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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, Webster University recently announced it is investing over $1 million to offer 10 students a full-ride Dr. Donald M. Suggs Scholarship annually.
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The 2020 St. Louis American Foundation aired virtually for a two-night event on October 16 and 17 in honor of the organization’s 33rd annual Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards ceremony. The foundation’s signature event recognizes Black educational leaders and young scho…
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The St. Louis American Foundation awarded a record $1.95 million in scholarship and education grants at the 2020 Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards ceremony, which was held virtually on October 16 and 17. Traditionally a gala dinner, the 33rd annual Salute was celebrate…
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 concluded the 2nd jubilant night of the 1st Virtual Salute to Excellence in Education and the 33rd annual St. Louis American Foundation awards and scholarship event. The virtual extravaganza on Friday and Saturday, both nights hosted by Carol Daniel of KMOX, includ…
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Tune into the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Virtual Gala on October 16 and 17 at 7 pm to see a special greeting for our awardees and scholarship recipients from St. Louis’ own @sterlingkbrown! Registration is free at givebutter.com/SaluteEdu.
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Salute to eight excellent educators: from district superintendent to Early Head Start master teacher
They are the superintendent of a school district, head of a charter school, grade-level principal at a high school, assistant principal at a high school, science teacher at a high school, eighth grade math teacher at a middle school, science lab teacher for grades 3-5, and master teacher at …
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Southeast Missouri State University freshman Jordan Noble of St. Louis was named the recipient of the 2020 Dr. Donald M. Suggs Scholarship. Noble is a mathematics, actuarial science major and a graduate and valedictorian of the Lift for Life Academy in St.
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Tylea Wilson was a self-proclaimed “busy bee” during her senior year at Lift For Life Academy in 2019. She was class president, heavily involved in sports, an activist and valedictorian.
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University City Schools Superintendent Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley is a status-quo disrupter.
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Webster University has increased by a factor of five the number of scholarships it will offer every year to academically talented undergraduate students from ethnic groups typically under-represented in higher education, in the name of Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The S…
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Longtime educator Rev. Dr. Doris Graham attended a one-room schoolhouse for Black students called Attucks Elementary, once located in Clayton.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the hallways at Hodgen Tech Academy on Fridays looked like a robots’ LEGO playground.
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The 20th annual Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards will be celebrated online as a free virtual event at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9. To register, visit givebutter.com/salutehc.
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities in this position?
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities in this position?
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities in this position?
What is your current health care position?
What is your current health care position?
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities?
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities in this position?
What is your current health care position? What are your responsibilities in this position?
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One question changed everything for trauma surgeon Dr. LJ Punch: “Where you at?”
In December, the St. Louis region received a harsh annual update from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA-STL).
With record numbers of people out of work in St. Louis due to the pandemic – the St. Louis Fed reports April 2020 unemployment in the St. Louis region at 11.6% compared to 3.3% in April 2019 – the region will be going through an “economic restructuring” for the next few years, said Rev. Dr. …
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When patient advocate Rosetta Keeton was young, her father worked three jobs to take care of his wife and five children.
Aaron M. Harris
Doneisha Bohannon
Johnnica Bolden
Danielle Smith, Esq
Aunyã McElroy
Nicola C Phillips
Neal Richardson
Dasha Kennedy
Brittae Gray-Ross
Portia J. Britt, Esq.
Marcel Scaife
George Ladd, MBA
Candace Harris
Blake Strode
Andrea Lewis
Christan E. Shelton
Deanna Taylor
Stephanie McCloud
Ashley O’Neal
Mikel D. Whittier
A diverse group of 20 accomplished African-American professionals under age 40 has been selected as the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2020 class of Salute to Young Leader award recipients.
Kimberly C. Hodge-Bell is Macromolecule Toxicology Lead at Bayer Crop Science. In this position, she provides toxicology support regarding scientific principles of human health risk assessment for new and existing products to inform business decisions and enable successful product registrati…
Tina Anderson is market head of Community Activation, Community Affairs at Aetna, a CVS Health business, working with the local markets of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Southern Illinois. She has strategic accountability to activate the Aetna brand in the community and m…
Paris Forest is the director of Strategy Operations Solutions for Information Technology and Data Analysis at The Boeing Company. She is responsible for leading a dynamic team providing transformative solutions, enabling the Second Century for Boeing Information Technology and Data Analytics…
Darnell Sanders is the director, Archview Division at Ameren Missouri. The Archview Division serves more than 300,000 customers and encompasses all of St. Louis, the City of Clayton and South St. Louis County. Sanders also leads the team responsible for Ameren's Pre-Apprentice Laborers (PALs…
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