MICHIGAN CHAMBER FOUNDATION EXCEPTING STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY IN LANSING
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Chamber Foundation is pleased to announce its partnership with the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), a nationally-recognized innovative program that transforms local high school students into real entrepreneurial successes. The Michigan Chamber Foundation is now excepting applications from high school students to participate in this program.
“One of the most interesting components of the YEA! program is the actual ‘behind the scenes’ knowledge that local business leaders are able to share with students,” said Bob Thomas, Executive Director of the Michigan Chamber Foundation. “This experience is something they will be able to apply to any field they choose to enter, and will provide them with the necessary skills to become future leaders of their industries.”
YEA! is a cutting-edge program that takes students in grades 9-12 through the process of starting and launching a real business over the course of an academic year. By the end of the class, students own and operate fully formed and functioning businesses, which may be carried on after their graduation from the program.
“YEA! aims to teach students at an early age how to make a job, not just take a job,” noted Thomas. “It is the only pre-college program developed by an entrepreneur, at a university, with support from a major entrepreneurial foundation – the Kauffman Foundation – and the US Chamber of Commerce.”
Lansing area students are invited to visit our website to download an application at www.michamber.com/young-entrepreneurs. For more information, contact Anita Lindsay at alindsay@michamber.com or (517) 371-7671.
THE REFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
At the Refugee Development Center volunteers are crucial in providing services to the newcomers in our community.
For new volunteers, they will be providing three opportunities for training this fall. All new volunteers are required to select one of these orientations to attend. Returning volunteers will not need to attend an orientation but do need to submit new background checks for 2015-16.
Volunteer Orientations
Tuesday, September 1st
Refugee Development Center
122 S. Pennsylvania Ave (inside of Christ Lutheran Church)
5:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, September 23rd
MSU Brody Hall Room 134
5:00-8:00pm
Thursday, September 24th
MSU Brody Hall Room 134
5:00-8:00pm
Please bring to the orientation:
-Picture ID
-Printed results of your National Sex Offender Registry background check
-Printed results of your Michigan Sex Offender Registry background check
(instructions for running these background checks: http://www.refugeedevelopmentcenter.org/volunteer/current-volunteers/background-checks/)
The programming schedule will be as follows:
North Elementary School tutoring: Monday/Wednesday 3:45-5:45pm
Gardner Middle School tutoring: Monday – Thursday 3:30-5:30pm
Adult ESL classes: Monday – Thursday 6:00-8:00pm
Adult ESL classes: Tuesday/Thursday 10am-12pm
*All programs begin the week of September 28th except middle school tutoring on M/W only, which will begin in mid-September, and morning ESL classes, which begin in September.
If interested, volunteers will sign up for a weekly shift during the orientation. Volunteers are asked to commit for the duration of their programming semester. Programs will begin September 28th and end December 11th. Please contact the Refugee Development Center at 122 S. Pennsylvania Ave. in
Lansing or call Volunteer Coordinator, Kristina Sankar, at 517- 253-8025 if you have any questions. You can also find information at www.refugeedevelopmentcenter.org.
This was printed in the September 6, 2015 – September 19, 2015 edition.
