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The HBCU Advocate


Volume 1 Number 12


Career and Business Opportunities HBCU Consortium To Focus on Innovation Teaching


Macy's Partnership customers in a retail setting.


FROM PAGE 2 “My greatest partnership is with the


women I have the pleasure of serving. They inspire our products and services,” Rinkins added. “It is also great to work with Macy’s, a company that has been around for over 150 years. Liquid Courage is sold exclusively online. The Market @ Macy’s is an opportunity to


pilot and test our retail strategy while minimizing risk.”


Norfolk State University


is joining forces with two other historically universities


black colleges and to


create new and


innovative teaching practices that ensure that students graduate with the degrees and skills employers value. Using a $1.2 million grant from UNCF, Norfolk State, along with Morgan State and Tennessee State Universities, is forming the HBCU Consortium on Transformative Teaching Practices for 21st Century Career Pathways.


The three


recently signed a memorandum of understanding to create groundbreaking


development


incorporating learning


more ter-institutional


universities this


which will primarily focus on faculty


consortium, to


include active


strategies, forming in- faculty learning


communities and learning more about digital technologies for 21st century skill building. Known as the C3 Cluster, the collaboration is expected faculty three


to involve members among


campuses, which serve approximately 20,000 students.


“For more than 80 years, Norfolk State


served as a pathway to prosperity and upward mobility


University has for


thousands of graduates," said Dr. Melvin T. Stith Sr., interim president of Norfolk State University. "We are also excited to join our cluster partners in forming the HBCU Consortium on Transformative Teaching Practices for 21st Century Career Pathways because we firmly believe that best teaching practices should be standard teaching practices.”


Initiative,


The UNCF Career Pathways funded by Lilly


Endowment Inc. through a $50 million grant, will enable selected HBCUs and predominately black institutions


to address social


1,000 the


and economic issues of minority graduation, unemployment and un- deremployment. Over the next four years, the consortium will engage in structured activities that foster community, identify and validate new innovations, amplify and scale best practices, and disseminate learnings. The C3 Cluster will extend its collaborative efforts to


include additional members


of their university communities. Key to this work will be creating opportunities employer valuable


for alumni and undergraduate Scholarship Watch


partners to provide input on preparing students for


post-graduate success.


In addition to offering cosmetic products, Liquid Courage also hosts quarterly


women’s-only brunches


called PowHER Brunch, which are empowering conversations targeted for women seeking to take their personal brand


to the next level. Featured keynoters have included Richelle


Parham and the McBride Sisters. With experience at some the nation’s top


companies including Apple,


Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs, under her belt, as an emerging entrepreneur, Rinkins attributes a portion of her success to


lessons learned while matriculating at Florida A&M University.


“I will forever be indebted to


Florida A&M and the School of Business and Industry (SBI) that not only afforded me a great education but


allowed me to compete for


opportunities beyond my wildest dreams,” said Rinkins, a 2005 MBA graduate of the SBI. “It’s an honor to continue the legacy of Rattler entrepreneurs.”


June/July 2018


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