PNC Grants Support Wake Education

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$75,000 in grants to Wake Education Partnership fund  early childhood literacy efforts and ‘Building Leaders’ Initiative PNC has provided Wake Education Partnership with two grants, totaling $75,000, to help fund the local non-profit organization’s Building Leaders...

Virginia Parker receives 2012 Friend of Education Award

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Wake Education Partnership is pleased to announce that Virginia Parker, director of strategic partnerships for the Wake Tech Community College Foundation, is the recipient of the 2012 Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award. A Raleigh resident for more than 30 years,...

Three Wake County business leaders named to board of Wake Education Partnership

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Three Wake County business leaders were recently selected to serve as the newest members of Wake Education Partnership’s Board of Directors. Those selected for the three-year appointments are: Paula Fryland, regional president for PNC Bank, Eastern Carolinas region....

Partnership names new board chair, Executive Committee members for 2012-2013

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Wake Education Partnership is pleased to announce that Chris Bell, Executive Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive for the Central Carolina Region of SunTrust, has been named chairman of the Partnership’s Board of Directors for 2012-2013. Bell began his...

Four Wake County business leaders named to board of Wake Education Partnership

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Four Wake County business leaders were recently selected to serve as the newest members of Wake Education Partnership’s Board of Directors. Those selected for the three-year appointments are: Jason Boyers, national division president of The Chef’s Academy; Rita...

Teachers awarded $80,000 in classroom grants through business investments in Partnership

| Press Release, Teacher Innovation Grants

Wake County public school teachers in 30 schools will be awarded more than $80,000 in classroom grants for the coming year thanks to local business investments in Wake Education Partnership. Teacher Leadership Grants for 2012-2013 were made possible by Ethicon, Food...