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DSU gets a $1 million grant from Longwood
The Longwood Foundationawarded $1 million to Delaware State University to support the university’s acquisition of Wesley College. The award will support ongoing transition costs, including personnel and a comprehensive plan for aligning the two institutions’ academic programs.
The university announced plans last summer to acquire Wesley College and is currently moving toward completing the transaction by July 2021. The deal has several contingencies attached to it, including approval from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the regional accrediting body for both institutions.
“In the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and all its inherent uncertainties, as well as the continued unrest in our country over systemic racism, there is a case to be made that a University like ours should focus its attention on navigating a rapidly changing American landscape,” said President Dr. Tony Allen. “That is pr
Holiday parade honors Grand Forks frontline workers
“Grand Forks, North Dakota, is a community that supports one another through selfless acts of kindness and appreciation, especially when the going gets tough,” Mayor Brandon Bochenski wrote in proclaiming Dec. 14-20 as “Light the Town Green Week.” 6:49 pm, Dec. 20, 2020 ×
Brittney Blake, left, and her husband, Tony Meyer, put the finishing touches on their Jeep for the Frontline Workers Festival parade Sunday in Grand Forks. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Members of the Greater Grand Forks community turned out in force Sunday to honor frontline workers with a parade.
The Dec. 20 parade was one of the concluding events of the week that Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski designated as “Light the Town Green Week” as a way to honor frontline health care workers and pay tribute to their grit and determination as they continue to battle COVID-19, Bochenski said.
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Perdue Farms,as part of its “Delivering Hope to Our Neighbors” hunger-relief initiative, has invested in a new “repack room” at the Food Bank of Delawaresite south of Newark to help provide additional protein and other nutritious food to Delawareans who face food insecurity and reduce food waste.
A $100,000 grant will allow 1,216-square-foot food-processing space w to receive bulk containers of protein that can then be converted to consumer-friendly, retail-size portions.
Perdue Farms $100,000 Grant Helps Fund New “Repack Room” At Food Bank of Delaware and Reduce Food Waste
Salisbury-based Perdue Farms, which has processing operations in Delaware, is partnering with the Food Bank of Delaware in ananimal protein pilot project to enable the organization to develop the methodology and processes to effectively repack protein and distribute it out to food insecure Delawareans.
December 11, 2020
Check presentation attendees shown are (l-r) Justin Healy, Preston Schell, Larry Haas, Kathleen Schell and Jill Burton. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a $36,752 donation Dec. 7.
The funds were proceeds from the realty company’s inaugural virtual holiday food drive. Generous Realtors and team members donated $9,188 to Ocean Atlantic’s virtual food drive; in turn, Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s matched every dollar raised. To round out the drive, the Ocean Atlantic Companies matched that total.
“We’ve hosted food drives in the past, especially during the holidays, but this is the first year we were able to contribute using the virtual food drive online tools,” said Kathleen Schell of Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s. “The Food Bank of Delaware does amazing work for so many across the state, and this year we knew it was more important than ever to try and help support them. We set
proves the rule. a much more common situation prevailed after the failed confederate advance into kentucky in 1862. davis saw high hopes for this, offense into the home native state. as you all know it failed and confederate failure in kentucky came from several directions. at the same time the inability of confederate commanders to cooperate was certainly a central reason for that disas r disaster. i said davis was terribly supportive, and the drawback into tennessee he called these three men to come to richmond. braxton bragg, polk, who was bragg s senior subordinate and edmond kirby smith. he called them to richmond. each man defended himself, deflected responsibility, and blamed the other two. after hearing these recripple nations davis incredibly left all three in place. he even promoted kirby smith and polk. he said, for the good of the cause they must get along. davis s view, like the opinion of kirby smith, he had given to braxton bragg before the invasion of kentucky