Junior Achievement –Rocky Mountain has received the 2010 Samaritan Institute Award from the Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance (CEBA). The Samaritan Institute Award recognizes the top ethical role model in the non-profit sector.
“Businesses today have a double bottom line; social good plus financial returns,” states Junior Achievement President and CEO, Robin Wise, “at [...]
Teens in Colorado and Wyoming can now find out about more than 100 different careers through a new virtual job shadow program launched today by Junior Achievement, DeVry University, and Career Corner Digital. The fast-paced, first-person videos take students behind the scenes at some of the world’s top companies, providing them with an inside look [...]
Despite the doom and gloom headlines about the tough economy, a new poll shows that teens entering the workforce today are confident they will one day have their ideal job. The findings come from the “Kids and Careers” poll conducted by Junior Achievement and ING.
90 percent of the teens surveyed say they’re confident about [...]
2,150 STUDENTS
+ 164 VOLUNTEERS
+ 90 CLASSROOMS
+ 1 DAY
= A LIFETIME OF LEARNING
In school, as in life, the numbers say it all.
That mantra will certainly ring true today, April 9, as Qwest celebrates “financial literacy month” and adopts five schools through Junior Achievement and the “JA in a Day” program.
On that day, over the span of [...]
On February 27th, local radio station KYGO interviewed the President & CEO of Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain Inc. , Robin Wise, about a recent student survey regarding ethics. Hear excerpts of that interview here:
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