TRAVERSE CITY - SEEDS has received a $20,000 grant from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation and the General Mills Foundation to improve youth nutrition and physical activity behaviors in the community. The award, part of the highly competitive Champions for Healthy Kids program, is one of 50 issued this year - totaling $1
GRANDVILLE - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum recognizes the critical role that higher education plays in preparing future leaders of the sustainable business movement. To help promote this thinking, the WMSBF awards up to $6,000 in fellowships each year to local college students who are creatively promoting sustainability in their institutions and communities. Sponsorship Levels
TROY - Walsh College is enhancing its Master of Business Administration and Master of Science graduate degree programs to focus on the changing needs of students and employers. The programs begin in fall 2014. A Walsh MBA prepares graduates for positions in mid- to upper-level management by providing interdisciplinary business studies and an enterprise-wide approach.
WEST BRANCH - The Public Service Commission on Tuesday commended Ogemaw County for becoming the ninth community in Michigan to be certified as a "connected" community that has developed a broadband and technology plan to expand broadband access, adoption and use. It joins Charlevoix, Antrim, St. Clair, Roscommon, Livingston, Mecosta, Clare and Otsego counties in
DETROIT - The U.S. manufacturing sector remains healthy, contributing to a rebound from weak first quarter Gross Domestic Product, Comerica Bank reported. The ISM manufacturing index eased slightly to a still-strong reading of 55.3 percent. A key manufacturing index for the Eurozone dipped closer to the break-even point in May. Meanwhile the British manufacturing purchasing
LANSING - School districts across the state planned their budgets on a minimum $83 per student increase, and those receiving only $50 are now asking the governor and legislature to restore that minimum increase. The officials said the $50 increase is essentially a $10 cut because, while the state put more money into the Michigan
LANSING - In a new poll released Tuesday that Democrats cheered and Republicans dismissed, Governor Rick Snyder and his Democratic opponent Mark Schauer tied with 40 percent support each. The poll was released by Public Policy Polling, the North Carolina-based firm that has proven generally reliable in polling Michigan races, though the firm is a
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TROY ? SunTel was recently awarded a contract with Oakland Schools for the purchase of a voice-over-Internet protocol solution. Oakland Schools serves 28 local school districts in Oakland County. Plante Moran, in conjunction with the Technology Services Department, acted as the consultant on the project which went out for public bid in January. SunTel Services?
SOUTHFIELD ? The Michigan Council of Women In Technology is hosting a Lunch & Learn webinar July 10 starting at noon that will look at Intrapreneurship ? Innovating in an Enterprise. An established organization's successful innovation requires the ability to be disruptive, rather than destructive. Learn more about enterprise innovation, as well as how to