Metro High School Apprentices Partner With Local Business for Successful Film Premiere
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Sally Grimes, ’97, built her career on pushing the innovation envelope. Now a leader at Tyson Foods, she’s changing the paradigm around what it means to be a big food company.
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Chicago, IL – August 27th – Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF), a foundation that guides low-income urban youth in Chicago along pathways of success through proven enrichment programs that embrace the dignity of the person by focusing on academic excellence, virtue development, individual attention, and parental engagement. MEF would like to announced it has received a grant for $15,000 USD from Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, Inc.
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Ivette Gudino and Margaret Archibald talk about Metro Apprenticeship Programs on tastytrade's Bootstrapping In America
Read MoreMetro high school girls learned about the hospitality industry this summer, culminating in a restaurant fair. Special thanks to Tyson Foods for funding the program.
Read MoreStudents participating in the summer business apprenticeship at Metro were treated to an amazing learning experiece at Potbelly’s corporate office in Chicago. Employees teamed up to provide an in-depth look into the many facets of Potbelly’s unique corporate culture.
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Law teams from Discover Financial and Burr Forman visited the Midtown Law Apprenticeship for a full day of career and educational advice, an overview of the American justice process and a mock oral argument of an actual United States Supreme Court case.
Read MoreA unique full-day program in Chicago, called the PRep PRogram, sponsored by the PRSA Foundation, DePaul University and MEF introduced 125 Midtown & Metro apprenticeship students to the field of Public Relations.
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A behind the scenes look at the Metro Engineering Apprenticeship!
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MEF Board Member and former General Counsel to the National Security Council under President George W. Bush gave a riveting presentation on his experiences in the White House at the latest MEF Breakfast.
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PR apprenticeship instructor Aray Rivera reflects on his summer working with the high school students at Midtown Center for boys.
Read MoreFor the third consecutive year, the PRSA Foundation has awarded a grant to DePaul University and Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF) to encourage Chicago minority high school students to pursue a career in public relations or journalism.
Read MoreThis summer, MEF students heard from 81 professional career speakers, went on 5 service trips, took 32 behind the scenes tours at Chicago corporations and enjoyed fun & educational field trips at 21 of Chicago's cultural institutions!!
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After an afternoon with 7 attorneys from Discover Financial Services and 2 partners from Burr & Forman, the Midtown Law Apprentice students have a deep appreciation for the law and the grit, determination and preparation it takes to argue cases in front of the bench.
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Midtown's Architecture Apprentices presented drawing and models to a panel of architects, architecture students, and Midtown alumni, gaining valuable insights on their designs and what it takes to become an architect.
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Midtown & Metro Business Apprenticeship students spent a day at Potbelly's Support Center learning about the company's culture and values—many of which align strongly with MEF's Character Education model! CEO Aylwin Lewis also presented a check to six student CEOs for Potbelly's contribution to MEF programs from the 6-week long milkshake fundraiser.
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Read the first three editions of the Midtown Voice, the student newspaper published weekly by the PR/Communications Apprenticeship at Midtown Center for boys in Chicago!
Read MoreThe January 1998 edition of Philanthropy, Culture, & Society was dedicated entirely to the Midtown Achievement Program (MAP). Now, nearly 20 years later, the same group interviewed Glenn Wilke in a follow-up comprehensive look at MEF's standard setting approach to helping at-risk youth.
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The 2016 Crain's Giving Guide featured MEF's apprenticeship program in a feature about how companies can help educate Chicago's youth by partnering to provide and fund internships.
Read MoreA Midtown high school student finds a mentor that he can look up to and trust in the Summer PR/Journalism Apprenticeship.
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