BDPA Foundation

Monday, January 24, 2005

Memphis Business Journal, 1/24/2005 (Joseph Taylor, Todd Green)

Data Pros Coach High Schoolers to National Victory. Anyone who voluntarily, without pay, spends five hours inside a classroom with 50-some teenagers each Saturday for six months -- including those sweet springtime Saturdays in late April and May -- deserves a payoff. Joseph Taylor and Todd Green got theirs last August.

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Saturday, January 1, 2005

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, Dec 2004/Jan 2005 (Edward Jones)

At Edward Jones, Inclusion is a Business Strategy. The company recruits diverse tech professionals through the BDPA, NSBE, and Professional Women in Information Technology (PWIT), and at HBCUs and non-HBCU schools that have strong minority representation. It also has an in-house referral program and uses diversity-focused Web recruiting and career fairs...

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