The Bridge Mentor Program aims to assist local immigrants and refugees
The program introduces applicants to mentors within their profession
May 13, 2021
The Bridge Program, a free career development mentorship program for immigrants and refugees, is making strides in providing guidance to people in the local community.
The program is active in the Southern Tier and was created by United Health Services (UHS) and the American Civic Association in partnership with Broome Community College (BCC) and the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce. Eligible mentees for the program are adult immigrants and refugees who are seeking long-term career development. The program mentors are skilled professionals in certain industries who provide guidance and encouragement to their respective mentees.
TEDxBinghamtonUniversity conference hosts multiple student speakers for first time Provided by Binghamton University TedX Due to COVID-19 restrictions, TEDxBinghamtonUniversity directors opted to have more than one student speaker at this year’s conference for the first time in its history. For Future Reference aimed to promote innovation, inspiration
April 7, 2021
For the first time in TEDxBinghamtonUniversity history, this past Sunday’s conference, titled “For Future Reference,” hosted more than one student speaker.
TED is a nonprofit organization with TEDx organizations acting as independent groups with TED licenses to create TEDx Talk events. TEDxBinghamtonUniversity has held 11 conferences since 2010, each featuring five to seven speakers. Traditionally, only one student speaker has been involved. This year, however, there were seven student speakers and one alumna who took the stage. The event is run by undergraduate student directors, student volunt
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TEDxBinghamtonUniversity is an SA-chartered event
This year s TEDxBinghamtonUniversity line-up includes a physicist who is passionate about natural disasters, an alumnus who believes that collaboration takes precedent above all, a psychotherapist and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, a comedian that values representation in media, a student who understands the importance of his own memories, a CEO who wants to bring cryptocurrency to the masses, and an early childhood expert who passes her multicultural learning to others. All of our speakers have a passion to make a difference in the world and spread their ideas.
So what s 2020 s theme? Audiences and speakers around the world come to TED and TEDx