DCNF Jan Meeting

Monday Noon DCNF Meeting at Amtrak

Educating Tallahassee's Future Workforce

will be the subject of the luncheon meeting of the Democratic Club of North Florida, which will be held on Monday, January 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Amtrak Station on Railroad Avenue Guest speaker will be Robin Johnston, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Tallahassee Community College, which is administering a $570,000 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant dedicated to improving Tallahassee's economic prosperity by developing a more adaptable workforce and attracting and retaining college graduates and young professionals.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available for a $5 donation, or guests may bring their lunch!

For further information, contact DCNF President Mary May at 562-0594, or e-mail

mmay@fsu.edu.

Visit www.DCNF.blogspot.com for last minute details and more information on the Club

 

 

 

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Should there also be a sentence to the effect that sandwiches and

soft drinks will be available for $5.00 per person and that

attendees may bring their own brown bag lunches?

 

 

Barbara and John --

 

Below is what I've prepared for email/post card/Tall Democrat.

 

Barbara -- Anything you want to add or delete? IF NOT, please

directly give John and me the Okay to run with it!!

 

"Educating the Workforce of the Future"

Featured speaker is Robin Johnston, Vice President for

Institutional Advancement & Executive Director of the TCC

Foundation, the recipient of a number of grants, including a

$570,000 award from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Johnston, interested in assisting TCC's nontraditional students,

helps to fund scholarships and special jobs training programs

aimed at generating "sustainable economic activity" in Tallahassee

and the surrounding area.

 

(Sources: "One to Watch," Tallahassee Magazine, March-April 2008;

"New Institute to Focus on Tallahassee's Economy," Tallahassee

Democrat, January 22, 2009.)