Silver gives Sterling the heave-ho Adam Silver, commissioner of the NBA, had the whole world looking at him, and he made the right call.
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‘They simply wanted to serve’ St. Louis American Foundation recognizes excellence in health care By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
Gloria Taylor, cofounder of Community Women Against Hardship
“I honestly believe that each of these special people we recognize did not begin their journeys attempting to gain recognition or be a leader,” Denise HooksAnderson, MD, said in her welcoming remarks at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2014 Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards luncheon held Friday at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. “They simply wanted to serve.”
‘Buy Black’ meets social media
n “We have to find people from multiple pathways, people who have diverse backgrounds.” – Michael Railey, MD
Hooks-Anderson, The St. Louis American’s medical accuracy editor and assistant professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, praised
the foundation’s 2014 awardees to a soldout audience of health care executives, colleagues, family, friends, patients and supporters. The foundation presented two Lifetime Achiever awards this year. Gloria Taylor, cofounder of Community Women Against Hardship, received the Lifetime Achiever in Caring for the Community award. Sherrill Jackson, RN, MHSA, CPNP, pediatric nurse practitioner and breast cancer
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Sherrill Jackson, RN, MHSA, CPNP, founder and president of The Breakfast Club, Inc.
FLAgS oF the worLd Youth from the Dwight Davis and Net Rushers tennis teams served as flag bearers during opening ceremonies for the U.S. vs. France Fed Cup held recently at the Chaifetz Arena.
Tuloko competing for $50K non-equity Arch Grant By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American In 2012, two African-American entrepreneurs created a Yelp-like website for black-owned businesses called Tuloko. The online business search n “Studies have engine has shown the black continued to unemployment grow in its reach rate would drop and popularity. “We wanted 4 points if African to find a niche Americans to support reached 10 black-owned percent of their businesses,” said Tuloko spending on co-founder black-owned Duane Johnson. businesses.” “We wanted to merge the – Duane Johnson, ‘Buy Black co-founder of Movement’ Tuloko with social networking.” Now that Tuloko is up and running, Johnson and co-founder Sean Armstrong have moved onto a new project, the Green Book
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Harris-Stowe welcomes new president Warmack says HSSU ‘gives students an opportunity who are like me’ Dwaun J. Warmack, the incoming president of Harris-Stowe State University (center), speaks with Darius Chapman and Michael Holmes, who chaired the search committee, before Warmack’s introduction to the public last Thursday.
By Dale Singer Of St. Louis Public Radio The incoming president of Harris-Stowe State University doesn’t take over until midJuly, but Dwaun J. Warmack has a pretty good idea of what his priorities will be. He told a news conference on campus last Thursday that he is a visionary leader, and his vision has four parts: academic excellence, strong enrollment and retention of students, marketing and branding, and friend-raising and fund-raising. And, Warmack said, his background prepares him to get the job done. Citing his experience at universities public and private, with a variety of missions, he made clear that he knows how to deal with students
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