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Osage Venture Partners Promotes Sean Dowling to Managing Partner and Emily Foote to Partner

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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Osage Venture Partners (OVP), a leading venture capital firm investing in the next generation of early stage, post-revenue business-to-business software companies, with a focus on the future of work and future of education, is pleased to announce that Sean Dowling was promoted to Managing Partner from Partner and Emily Foote was promoted to Partner from Principal.

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  • Osage Venture Partners (OVP), a leading venture capital firm investing in the next generation of early stage, post-revenue business-to-business software companies, with a focus on the future of work and future of education, is pleased to announce that Sean Dowling was promoted to Managing Partner from Partner and Emily Foote was promoted to Partner from Principal.
  • "I am excited to announce the promotions of Sean to Managing Partner and Emily to Partner at Osage Venture Partners,” said Nate Lentz, Managing Partner.
  • Emily has also been a key contributor, bringing a wealth of operating experience and strategic thinking to the table.
  • Together, Sean and Emily have done a remarkable job building our franchise, distinguishing OVP’s investment value-add, and expanding our network.

MRA Group Welcomes Phil Butler as a Partner

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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HORSHAM, Pa., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MRA Group, a privately-held real estate development and client services firm, announced Phil Butler, Sr. has joined the ranks of Partner alongside Mike Wojewodka and founder Larry Stuardi.

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  • HORSHAM, Pa., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MRA Group, a privately-held real estate development and client services firm, announced Phil Butler, Sr. has joined the ranks of Partner alongside Mike Wojewodka and founder Larry Stuardi.
  • His leadership has been instrumental to the continued growth of the MRA organization," stated Larry Stuardi, CEO of MRA Group.
  • MRA Group (MRA), based in Horsham, PA, is a privately-held, vertically integrated real estate development and client services firm servicing the healthcare, higher education and life sciences sectors.
  • Media Contact: Melonie Butler Director of Marketing, MRA Group 856.278.0604 [email protected]
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NEPC Talks Education: Discussing the Nature of Teacher Shortages

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In this month's episode of NEPC Talks Education, NEPC Researcher and University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Richard Ingersoll and Tuan Nguyen about teacher shortages. Ingersoll is a professor of Education and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. His research examines K-12 teaching as a job, teachers as employees, and schools as workplaces. Nguyen, an assistant professor in the College of Education at Kansas State University, studies teacher leadership and school improvement, and teacher policy and the teacher labor market.

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  • BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In this month's episode of NEPC Talks Education , NEPC Researcher and University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaa interviews Richard Ingersoll and Tuan Nguyen about teacher shortages.
  • Nguyen, an assistant professor in the College of Education at Kansas State University, studies teacher leadership and school improvement, and teacher policy and the teacher labor market.
  • Professor Ingersoll outlines the nature of teacher shortages, the success of federal and state policies implemented to address these shortages, and the role the pandemic may have played in exacerbating them.
  • NEPC podcast episodes are also available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher , under the title NEPC Talks Education.

In Upcoming Book, Purpose-Driven Women with an Entrepreneurial Mindset Reveal Their Secrets to Success

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Drawing on current research about how entrepreneurial traits and skills lead to success, "InnovateHERs: Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top" shares the stories of how 29 of today's top-performing women leaders in the for-profit, nonprofit and public sectors leverage their entrepreneurial mindset to "do good" and "do well" in their careers.

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  • "We asked ourselves, why is it that women are rising to the top of purpose-driven organizations faster than other sectors?
  • And how can we get the information out to the next generation of leadersespecially womenso they can replicate and expand upon this success?"
  • The result is "InnovateHERs: Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top."
  • Throughout the book, Kurshan and Hurley reveal how a clear purpose paired with an entrepreneurial mindset is the fuel that powered each InnovateHER's success.

Greystar and University of Pennsylvania Close on 588-Bed Student Housing Redevelopment Project on Penn Campus

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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The project will provide 588 beds in 473 units of furnished, attainably priced, graduate-focused housing and a rich amenity base designed to serve the needs of today's Penn graduate students.

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  • The project will provide 588 beds in 473 units of furnished, attainably priced, graduate-focused housing and a rich amenity base designed to serve the needs of today's Penn graduate students.
  • This approach will create best-in-class housing for Penn's graduate student population while maintaining Richard and Dion Neutra's original architecture.
  • "The project team has worked hard over the last ten months to make this complicated redevelopment a reality.
  • "Well-located, high-quality, attainable housing is critical to graduate student success and an important part of Greystar's commitment to higher education."

BUILD.org CEO Ayele Shakur Receives NABSE's 2021 Hall of Fame Award

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BUILD.org , a national nonprofit whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets, and opportunity, today announced that its CEO, Ayele Shakur received the 2021 National Alliance of Black School Educators (NASBE) Hall of Fame Award.

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  • BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BUILD.org , a national nonprofit whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets, and opportunity, today announced that its CEO, Ayele Shakur received the 2021 National Alliance of Black School Educators (NASBE) Hall of Fame Award.
  • This award is bestowed upon individuals who have undergone great personal and professional sacrifice in the service of educational advancement for African Americans.
  • "I am honored to have been chosen by NASBE and I deeply appreciate the organizing committee for recognizing my work.
  • This award is a reminder that together we can build entrepreneurial leaders and learners, and create a public education system that delivers on the promise of equity and excellence," said Ayele upon accepting the award.

AIR Institute Fellows Doug and Lynn Fuchs Receive McGraw Prize in Education

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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Arlington, Va., Sept. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIR Institute Fellows Doug Fuchs and Lynn Fuchs have been awarded the 2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) and the McGraw Family Foundation.

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  • Arlington, Va., Sept. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIR Institute Fellows Doug Fuchs and Lynn Fuchs have been awarded the 2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) and the McGraw Family Foundation.
  • The McGraw Prize was established in 1988 to celebrate innovation in education by recognizing individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education and whose work is having a positive effect.
  • The Fuchs joined AIR as Institute Fellows in August and lead and participate in projects with AIRs special education practice area.
  • We are honored to receive the McGraw Prize and thank those who nominated and considered us for this award, the Fuchs said.