Xavier creates framework for student-run businesses
Xavier University’s Williams College of Business will launch a new Student Run Business Program in the spring of 2015.
Norwood
Norwood is surrounded on all sides by Cincinnati and has grown beyond its early industrial roots to become an ideal neighborhood for young professionals to purchase their first homes. Adjacent to neighboring Xavier University in Evanston and Hyde Park to the east, Norwood's revamped older homes and tree-lined streets are complemented by beloved family-owned restaurants like Sorrento's and Quatman Cafe and countless small corner taverns to dive in for a drink. Norwood is also home to Alloy Development Co., which is a marketplace where organizations, businesses and communities can find the resources they need to grow.
Xavier partners with Colombian firm to offer Spanish project-management certificate
Xavier Leadership Center (XLC) will expand its project-management reach globally, partnering with Casmena, an executive education firm headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.
Quality preschool key to lifelong success
Studies show that two years in a quality preschool can have an enormous impact on a child’s life trajectory — more than interventions at any other stage — but few families can afford it. Preschool Promise is a program aimed at closing that gap, and a new pilot program shows how universal access to quality preschool can work.
Uniting community, promoting connections in Norwood
At Woven Oak Initiatives, the mission is to “catalyze the common good in Norwood” by fostering its own programs, while also serving as a community connector.
Fidelity mentors CPS students through JA’s Economics for Success
About 100 students from Western Hills University High School gathered at Fidelity Investments last week for a daylong session of Junior Achievement’s Economics for Success.
Xavier University partnership creates Nurse Care Coordinator Program
The Xavier Leadership Center (XLC), the Xavier University School of Nursing and Catholic Health Partners, Ohio’s largest health care organization, have partnered to create the Nurse Care Coordinator Program (NCCP).
Incubators help new startup businesses take root and grow
Startup incubators offer both resources and connectivity for small startups with big potential. A shared culture of entrepreneurship among risk-takers helps nurture the seed of a business plan into a flourishing company.
Lower Price Hill Community School set to expand community outreach
In the coming months, the Lower Price Hill Community School will undergo a name change as it expands services to focus its efforts on education and improving the community through two nonprofits: Education Matters and Community Matters.
New tool helps nonprofits analyze program outcomes
Sprout Insight, the market research and insight consultancy, has added a new addition to its suite of research services called ShutterLIGHT to help nonprofits collect and analyze data to document program outcomes.
HCDC invites ‘Encore Entrepreneurs’ to tap local resources
The Hamilton County Development Company, the not-for-profit economic development company that houses Ohio’s highest ranked business incubator, will host Cincinnati’s first ever Encore Entrepreneurship Workshop on Monday, March 24.
