MEET ABDOUL KABORE Age: 34 Hometown: Conway, AR Apprenticeship: DXC MY BACK STORY I’m from West Africa originally. My country name is Burkina Faso, which is surrounded by the countries of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo, Benin, and Mali. I have three siblings—an older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister. My father is […]
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Director, HealthTech Arkansas AT A TIME when the world has spent months in pandemic lockdown, when hospitals have been overwhelmed and supply chains are failing, many people are touting the potential of technology to revolutionize bloated and outmoded healthcare systems. As director of HealthTech Arkansas, a Little Rock-based venture capital fund and incubator focused on
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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSWhat would I say if I were asked to give one this year? Charles D. Morgan,CEO, First Orion THANK YOU, PRESIDENT So-and-So…or Principal So-and-So; thank you, distinguished faculty. I am honored and, yes, humbled, to be charged with the task of sending this graduating class out into the world armed with a bit of
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IT IS GRADUATION time 2020, and across the country almost every commencement ceremony has been conducted virtually or not at all. Here in the time of COVID-19, it’s just not worth the risk of scheduling an event with that many participants. We at ACDS have graduation ceremonies too. The final week of the classroom training
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Arkansans interested in starting a career in information technology can apply for free online pre-apprenticeship programs through a partnership between the University of Arkansas Professional and Workforce Development, Arkansas Division of Workforce Services, the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, the Arkansas Center for Data Science and the Northwest Arkansas Council. The online pre-apprenticeship programs will serve
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