in AZ called FLEX MLS …
… several Title companies and Brokers underwent training and certification to begin EARLY training. I have completed the ARMLS training I along with my colleagues have been offering FLEX MLS training at locations around the valley. If you would like to attend one of the remaining classes go to www.landamaz.com to register. I will be at the Chandler location Tuesday July 8th and Wednesday July 9th and would love to see you at training.
The hardest thing about change is the resistance to that change.
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Students Receive Law Degrees from Phoenix School of Law
Phoenix School of Law, Arizona’s only privately-owned law school, is proud to announce that after three years of hard work, volumes of reading, numerous written papers, and difficult exams, 34 graduates received their Juris Doctorate degree at 6 p.m. on May 20th.
The medley of graduates included many working professionals, who without a part time program to attend, would not have been be able to pursue a law degree. The next hurdle for the new graduates will be sitting for the Arizona State bar exam in July.
Some other Phoenix School of Law Articles:
Phoenix School of Law is pleased to announce that Dean Dennis J. Shields has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the YWCA Maricopa County.
Phoenix School of Law is pleased to announce that Dean Dennis J. Shields has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of the Greater Phoenix Urban League. The appointment was made by the Urban League’s Executive Committee.
James D. Griffith, a second year student at the Phoenix School of Law had an opportunity few other law students have – he worked on a patent infringement case that resulted in a $185M verdict in favor of the client.
Phoenix School of Law Receives Provisional ABA Accreditation – Arizona’s first private law school passes major hurdle
34 Students, Three Years, First Graduating Class Phoenix School of Law Celebrates Major Milestone. For the first time, Arizona will welcome a graduating class made up of both full and part-time law students. Phoenix School of Law, Arizona’s only privately-owned law school, is proud to announce their inaugural graduating class. A medley of graduates, including working professionals, who otherwise could not pursue a law degree, will receive their Juris Doctor degree on May 20th.
Phoenix School of Law Professor Joins Local Literacy Board – Phoenix School of Law is pleased to announce Assistant Professor, Daniel J. Dye was elected to the Board of Directors of Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County (LVMC). LVMC teaches adults to read and write English and prepare for the GED exam.
LinkedIn® Live! Phoenix Event
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Scottsdale ArizonaThe November 6th event was called “The best networking event I have ever been to.” by a large percentage of the participants.
LinkedIn® Live!
Phoenix Event
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Handlebar J’s
7116 Becker Lane
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Tuesday January 8th 2008
5:30 – 7:30 PM
We are pleased to announce the next LinkedIn® Centric event in the Phoenix Market at Handlebar J’s!
The LinkedIn® Live! Event brings the top LinkedIn® Users together with key members of the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Community (who should be top Linkedin® users) and introducing them to each other, and to IA and its mission.
This month, the event is co-produced in alliance with the Arizona Technology Council .
LinkedIn Live! is a Free Event with appetizers sponsored by Lumension Security and a Cash Bar.
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And bring one or two of your most connected LinkedIn® connections!
Join us as we further unlock the power of the extended Metro Phoenix network!
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Mesa agencies support Domestic Violence Awareness Month with display
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supportIn Arizona, a woman is murdered by her husband or boyfriend every four days.
In an effort to bring attention and awareness to this staggering problem,
the City of Mesa and Save the Family Foundation of Arizona have joined
forces to create a display at the Main Library, 64 E. First St., which will
run through the month of October. The display contains artwork and
stories from the mothers and children in Save the Family’s program.
Visitors to the display will learn to recognize domestic violence, see how
domestic violence victims are working to turn their lives around as well as
find out how they can volunteer and help be part of the solution. The
display coincides with October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Save the Family provides transitional housing and case management services
to more than 300 families a year. With 159 housing units serving homeless
families with children throughout the Valley, Save the Family is changing
the face of homelessness and helping many women and children of domestic
violence get a fresh start. Through programs like Career Development, Legal
Assistance and domestic violence and parenting classes, clients in Save the
Family’s program learn to become both economically and emotionally
self-sufficient.
For more information, contact Save the Family Volunteer Director Andrea Sok
at 480-898-0228, extension 215.
ASU RESEARCH GROWS TO MORE THAN $218 MILLION PER YEAR
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DonationsTEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University’s research expenditures grew to $218.5 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. This represents a growth of $15 million or 7.4 percent over last year’s total of $203.5 million.
“We experienced decent growth in our research expenditures this year, considering that there was a change in leadership in Congress that resulted in some delays in finalizing the Federal budget,” said R.F. “Rick” Shangraw, ASU’s vice president for research and economic affairs. “Right now, our proposal activity is up so I am optimistic about continued growth in our research portfolio.”
Shangraw added that at these levels of research expenditures, ASU ranks in the top tier of universities without a medical school and without an agricultural school.
The $218.5 million total research dollars for FY07 comes from a variety of sources. ASU spent $173.3 million in funds received from the federal government and industry, $39.1 million in state funds (including Technology & Research Initiative Funds from state sales tax revenue), $4.3 million in funds received by the ASU Foundation specifically for research projects and $1.8 million from local governments.
There was a wide variety of projects that brought in major funds in FY07, said Stephen Goodnick, ASU associate vice president for research. Those projects included the Flexible Display Initiative Center, which was funded at more than $9 million by the U.S. Army; the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera project got $3.85 million from NASA; a Department of Education grant of $2.35 million went to a program at ASU’s Speech and Hearing Science Department to maximize learning opportunities for young children with disabilities, and $2.35 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was provided to the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology for a project on “opening routes to math and science success for all students.”
The National Institutes of Health awarded $1.44 million for a project to explore plant-made microbiocides and mucosal vaccines; ASU’s Decision Center for a Desert City received $1.4 million from the NSF; and ASU’s Nanotechnology in Society Center received $1.4 million from NSF.
Fiscal year 2006 was the first time research expenditures at ASU topped the $200 million level, and it marked a doubling of research expenditures in a period of six years. This is a remarkable growth rate for a relatively young major research university, Shangraw said.
He adds that ASU is poised to earn more in research as it continues to bring on line new world class research facilities and ramps up its science expertise. Shangraw sees a maturing of ASU research efforts, which should result in securing larger grants for the university in the future.
“We have reached a point where a number of investigators are interested in and able to compete for much larger research projects,” he explained. “Our ability to match up against the more mature and better funded research institutions is a sign that we are moving into an elite tier of U.S. research universities. This is an exciting time for ASU research.”
Arizona’s 50 Year Transformations
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TechnicalArizona’s 50 Year Transformations Arizona is growing, but this is not news to anyone.
Yesterday it really hit home. Over the past 20 years I have had numerous meetings at the Salt River Project’s modest, single story administration building in a desert setting on Project Drive. Yesterday I could hardly find it within the massive complex of hi-rise buildings. Sitting I the familiar lobby I thought about Arizona’s real transformations.
In the first half of the 1990’s it was hydraulic innovations that delivered water from the massive dams through SRP canals that created our agricultural economy. The second half of the 1990’s was driven by a company about one mile west of SRP on Washington Street: Goettl Air Conditioning. They introduced evaporative coolers and then air conditioners that transformed Arizona’s economy once again.
So here we sit in the early 21st century, wondering where we go next. What innovation in infrastructure will transform Arizona once again? We are a unique state in that we are one of the few that is fresh and young, and has a history of astounding growth and transformation. Incrementalism will not serve Arizona well in the next couple of decades. Our governance, education and business communities have a sense of this need to build a third great infrastructure. We have good success with broad band telecommunications which started its surge ten years ago. With a successful Broadband Authority strategy Arizona will complete its rural rollout in a few years.
But we need an innovation much more powerful and unique, to match the Arizona pioneers of the past century. And to no surprise to prior readers of this blog — that transformation will be the eLearning system adoption within all Arizona K-12 classrooms statewide.
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Arizona Center for Divorce Education – Free Divorce Seminar
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OPEN YOUR EYES ABOUT DIVORCE
Educational Seminar – Tuition is: Zero Dollars.
(Scottsdale, AZ – May 23, 2007) – 21 million marriages ended in divorce in 2000. The Arizona Center for Divorce Education, established in 2004, was formed by a group of professionals to help educate and assist individuals and couples with the financial, legal, and emotional issues faced during the divorce process. Thursday June 7th they will be holding a Free Divorce Seminar, where a team of experts will advise on the financial, legal, and emotional pitfalls to avoid during divorce proceedings. Participants will learn how to protect retirement benefits, credit rating, emotional health, and determine a fair division of assets. The seminar is open to the public free of charge, and will be held from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Franciscan Renewal Center 5802 E Lincoln Dr Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 in the Brother Anthony Room.
“Divorce can be complicated. The decision to divorce comes with many options and considerations,” Cody Hayes, founder of the Arizona Center for Divorce Education. “The experts at the Arizona Center for Divorce Education address the legal, financial and emotional issues associated with divorce and are dedicated to helping the public become educated on the process in order to better prepare and protect themselves.”
The Arizona Center for Divorce Education is an educational organization comprised of experts in the areas of Arizona divorce law, mental and emotional health/well being, asset protection, credit protection, home and living options, child support, child custody and spousal maintenance. For more information, contact the Arizona Center for Divorce Education at (602) 373-8485 or visit http://www.azcde.org/ to register for their upcoming seminars.
SPECIAL EVENT WORKSHOP – Exploring Your Passion – Putting It To Work
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Exploring Your Passion – Putting It To Work
Have you ever awakened in the morning feeling stuck in your job search or in your current position and frustrated that you had no other career options that inspired or motivated you to take action?
The purpose of this one-day workshop is to assist people who may be stuck in their job search or in their current jobs. Often individuals limit themselves to what they “have always done” because it was the career that defined them for many years. They tend to lose sight of the many skills and strengths that they have developed through their life experience.
For those of you who have suspected that you were falling short of your passion or “calling,” this workshop may be of help to you! The program is designed to highlight tools to assist individuals determine where they might be stuck and to begin to identify their strengths, talents and preferences.
Facilitator: Maria Wojtczak has 20+ years of organization development (OD) experience and worked with a wide range of organizations. She brings extensive experience in the field of adult learning concepts, and in the design and facilitation of adult learning experiences. In her OD practice, Maria coached senior leadership and consulted with senior executives, high-level education personnel, as well as middle management. Maria’s focus, in her consulting practice and in her business, is organizational effectiveness and the development of individuals. Maria is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a member of SJN’s Board.
Pre-registration date extended to March 19: Seating is limited to 25 participants. Register by sending email confirming your attendance to Chris Payne, cpayne46@cox.net. Send $20 check (for materials) payable to Scottsdale Job Network at the following address:
Scottsdale Job Network
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Workshop location:
Catholic Community of the Blessed Sacrament Church
11300 N. 64th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
Lunch: Bring a sack lunch.
Katie Pushor – President and CEO Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
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New Tricks in Networking-Scottsdale Job Network Upcoming Meeting Topic.
Katie Pushor , President and CEO Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce will discuss new tricks in networking.
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NEXT MEETING: MARCH 20, 9:30-11:30 AM
Katie Pushor, President and CEO
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New Tricks in Networking
Katie Pushor will discuss the current state of the Phoenix economy, growth and job market. Katie will also provide information and insight into social networks like the Phoenix chamber, and offer stories of the many job transitions and “new tricks’” she has had to learn as she has gone from accounting to marketing to consulting to government to non-profit. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 A.M. at Temple Chai, 4645 East Marilyn Road, Phoenix.
The Temple is located just east of the Piestawa Freeway (Route 51) and South & West of the loop 101 (PIMA FREEWAY SECTION). Temple Chai is on the west side of Tatum Blvd. between Thunderbird and Greenway Roads.
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Resume reviews are offered on the third Tuesday before the meeting, 9:00-9:30 A.M.
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