The Education Foundation will hold its 14th Annual Business Education Summit

Where will I get my future employees? What are the schools doing to prepare the workers I will need? How can my business get involved? Questions like this are being asked more and more frequently as small and large businesses anticipate an economic upturn and as the region seeks new businesses to keep our economy strong.  With these questions in mind, the 2009 Business Education Summit will focus on “Building the Pipeline” within our public schools so that all students graduate equipped with the knowledge and skills they will need for further education or direct entry into the workforce. The Education Foundation has been working with the region’s businesses, school districts and Ford Motor Company Fund to study and adapt successful national models and create world class schools in this region.

Keynote Speaker: Rick Delano, Co-developer, Ford Motor Company Next Generation Learning Communities 

Featured Speakers:
Kris Busch, Director, BAE Systems
Shanda Johnson, Atantic K-12 Outreach Coordinator, SPAWAR
Carl Mittelstadt, Innovation Leader, BP America Cooper River Plant
David Ramey, Director, Marking and Communications, LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
Lucy Beckham, Principal, Wando High School, 2010 National High School Principal of the Year


LEARN about Ford Motor Company’s network of national models for workforce development
SEE successful examples of school-business partnerships in the Trident region
CONNECT with business and education leaders who want to create a pipeline of highly skilled future employees.

Time: 7:30 - 11 a.m.

Place: The College Center at Trident Technical College

Cost: $85, $50 for educators

ONLINE registration for this event has closed, however walk-in registrations are welcome.

For more information contact Heather Cooke at 843.805.3080.

The Chamber, the League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area, Isle of Palms Exchange Club and Wild Dunes Community Association are hosting a candidate forum for the City of Isle of Palms Mayor and City Council. Each candidate will be given time to make a brief introductory statement. Following the introductory statements, candidates will be asked questions from the audience. The order will be rotated throughout the forum. The audience can submit written questions to League volunteers who will be collecting them throughout the forum. This is free to the public.

Candidates:

Mayor: Richard Cronin and Jimmy Ward

City Council: Barbara Bergwerf, Marty Bettelli, Ron Denton, Barbara Gobian, Sandy Stone, Douglas A. Thomas

Time: 7 p.m.

Place: Isle of Palms Recreation Center
         24 28th Ave.

Cost: Free