Hillcrest High School

Greg Crowe of Boostr Awarded Entrepreneurial Rising Star

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Friday, February 2, 2024
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NORTHPORT, Ala., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The West Alabama Chamber announced Greg Crowe, founder of Boostr Digital Displays, as the recipient of the H. Pettus Randall Entrepreneurial Rising Star Award.

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  • NORTHPORT, Ala., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The West Alabama Chamber announced Greg Crowe, founder of Boostr Digital Displays, as the recipient of the H. Pettus Randall Entrepreneurial Rising Star Award.
  • Greg Crowe, a Tuscaloosa native and graduate of Hillcrest High School and the University of Alabama, was honored for his outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship.
  • Boostr, co-founded by Greg Crowe in 2012 and subsequently revamped with a new strategic growth plan in 2021 after Crowe bought out his partner, has experienced remarkable success.
  • With a commitment to community impact, Boostr, under Greg Crowe's leadership, currently employs over 20 Tuscaloosa residents with full-time positions and operates from Northport, Alabama.

Dallas Student Wins South Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Competition

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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DALLAS, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global entrepreneurship education nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has named five local student businesses as the winners of its annual South Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.

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  • DALLAS, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global entrepreneurship education nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has named five local student businesses as the winners of its annual South Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.
  • 1st Place: Emerson Oborn from Henry W. Longfellow School with her idea for Everything Chickens, a business that provides 2-week-old hatchling, mixed breed chickens in the Dallas area.
  • The NFTE South Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge was presented by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) and Santander, with associate support from the Citi Foundation.
  • For media inquiries regarding NFTE, please contact Vanessa Hsia at 929-551-3813 or [email protected] ; or Denise Berkhalter at 917-281-4362 or [email protected] .

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2022 Book and Journalism Awards Winners

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Dan Blackburn, Doug Brinkley, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Harwood, Van Jones, Rory Kennedy, Michael Lewis, Jane Mayer, Ari Melber, Craig Melvin, Soledad O'Brien, Symone D. Sanders, and John Seigenthaler.

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  • The Book Award was founded in 1980 with the proceeds from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s bestselling book, "Robert F. Kennedy and His Times."
  • "A fair and free press remains one of the greatest bulwarks of democracy, and the commitment to protect civic space is at the core of what we do at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights," said Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  • The full list of honorees for the 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards can be found below.
  • Special thanks to historian and author Michael Beschloss, head of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award committee, and Margaret Engel, director of the Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation and chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards committee, as well as the more than 50 volunteer judges who participated this year.

Authors Battle Covid and Cancer to Write their First Mystery Novel

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Friday, April 30, 2021
Midvale, Hillcrest High School

Since traveling was out of the question, Ron and Mike decided to create their own excitement for mystery and global intrigue by writing a book.\nThe miles between them didn\'t matter.

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  • Since traveling was out of the question, Ron and Mike decided to create their own excitement for mystery and global intrigue by writing a book.\nThe miles between them didn\'t matter.
  • Nor did Mike\'s battle with Multiple Myeloma, who chronicled his arduous journey in an impressive blog.
  • Originally hailing from Midvale, a small town in Utah, the pals graduated from Hillcrest High School.
  • For more information about the authors and their book, visit www.anickgriegostory.com .\n'