Two teams from Santa Fe College worked with colleges in Jordan in a competition through a virtual exchange program this Spring to produce business concepts for sustainable development in technology without jeopardizing future generations.
April 22, 2021 – Out of a total of 27 teams, two Santa Fe College teams that competed in Cohort IV of the Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge have been selected winners. Global Solutions is a virtual exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State though the Stevens Initiative, which is administered by the Aspen Institute. The program was started in the Fall of 2019 and has brought together over 2000 students from the United States, Jordan and Iraq. The binational teams that SF students participated in won first and third place.
The binational team led by Dr. Clay Smith allowed SF students in the B.S. in Accounting and B.A.S. in Organizational Management programs to collaborate with students at Al-Hussein Technical University in Amman, Jordan. They proposed a spectacular project to optimize communication in the food supply chain and help reduce food waste around the world. You can learn more about their group’s proposal online. Students will receive $2000 to
Published February 21, 2021, 7:41 PM
A partylist lawmaker has questioned the Commission on Audit for the long delayed release of the 2019 annual audit report for the Government Service Insurance System.
In a briefing conducted by GSIS officials for the House Committee on Public Accounts, Ako Padayon Pilipino Rep. Adriano A. Ebcas disclosed that COA has yet to publish the audit report even as the audit agency has started to release the 2020 annual audit report (AAR) of other government offices.
Chaired by Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr., the public accounts panel has decided to conduct an inquiry into the financial status of GSIS, more particularly the condition of its investments, amid the declaration of officials that they are contemplating on raising the premium rate of members.