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Nate Meikle Opens Podcast's Playbook with Debut of Interview Episodes

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

LAWRENCE, Kan., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Since its debut in February of 2021, the "Meikles & Dimes" podcast has lived up to its straightforward "Simple, practical and underappreciated" tagline by offering succinct life lessons in five- to 10-minute segments. But host Nate Meikle, an assistant professor of management at the University of Kansas School of Business, is opening up his podcast's playbook this month with the premiere of slightly expanded interview episodes.

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  • But host Nate Meikle, an assistant professor of management at the University of Kansas School of Business, is opening up his podcast's playbook this month with the premiere of slightly expanded interview episodes.
  • Despite leveling up with the expanded Layer 2 episodes, Meikle plans to continue producing monthly podcasts following his original straightforward format.
  • There are currently 26 regular episodes, and Meikle estimates he has another 50 mapped out to varying degrees.
  • Nate Meikle is an assistant professor of management at the University of Kansas School of Business, where he teaches courses in leadership and business ethics.

BYU Law Welcomes Retiring Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee as Visiting Professor, Linguistics Expert Jesse Egbert as Research Associate for 2022-23

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

PROVO, Utah, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced retiring Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Lee will join the law school as a visiting professor and Jesse Egbert will join as visiting research associate for the 2022-23 academic year. The visiting faculty will focus on furthering BYU Law's corpus linguistics curriculum and research. Corpus linguistics is a methodology for understanding the meaning of words by analyzing naturally occurring language in large collections of texts called "corpora." This methodology is at the precipice of more mainstream use as practitioners and judges, including the U.S. Supreme Court, gain understanding of its potential to impact modern-day cases.

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  • PROVO, Utah, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced retiring Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Lee will join the law school as a visiting professor and Jesse Egbert will join as visiting research associate for the 2022-23 academic year.
  • The visiting faculty will focus on furthering BYU Law's corpus linguistics curriculum and research.
  • Prior to joining BYU Law as a visiting research associate, Jesse Egbert was a full-time assistant professor of applied linguistics at Northern Arizona University.
  • In its most recent rankings, National Jurist recognized BYU Law as the #1 best-value law school in its 2021 ranking.

Greystone Provides $20.6 Million in Fannie Mae Financing for Two Idaho Multifamily Properties

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

NEW YORK, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greystone , a leading national commercial real estate finance company, has provided $20,661,000 in Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting Services (DUS) financing for two multifamily properties in Rexburg, Idaho.

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  • NEW YORK, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greystone , a leading national commercial real estate finance company, has provided $20,661,000 in Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting Services (DUS) financing for two multifamily properties in Rexburg, Idaho.
  • The transaction was originated by Lorie Hanson, Managing Director at Greystone.
  • Both properties were refinanced with 10-year term Fannie Mae loans from their original acquisition financing secured in 2020.
  • Loans are offered through Greystone Servicing Company LLC, Greystone Funding Company LLC and/or other Greystone affiliates.

New research from RedThread outlines which skills L&D leaders should develop to meet ambitious new business expectations

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

WOODSIDE, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Thanks to the upheaval of the pandemic and changing business and workforce needs, learning and development (L&D) functions find themselves in the spotlight, according to a new report from RedThread Research. Businesses are looking to L&D for help meeting important business objectives that span the enterprise, including upskilling the workforce, shifting work culture, and improving internal mobility.

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  • "L&D is having a bit of a moment," said Dani Johnson, co-founder and principal analyst at RedThread Research.
  • To meet these new challenges, they're not just looking to improve how they deliver L&D, they need new and better core business skills.
  • They also targeted data skills used to improve decision-making, business skills to better align L&D's work with business strategy, and relationship skills to improve collaboration and partnerships.
  • In fact, L&D pros at high-performing organizations viewed advancing their business skills to be as important as advancing their core L&D skills.

Building Hope Names William D. Hansen as President and CEO

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Building Hope , the non-profit leader in charter school facilities, financing, and services, today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously chosen William D. Hansen to succeed S. Joseph Bruno as Building Hope Holdings, Inc. President and CEO.

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  • Building Hope , the non-profit leader in charter school facilities, financing, and services, today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously chosen William D. Hansen to succeed S. Joseph Bruno as Building Hope Holdings, Inc. President and CEO.
  • Mr. Hansen, who most recently served as President and CEO of the Strada Education Network, will begin Oct. 3, 2022.
  • The Board of Directors and I are very pleased to introduce a leader of Bills caliber to the Building Hope family.
  • Mr. Hansen comes to Building Hope with extensive experience in the corporate, government, investment, social impact, philanthropy, and policy sectors.

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, BYU-Hawaii complete campuswide renewable energy system

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and Brigham Young University-Hawaii today announced completion of a campuswide renewable energy system that includes rooftop solar, carport solar and battery energy storage.

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  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and Brigham Young University-Hawaii today announced completion of a campuswide renewable energy system that includes rooftop solar, carport solar and battery energy storage.
  • Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions,a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), designed and constructed the renewable energy system and the battery energy storage system containing Tesla Megapacks.
  • Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions is a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) a Fortune 150 company and one of the largest energy holding companies in the U.S. headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
    Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions is a leader in sustainable energy, helping large enterprises reduce power costs, lower emissions, and increase resiliency.
  • Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions includes the following subsidiaries of Duke Energy Corporation that are registered to transact business in various states and may be branded as Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions for marketing purposes: Duke Energy Commercial Enterprises, Inc.; Duke Energy One, Inc.; Duke Energy Renewables, Inc.; Duke Energy Renewables Commercial, LLC; Duke Energy Renewable Services, LLC; Duke Energy Renewables Solar, LLC; Duke Energy Renewables Storage, LLC; Duke Energy Renewables Wind, LLC; and REC Solar Commercial Corporation.

Nomi Health Hosts Second Community Health Fair with Free Health Screenings at Windward Mall

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Nomi Health co-founder and CEO Mark Newman said, “Nomi Health is committed to delivering easy access to low-cost health care. As care costs continue to rise and access to traditional healthcare declines, bringing every day care services into the community is critical -- whether in the major metropolitan markets or in the rural, difficult-to-reach communities we have served in Hawaii and beyond. We are honored to deliver every day care to those who need it in Hawaii. If we can keep people healthy, we can keep communities healthy, too.”

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  • Direct healthcare company Nomi Health hosted its second Community Health Fair for free health screenings at Windward Mall in Hawaii this weekend.
  • More than 400 people attended the fair, which provided no-cost blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol tests, including consultations with local physicians, Drs.
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    Nomi Health's Jules Finch takes blood from a patient at the company's Community Health Fair at Windward Mall on April 23 where free health screenings were offered to the public.
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    Nomi Health co-founder and CEO Mark Newman said, Nomi Health is committed to delivering easy access to low-cost health care.

Booz Allen Invests in Reveal Technology, Inc.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) announced it made a strategic investment in Reveal Technology, Inc. , a visual analytics and edge artificial intelligence (AI) company.

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  • Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) announced it made a strategic investment in Reveal Technology, Inc. , a visual analytics and edge artificial intelligence (AI) company.
  • Booz Allen is committed to investing in strategic, defense-first, dual-use technologies that help speed up the adoption of advanced commercial technologies for public sector missions.
  • Since 2015, Booz Allen has been scouting dual-use capabilities in emerging tech including across all areas of AI/ML to the edge.
  • For more than 100 years, military, government, and business leaders have turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to solve their most complex problems.

Second Harvest opens best-in-class facility in response to growing food insecurity and reveals new brand identity

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

This expansion led the organization to build a best-in-class facility in Toronto with greater storage capacity to mobilize food redistribution across Canada quickly, and to create a new brand identity.

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  • This expansion led the organization to build a best-in-class facility in Toronto with greater storage capacity to mobilize food redistribution across Canada quickly, and to create a new brand identity.
  • Weve become an internationally recognized expert in the field of food rescue and redistribution, and were responding to the needs of Canadians.
  • Our newly renovated, best-in-class facility and our new brand identitywill help us fulfill our vision of a Canada with No Waste and No Hunger.
  • We are proud to be a long-time partner and supporter of Second Harvest.

Passing CFP® Exam and Developing Good Communication Skills Should Be Prioritized by Aspiring Financial Advisors, Redtail Technology Survey Finds

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Of the 4,257 survey respondents, 93 percent were in financial services and seven percent were college students aspiring to get into the field.

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  • Of the 4,257 survey respondents, 93 percent were in financial services and seven percent were college students aspiring to get into the field.
  • Key findings from the survey include:
    Seventy-one percent of the financial professionals thought students should put a priority on passing the CFP exam before graduation.
  • The top four skills, in descending order of importance, that financial professionals wanted to see in their future hires included: strong interpersonal skills; technical knowledge of financial planning; prospecting and marketing skills; and fintech knowledge.
  • Founded in 2003, Redtail Technology is a leading provider of web-based Client Relationship Management (CRM), compliant text messaging solutions (Redtail Speak), paperless office, and email archiving solutions in the financial services industry.