With its mission to educate undergraduate women for leadership in the 21st century, faculty and staff members at Newcomb College Institute are well aware of gender-based challenges facing women today. Through NCI’s latest service-learning initiative, they seek to connect students with an interest in women’s leadership with girls in Kenya. Read more >>
Executive Volunteers Bring Professional Moxie to Nonprofits
Back in 2006, when she was 52 years old, financial services executive Paula Meyer read a book that changed her life — and launched her into founding a nonprofits organization that is changing the world, one child at a time. The book, Just Enough by Harvard University professors Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson posits that the most balanced people among successful “high achievers” integrate four aspects of their lives: happiness, achievement, significance, and legacy.
Meyer was happy and had achieved much in her career; her family and volunteer work added significance to her life. But the legacy, “leaving something that endures after you are gone,” was not yet part of her personal and professional portfolio.
Then she went to Africa. Read more . . .http://themiddlestages.com/2015/01/03/executive-volunteers/
Evolution to Post Secondary Program
In 2012, we had our first five students finish high school and in 2013 another twelve students joined their ranks. We have treated this first group of 17 as a pilot project as we worked to shape the Post-Secondary Program.
Based on our mission
The underpinning of the Post-Secondary Program begins with our mission statement which concludes with these words: “so they can transform their lives.” The question is, what is the measure of a life transformed?
[Read more…]Rippleside students inspired to help Kenyans
Rippleside third graders, members of an American Girl Reading Club, were inspired by books from the Addy series and decided to make a difference for Kenyan students. After reading the true story of Addy Walker, a black girl born into slavery, the four, Teagan Piecek and Kayli Bill, along with Teagan’s mom Jen and Rippleside teacher Kayla Hinkemeyer, wanted to do something culturally-based to expose others to the needs of people in other parts of the world. Read More:http://www.messagemedia.co/aitkin/article_c7ab6dee-9330-11e3-8f59-0017a4…
Paula Meyer’s Keynote Speech
Mason City Globe Gazette, May 6, 2012, Paula Meyer could have written a check and called it a day. It would have been easier. But Meyer, of rural St. Ansgar, opted to not take the easy route, and today the lives of more than 300 African children have improved as a result. Meyer was the keynote speaker at the annual Star Class event Sunday at North Iowa Area Community College. Read more: http://globegazette.com/news/local/star-class-africa-orphan-benefactor-said-yes-to-making-a/article_8c6166c6-97fb-11e1-8092-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1uxa9dVAq