Organizational Development

Sweet Briar’s campus is excellent ecosystem for grant-funded sustainability internships

  Sweet Briar’s campus is excellent ecosystem for grant-funded sustainability internships By Suzanne Ramsey   This summer, five Sweet Briar students are hard at work as campus sustainability interns. The internships are funded by a half-million-dollar grant from the Judith Haskell Brewer Fund of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, which supports Sweet

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Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2017 Thank You and Results

  Our Annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive was a success.  Thanks to our amazing donors, we were able to collect, pack, and deliver 55 backpacks and duffel bags filled with personal hygiene items to 3 agencies that support teen boys in foster homes, group homes, and homeless shelters. THANK YOU!!!   RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS Prince George’s

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5 Ways Your Small Business Will Benefit From Hiring Interns

  5 Ways Your Small Business Will Benefit From Hiring Interns By Mike Kappel, Contributor   This group of fresh or soon-to-be-graduates is the future of your workforce. A lot of college students are on the lookout for work experience. Many of them will seek out internships and skill-building opportunities, and chances are, at least

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Students should have the freedom to do unpaid internships

  Students should have the freedom to do unpaid internships by Sandy Malone   That good internship on your resume can be the difference between getting a job interview or not. And the competition to get internships is brutal, because students really, really want them. Unfortunately, the number of internship opportunities available has dropped over

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