Update: Audio of show can be found here.
Join
Living Your Best Life with Genma Holmes as we profile
organizations and leaders who lead by example. With extraordinary acts of
kindness and charitable giving that help countless lives daily, these
organizations and leaders embody "
Be the change you want to see in the world".
Throughout 2013 listeners will hear from presidents of organizations who are global change agents. We will also hear from CEOs of
social enterprise businesses who are changing communities and college
educators who are taking their students out of the classroom and into
surrounding neighborhoods to learn
and serve others.
Join us on Saturday, February 9, 2013 as we officially kick off a year of living and giving with
Paul Quinn College Center for Fundraising and Philanthropy's executive director,
Halima Leak. Listen as she shares with us her experiences as a fundraiser for organizations like
the United Way of Forsyth County, Communities in
Schools of Wake County, INROADS NC / Triangle,
Barnard College of Columbia University, the
New York University School of Law, and the
Faculty of Arts and Science at
New York University.
Halima will discuss her study of philanthropy in education as a doctoral student in
New York University's Higher Education Program.
Halima will also share the exciting historical news of her new position at Paul Quinn College and the impact the center will have in the world of philanthropy while developing and educating young leaders. Hear how Paul Quinn's program will empower communities of color and HBCUs throughout the nation.
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More About Paul Quinn College
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| Michael J. Sorrell, 34th President of Paul Quinn College |
Paul Quinn College has received approval from the Transnational
Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, also known as TRACS, to
include Entrepreneurship and Fundraising and Philanthropy as
concentrations in the College’s Business Administration program which
confers a bachelor of science to its graduates. Students will be able
to declare the two concentrations starting Fall 2013.
“Our goal is to empower students from under-resourced communities
around the world use their power, abilities, and imagination to change
not just their circumstance, but those of everyone around them” said
Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn. “This is the Quinnite
Nation’s new urban college model. We will use higher education as an
economic development incubator for under-resourced communities. These
programs are another step in that direction.”
Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn will train students to become conscious
business developers and investors in under-resourced communities.
Entrepreneurship students will be expected to carry out the College’s
mission of servant leadership by applying the principles of business
ethics and social responsibility. Graduates of the program will have
learned to resolve ethical dilemmas to improve business opportunity and
development in underserved communities. Courses will include social
entrepreneurship, a social entrepreneurship internship, small business
management, and leadership.
The first of its kind to be established at a historically black college
or university and only the second undergraduate institution to offer
such a degree in America,Paul Quinn’s undergraduate program in
Fundraising and Philanthropy is a comprehensive curriculum that will
prepare students to compete for careers related to the emerging field of
philanthropy. Recognized as one of the hottest 25 future careers by
U.S. News and World Report, fundraising creates leaders among diverse
career paths related to the philanthropic sector. Courses at Paul Quinn
will include advanced fundraising, donor relations, grant proposal
writing, and prospect research.
Paul Quinn was accredited by TRACS in 2011. The College overcame
accreditation challenges by achieving full accreditation status in a
record-breaking 18 months. TRACS is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
More About Halima Leak
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| Executive Director of Paul Quinn's Center for Fundraising and Philanthropy |
Halima Leak has spent close to 15 years involved in fundraising and philanthropy as both a practitioner and scholar. Her experience includes institutions and organizations such as: The City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies, New York University, Barnard College of Columbia University, and Communities in Schools of Wake County (North Carolina). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hampton University and Master of Arts degree in Educational Sociology from New York University Steinhardt School of Education, from which derived her master thesis topic of research, “Alumni Giving and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Leak is also a Ph.D. candidate at the New York University Steinhardt School of Education. In addition to providing leadership for the Center for Fundraising and Philanthropy, she also serves as the Interim Director of Development for Paul Quinn College.
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