Early childhood education is a common-sense investment
- July 5, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / education
Empirical research consistently shows that providing a high-quality education for children before they turn five yields significant long-time benefits.
Building the roadmap for an Early Learning City
- July 4, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / video,report-early-learning-city
The Studer Community Institute’s Be the Bulb early learning challenge shows that how to better prepare our children for school is on the minds of a lot of people. Now the focus turns to what's next.
Employee retention is built every day, one conversation at a time
- July 4, 2016
- / Quint Studer
- / training-development,quint-studer
Every day is a day a supervisor must focus on retention of employees. If a supervisor is not skilled in retention, they get lots of experience in recruitment.
Be the Bulb challenge award winners share $50,000
- June 30, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / studer-community-institute
The top two ideas were selected from more 272 submissions from individuals or groups from the general public and 116 from Escambia County School District employees.
VIDEO: Be the Bulb Challenge winners
- June 30, 2016
- / Ron Stallcup
- / video
Studer Community Institute Shannon Nickinson congratulates award winners for submitting the best idea in the $50,000 Be the Bulb challenge to improve kindergarten readiness.
VIDEO: Pop Up Fair idea for kindergarten readiness
- June 30, 2016
- / Ron Stallcup
- / video
Vanessa Kennedy and Leslynne Green react to the announcement that their Pop Up Fair idea for kindergarten readiness won $25,000 in the Studer Community Institute Be the Bulb challenge.
VIDEO: Early Learning Center on Wheels
- June 30, 2016
- / Ron Stallcup
- / video
Andreal Johnson,left, Dynita Bufford, center, and La’Tris Sykes, right, talk about their winning idea, the Early Learning Center on Wheels, for the Studer Community Institute Be the Bulb challenge.
SBDC hosts business plan competition for veterans
- June 29, 2016
- / staff reports
- / economy
Three veterans saw their business plans rise to the top in a competition hosted by the Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida.
Happy employees: One of the keys to a successful organization
- June 29, 2016
- / Rachael Gillette
- / training-development
Happy employees take better care of the customer — you can operate a business based on love and care and in the end, not only is it profitable, but all of our stakeholders can thrive.
SCI announces Be the Bulb challenge winners
- June 28, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / studer-community-institute
The two winners of Be the Bulb challenge will be announced in a ceremony hosted by the Studer Community Institute on Thursday, June 30, at So Gourmet, 407 S. Palafox St. in Pensacola.