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12 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 10 Number 9 Around Hampton Roads


Sutherland Global Services Expands Operations in


Commonwealth of Virginia.”


Chesapeake CHESAPEAKE, VA – Sutherland Global Services has announced the expansion of its Chesapeake, Virginia, Insurance Center of Excellence. The Chesapeake location is home to Sutherland’s 320 dedicated onshore insurance business consultants. The company plans to add 200 additional consultants at their Chesapeake location to help meet the demands of its growing insurance BPO services.


Currently, 20 percent of the Center’s employees are veterans from the Chesapeake community. “Sutherland’s decision reinforces the confidence and trust companies have in Chesapeake’s fiscal integrity,” said Mayor Alan P. Krasnoff. “We’re very pleased that Sutherland will add 200 new jobs to our community. Sutherland has a 29-year history of solid business practices and a global footprint in 19 countries, and choosing Chesapeake is one more example of the company’s ability to see opportunities and pick winners.”


Sutherland joins a growing list of Chesapeake-based companies that seek out the competitive advantages of the city’s central location, talented workforce and global access to customer markets.


For more information about job opportunities at Sutherland’s Chesapeake facility, visit: www.sutherlandglobal.com


Minority Business Program


Sponsors QuickBooks Workshop Hampton's Minority Business Program is sponsoring a workshop for beginning to intermediate small business users of Quickbooks. Setting up payroll, accounts and deposits are among that will be discussed.


Learn about making informed financial decisions, paying employees in a timely manner, managing credit card charges and more. The workshop is from 1-4 p.m on Thursday, June 9 in the first floor conference room of the Ruppert Sargent Building. the presenter will be Florence Santoro, a certified QuickBook ProAdvisor.


There is no cost to attend, but space is limited. To register, go to the registration form online.


NN Shipbuilding Celebrates the


Keel-Laying of Submarine NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the


United States


and sponsor of the Virginia-class submarine Delaware (SSN 791), visited Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division for the submarine’s keel- laying


ceremony,


during which she declared the keel “truly and fairly laid.” The keel laying signifies the ceremonial start of construction for the newest


U.S.


vessel named for “The First State.”


In her remarks, Biden addressed the crew of Delaware not just as the ship sponsor, but as a military mother and grandmother.


More than 4,000 shipbuilders support the construction of Delaware. The submarine will be the newest Navy vessel named for the country’s first state, following the dreadnought battleship USS Delaware (BB 28) that was delivered by Newport News in 1910.


“While Jill Biden’s initials may be the only ones visible today, this submarine also carries with it the names of her shipbuilders,” Mulherin said. “Shipbuilders who sign their name to each and every job they perform, shipbuilders who put safety and quality above all else, and shipbuilders who I have the utmost respect for and complete and total confidence in.”


Delaware is the final ship of the Block III submarines built under a unique teaming agreement between Newport News and General Dynamics Electric Boat.


“Through the effort of this team, the Virginia program has distinguished itself by setting new standards for cost-effective design and construction and advanced mission capabilities for the Navy,” Geiger said. “It’s now a busy time for our team, and we are fortunate to be engaged in a sustained period of increased submarine production. The newest, the Delaware, stands out as a remarkable example of applied and integrated technology, along with the ships of the class that have come before it.”


Construction on Delaware began in September 2013. The submarine is about 56 percent complete and is on track for delivery in 2018.


Chesapeake-Virginia Beach Delta Foundation to Hold Inaugural 'Sip


for Scholarships' Fundraiser Selected Hampton Roads students will be the beneficiaries of proceeds from the Inaugural Sip for Scholarships fundraiser to be presented by the Chesapeake- Virginia Beach Delta Foundation (CVBDF).


The Foundation will hold the


fundraiser on Friday, May 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at The Mermaid Winery Tasting Room located at 330 W. 22nd Street, Unit 105, in Norfolk. Tickets, which cost $35,include a cash bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres.


“We are dedicated as an organization to educating, enriching and empowering our community,” said Cheryl Footman-Banks, Esq., chair of the CVBDF Board. “This fundraiser will help us raise the funds necessary to support one of our education-related initiatives.”


The Foundation plans to award a minimum of two $750 scholarships to selected Hampton Roads students in June. For additional scholarship information, to purchase a “Sip for Scholarships” ticket or to learn more about CVBDF, email cvbdf2013@gmail.com or call (757) 408-0345.


Hampton Roads Schools Make


U.S. News Top Rankings U.S. News has released the 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings. Churchland High and Woodrow Wilson High School are among 113 high schools in Virginia to earn medals in the recent report.


Churchland High School and Woodrow Wilson High School are recognized for academic outcomes, graduation


rates Navy


Ship Sponsor Dr. Jill Biden's initials were welded onto a steel plate that will be permanently affixed to the submarine Delaware (SSN 791), symbolizing her lifelong relationship with the shipbuilders and crew. Pictured (from left) are Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., Newport News Shipbuilding Presi- dent Matt Mulherin, Newport News Shipbuilding welder L.A. Britt, Biden and her grandson, Hunter Biden, and Delaware Commanding Officer Cmdr. Brian Hogan. Photo by Chris Oxley/HII


“It’s our duty to make sure that you have everything you need to stay safe and do your jobs,” Biden said. “You need the very best equipment and advanced technology that we can provide, and soon that will include the USS Delaware, thanks to the ingenuity and skill of the shipbuilders before us.”


During the ceremony, Biden’s initials were welded onto a steel plate that will be permanently affixed to the submarine, symbolizing her lifelong relationship with the shipbuilders and crew.


Other ceremony participants included Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe; Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del.; Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va.; Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.; Vice Adm. Joseph Tofalo, commander of Submarine Forces, Submarine Forces Atlantic and Allied Submarine Command; Matt Mulherin, president, Newport News Shipbuilding; and Jeffrey S. Geiger, president, General Dynamics Electric Boat.


In his remarks, McAuliffe addressed the importance of the shipbuilding industry in Virginia.


“I want to thank the greatest shipbuilders in the entire world that we have here right at Newport News,” McAuliffe said. “No other state can say this: 28,500 shipbuilders—one out of five in the United States of America—are here in the


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the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework.


“We are proud to once again be recognized nationally,” said Division Superintendent.“Our students, teachers, and administration are focused on achieving high academic results. We are excited about the work that is under way to make all of our schools excellent and commend the Churchland and Woodrow Wilson school families for this accomplishment.”


U.S. News & World Report focused on student outcomes and included graduation rates for the first time as a major factor in its methodology. The 6,218 high schools to receive national recognition from U.S. News graduate their students at rates that are 15 percent higher, on average, than other schools across the country.


To produce the rankings, U.S. News worked with RTI International, a North Carolina-based global nonprofit social science firm. RTI implemented the U.S. News comprehensive rankings methodology, which is based on these key principles: that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show it is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators.


Other high schools in Hampton Roads receiving bronze medals included Achievable Dream, Deep Creek, Green Run, Oscar Smith, Southampton and Western Branch. Ocean Lakes, Hickory, Grassfield, Tallwood, Granby, Great Bridge, and Norview high schools received silver medals.


For more information about the 2016 Best High Schools Rankings, please visit: www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools


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May 2016


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