Join Us for a “Night of Networking” August 18th, 2011 @ 6:30pm

in

Palm Beach County

Mystique Lounge

114 Narcissus St.

West Palm Beach

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Job opportunities at AVMED INSURANCE CO., view website for details.

Thank you,

https://avmed.emangrove.com/SysForms/Jobs

Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship Fund (JTMGBSF)        

“Graduate Business Scholarships Fostering Diversity and Economic Prosperity”   Legacy of Jacki Tuckfield, MBA Celebrating $317,000 Awarded in Graduate Business Tuition Scholarships

WARM GREETINGS TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND ALUMNI NATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION, SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER

Jacki Tuckfield, a champion of diversity, was an Assistant Project Manager for the Codina Development Corporation when she passed away suddenly in 1997 at age 25.  Her parents, Drs. Jack and Gloria Tuckfield, established this graduate business tuition scholarship Fund as a strategy to carry forward their daughter’s vision/mission of improved diversity of career professionals in the executive, administrative and managerial levels of the South Florida workforce.  This Fund (JTMGBSF) provides financial aid for the African-American South Florida resident who has earned  12 or more semester credit hours with a minimum  3.1 CGPA in his/her master’s or doctoral business degree program at a Florida university. A minimum of 3 graduate business credits must be earned in the 2011-2012 academic year.  The applicant must plan to pursue his/her professional career in South Florida.  To date, JTMGBSF has granted 311 awards, totaling $317,000, to recipients at eleven Florida universities.  For the 2011-2012 academic years, the Fund will grant a minimum of $50,000 in $1,250 awards. 

      For details and an application visit: www.jackituckfield.org  or  www.miamifoundation.org

APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011

Note:  -The perpetual Jacki Tuckfield Scholarship, created by the South Florida Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, Inc. to honor Jacki’s exemplary service, has awarded $18,000 in business scholarships.

-In 2009 Drs. J. and G. Tuckfield celebrated JTMGBSF milestone of having funded $300,000 in tuition scholarships by making two special tributes to their daughter and her Alma Mater. They acquired the naming right: The Jacki Tuckfield Computer Classroom 2020 in the Carl DeSantis Building of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University. Also, the Tuckfields funded the $25,000 JTMGBSF Program, exclusively for African-American graduate business students of the Huizenga Business School.

“We encourage eligible students to take advantage of these graduate business tuition scholarship opportunities. Apply Now!”   Drs. Jack and Gloria Tuckfield and “The Spirit of Jacki”

Please join us next Thursday the 16th (6:pm – 9:pm) @ CLUB EURO for a night of Speed Networking!!

General admission $10.00, Members of Broward YPN, YPN Miami & National  Black MBA of South Florida $5.00.  Bring your Business Cards…

CLUB EURO  120 SW 3rd Ave, Ft. LAUDERDALE (Next to America’s Backyard & Revolution)

NBMBAA® Scholarship application – open online NOW! – Deadline May 15^th The NBMBAA provides financial support to students pursuing careers in business, academia, and related professions.  Since inception more than five million dollars has been awarded to undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students. Scholarship awards range from $1,000 – $15,000 however award amounts are contingent upon funding for the current year.  Currently we offer Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships.   To apply visit our website at

National Black MBA Association, Inc. South Florida Chapter
Invites you to a night of Networking
April 26th, 2011 @ 6:30pm
Mayfair Hotel & Spa
3000 Florida Ave.
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
bring your business cards

The Rochelle Bridges Memorial Scholarship, the Miami Herald Multimedia Scholarship, and the Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship deadline has been extended to May 13, 2011. Attached are the requirements and applications.  Questions regarding the scholarships and to get the forms to fill out should be sent to scholarships@sfbja.net.

Read on ‘Scholarship Opportunities!’

Harvard University announced  that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawrence H. Summers said, “When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution.” 
  Read on ‘Harvard University offering Free Tuition’

2011 Ailey Summer Camp will be held June 27, 2011 through August 6, 2011 for youth ages 11-14 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Below you will find the link for the application. The deadline to apply is April 4, 2011.
 
http://www.arshtcenter.org/educate/AILEYCAMP_Miami_APPLICATION_2011.pdf

 
This year, over 1.4 million Americans will hear the words ‘You have cancer’.
We know too many people who have been touched by cancer, and that is why We,
The National Black MBA Association, Inc. South Florida Chapter
have joined the American Cancer Society on a mission to save lives
and create a world with more birthdays by participating in the
Relay For Life in my community.
  Read on ‘NBMBAA, Inc. South Florida Chapter joins American Cancer Society to have more birthdays…’