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Fall 2011 Edition IV / 2011
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6 From the Editor 8 Conference Calendar 9 Special Report | Making Strides in Diversity: Meet NAACP’s Mary C. Wright
Conference Wrap-Up 10 NAACP 12 National Urban League 14 National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 16 Society for Human Resource Management 18 Women of Color
Supplier Diversity 20 SDG&E Works with Minority-Owned Investment Bank
22 NMSDC Conference Emphasizes Critical Links Between Corporations and Minority Businesses 24 Walter | Isaacson Named Supplier of the Year
Workforce Diversity 26 Craig Robinson Named EVP, Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal
28 Valarie Allen and Lucretia Clemons to Receive Diversity Honors
30 Ten Diversity Tips 32 African American Success Story: First Lady Joins Navy Veteran on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Veterans 35 Putting Our Veterans Back to Work 36 Obama Vows Solid Support for Veterans 38 Military Spouses Share Stories of Their Supportive Employers
Government 40 Benefits of Working for the Federal Government 41 Department Awards $1.2M to 11 Small Businesses to Develop Technology for People with Disabilities
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STEM 42 Educate to Innovate 42 Is Engineering the Right Fit? 43 Ever Heard of a Volcanologist? (And Other Science Careers)
44 What Technology Recruiters Look For
Disabilities 46 What Can EMPLOYERS Do? 48 Department Awards Over $5M to 19 Special Education Parent Centers
49 U.S. Department of Labor Announces About $20M to Fund State-Run Programs
Finance and Banking 50 Recent Budget Crisis Creating Economic Anxiety
Career Development 52 Closing the Interview 53 Franchise: Why Reinvent the Wheel?
Healthcare 54 Younger Blacks Fare Worse on Dialysis 55 Gene Discovered that Raises Asthma Risk in Blacks
56 Special Report | Making Strides in Diversity: Taking on Hollywood
57 Cover Story: Gayle King, In Her OWN Voice
Education 62 Making College More Affordable 62 Bill Gates Announces 2012 Scholarship Program for Low-Income Minority Students
64 Advice for Creating Your College Schedule 65 Advertiser’s Index & Community Listings
Best of the Best 2011 40 Top Government and Law Enforcement Agencies
50 Top Financial Institutions
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