Creating Career Pathways at Mount Allison University
Life had thrown him another curve ball! He had always bounced back, had worked through them and make it out the other side. This time it was different. The circumstances seemed to be beyond his control. He was tired and ready to give up. By the time he came to my office, he was not going to write his last exam that would qualify him … Continue reading Creating Career Pathways at Mount Allison University
Listening and Understanding
At December’s Continuing Education presentation, “How to listen to grantees (and still find out what we need to know),” Bobby Krause of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors made the point that we must actively and empathically listen to our grantees. His presentation to his fellow Grant Program Committee members contained good communication and relationship building advice, namely, show up, shut up, engage and … Continue reading Listening and Understanding
Doing Good
Originally posted on Giving Matters:
Sometimes it seems impossible to tell the difference between good grants and bad ones. If we feed the hungry and house the homeless, it feels good but the lasting result is to encourage dependency. If we fund groundbreaking research on how to address poverty, the connection between our grant and the end result is usually hard to see. Accepting accolades… Continue reading Doing Good
Creating Visibility and Supportive Campus Environments for Native American Students
The American Indian College Fund explored how to support higher education’s role in creating safe and welcoming environments and greater visibility for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students at a convening it hosted of students, tribal college leaders and leaders from mainstream institutions of higher education (IHE), policy organizations and funders. What we heard affirmed what we already knew — for Native students to … Continue reading Creating Visibility and Supportive Campus Environments for Native American Students
November is Native American Heritage Month
The photo above was taken at the Johnson Scholarship Foundation’s annual Entrepreneurship Scholarship meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, last month. As you can see, we had a good turnout of JSF board members, staff and consultants and representation from almost all our nonprofit, tribal college and university partners in this program. The Entrepreneurship Scholarship program is in its 28th year and this annual convening has been … Continue reading November is Native American Heritage Month
