Organizations Partner for Student Career Night

Kappa Alpha Psi in partnership with Legacy Charter School, Greenville County One Stop and the Greenville Region of Personal Pathways to Success sponsored a Career Development Workshop on April 14, 2011 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P. M. at Legacy Charter School. The target audience of the workshop was African American students in grades 6-12. Keynote speaker for the Event was Jay Blankenship representing the Greenville WIB and Personal Pathways to Success. Mr. Blankenship shared with the students and their parents the importance of education. Jay, also shared with the attendees the services that are available through the Greenville One Stop system and Personal Pathways to Success.

Our schools do a good job of informing students about career choices, however African American youth could benefit from being exposed to successful minority role models. Consider this: A black child could conceivably go from kindergarten through high school in the public school system and never be exposed to black educators or role models on a consistent basis.

Through programs such as this career development workshop; African American youth will be provided with real life applications from African American professionals as to why they should learn Math, English, Science and other school related subjects.

Work Shop participants: Construction(Ladd Byrd), Insurance & Banking(Ann Thompson), Business, Management and Administration (Anthony Tutt), Education and Training (Lillian Brock Fleming), Government and Public Administration, Health Care ( Lorraine Jones), Non Profit Management (Janice Butler), Information Technology (Vernon Trice), Law, Public Safety and Security (Natalie Hill) , Manufacturing (Jay Blankenship)

Inaugural JA Titan Challenge — A Great Day!

Junior Achievement of Upstate SC conducted its first JA Titan Challenge on April 2, 2011 at Clemson at the Falls, Clemson’s downtown hub for business, executive and entrepreneurial education. Twelve teams totaling thirty-two students from Crescent High School in Anderson District 3, and Greenville and Wade Hampton High Schools from the Greenville County School District vied for college scholarships in an online, interactive business simulation tournament. The competition is uniquely designed to unleash student creativity, test leadership skills, and demonstrate the competitive nature of the free enterprise system.

Acting as CEOs, the student teams make decisions on pricing, production, marketing, capital investment, research and development, and charitable giving. The team with the highest performance index at the end of the day was declared the winner. 50% of the performance index was based on retained earnings, and 50% on equal parts demand potential, supply potential, productivity, market share, and growth.

Join New Carolina and Partners - Annual Entrepreneurship Event

Economic development, university, college, K-12 educators, government and business leaders who are interested in promoting the growth of South Carolina’s homegrown firms.

What’s on the Agenda: Hear results from a just-completed University of South Carolina research project on types of entrepreneurial firms creating jobs in South Carolina. Participate to identify opportunities for promoting growth of South Carolina’s homegrown firms. Help define next steps in creating a stronger entrepreneurial economy in South Carolina.


Connect with K-12 educators in a special edition, invite only "Midday Targeted Seminar for K-12 Educators "MIDDAY" TARGETED SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS: This is a special breakout session for K-12 educators hosted by SC Economics, MEBA, and YesCarolina

• The 1.5 hour session begins with a seminar about human capital and concludes with short presentations by the hosting organizations
• The breakout session will begin at 1:40pm. Educators are welcome to re-join the general session to conclude the day
• Cost to attend for educators is half price ($40) and includes lunch.

April 7, 2011
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Midlands Technical College Harbison Campus
Harbison Theater and Classroom Building
Columbia, South Carolina
http://www.eventbrite.com

Greenville Region of Personal Pathways to Success to Host Kuder Journey Workshop for Adult Service Providers

The workshop will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011 from 8:30am to 11:00am at the Greenville County One Stop Business Services Office located at C-11 McAlister Square.

Seating is limited so please RSVP to jblankenship@scpathways.org by Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

Kuder Journey is a one-of-a-kind solution to help you plan for the right career! Based on your specific needs, Journey provides reliable tools to assess your interests, suggest education and career options, prepare you for the job search, and connect you to today’s jobs.

Journey Highlights
• Provides a comprehensive system for exploring career interests and occupational options, considering new or additional education and training.
• Guides users through an easy step by step process, providing a reliable and effective career planning and development experience.
• Features a flexible approach for users to complete the steps in a recommended order, or to select the step that meets their immediate needs.
• Supports ongoing awareness of job opportunities, including today’s high demand, high growth jobs.
• Enables users to manage an e-Portfolio, a web page of achievements and goals that can be shared online.
• Supplements career preparation and placement programs with data driven resources for career centers and workforce agencies to show real time results.

Junior Achievement President Presents to the Greenville REC Advisory Board

Connie Lanzl, President Junior Achievement of the Upstate served as the guest speaker at the February 24th meeting of the Greenville REC Advisory Board. Mrs. Lanzl shared with the board the vision, mission and activities of Junior Achievement.

Since 1967, Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina has been preparing children to succeed in life through hands-on financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work-readiness programs.

This year more than 350 business professionals, parents, retirees and college students will enter our schools to teach Junior Achievement programs to 6,500 children. These volunteers use their personal experiences to make the Junior Achievement curricula practical and realistic. Providing children with positive adult role models, who illustrate ways to build self-confidence, develop skills and find avenues of success in our free enterprise system, is a hallmark of Junior Achievement.

Robots Come to Charleston

Join us for the South Carolina FIRST Lego League State Championship
held at the North Charleston Convention Center on March 5, 2011.

Opening ceremonies will begin at 8:45 am and the competition starts at 9:15 am. The Challenge theme this year is “Body Forward – Engineering Meets Medicine”.

9-14yr olds will compete in 4 categories that include Robot Performance, Robot Design, Teamwork and a Research Project Presentation.6-9yr olds will be judged for their models and Show Me Posters.

For additional information please contact Janice Jolly at 843.297.7946.janicejolly@bellsouth.net

The Greenville Region of Personal Pathways to Success and the Greenville Workforce Investment Board Youth Council Sponsors PlastiVan Day at Greer Middle School in April

The PlastiVan Program is a great way to WOW and excite young people about science and the vast opportunities the plastics industry has to offer. PlastiVans travel to schools and companies throughout North America, educating people of all ages about plastic’s chemistry, history, processing, manufacturing, sustainability and application. Easily integrated into school curricula, the PlastiVan mission is to provide sound science and educational programs which spark scientific curiosity in students while increasing their knowledge of the contribution plastics make to modern life.