Starting in September, Emory University welcomes its first female president, Claire Sterk. She served as Emory’s provost since 2013.
She succeeds Jim Wagner, who has been Emory’s president for 13 years.
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Commentary: A call to help Georgia’s young entrepreneurs
Original post on WABE by Maria Saporta The Koch brothers have a national reputation for funding Republican candidates and conservative causes. But in Georgia, there is another side to the Koch family. Koch Industries bought Georgia-Pacific in 2005. One year later, Charles Koch’s wife, Elizabeth Koch, started Youth Entrepreneurs Georgia to help spark an entrepreneurial spirit among […]
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Commentary: Honoring those who help teens stay in school
Communities in Schools Atlanta recently held its annual Choose Success Award Dinner and spotlighted two of its co-founders – Neil Shorthouse and Bill Milliken, and two of its strongest backers – real estate leader George Johnson and philanthropist Anne Cox Chambers.
Atlanta has been an entrepreneurial city for nonprofits and perhaps no organization symbolizes that better than Communities in Schools.
