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Imagine graduating from high school in 2024 with a degree in interior design.
That's the goal of Ball State University's Youth Interior Design Forum, which is offering a series of workshops for high school students interested in the field from March to August of that year, per a university press release.
"Through engaging guest lectures and enlightening Q+A sessions led by creative industry representatives, students are inspired to pursue their passion and pathway toward interior design," the release notes.
The series is open to students from "all corners of the country to join the transformative journey in 2024," per the release.
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Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment
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Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
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In what may be a first for a major US city, Los Angeles has been chosen as the site of the 2024 Mission Investors Exchange National Conference, a conference that will focus on "investing in social...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
"The US creative economy was most recently valued at over $1 trillion by the National Endowment for the Arts," per a press release, "even before considering film, fashion, video games, beauty, food,...more
"Having a purposeful job actually does transform someone's life," says Edwin Walsh, who runs a social enterprise in Australia called Assembled Threads. "You actually are moving someone from...more
A new scholarship fund in Canada will help high school students who want to further their education, the CBC reports. The Westlock Community Foundation in Alberta received a $26,800 donation from...more
Foundation: Citi Foundation
"To the youth, I urge you to be proactive, resilient, and persistent on your entrepreneurial journey," says the UN's resident representative in the Philippines. "Make your voices heard, take up...more
Canada is putting its money where its mouth is, with a $2.5 million investment in five projects in India meant to help the country's poor, the Toronto Star reports. "Many of these novel projects...more
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