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BlackRock Launches $30M Texas Electrical Workforce Initiative, Partners With Dallas College and IEC Dallas
by Sandra Engelland | May 6, 2026
Over three years, grants funded by The BlackRock Foundation will be used to help train more than 12,000 Texans for high-paying electrical careers, boosting the workforce needed to support Texas’ rapid growth, BlackRock said.
by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 18, 2026
The Texas Ticker is the flagship program within the Dallas College Y’all Street Market Experience, which connects students, industry partners, and the community to real-world market activity through applied learning, professional tools, workshops, and seminars—all focused on the financial sector.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 18, 2025
The foundation's Rapid Response Fund moved grants to 15 providers as food banks report surging demand across the region.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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Four North Texas community colleges and the DFW Hospital Council will use a federal grant to expand training, boost equity, and meet the region’s growing demand for health care workers.
Dallas College Leads $5.7M Regional Effort to Expand Health Care Workforce Training
by Maddie Preston | Aug 27, 2025
Four North Texas community colleges and the DFW Hospital Council will use a federal grant to expand training, boost equity, and meet the region’s growing demand for health care workers.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 6, 2025
At the statewide TUNIE meeting hosted at SMU, top local economic developers laid out how they’re teaming up with universities to drive innovation and entrepreneurship. Leaders from Dallas, Richardson, Frisco, and McKinney talked anchor institutions to smart-city pilots—but for better partnerships, one ask rose to the top: “Who do I call first?”
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 25, 2025
From startup founders to Fortune 500 CIOs, here’s who’s in the running for this year’s honors. The City of Frisco will be the first “Host City Sponsor” for Tech Titans Oscar-style presentation ceremony.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 21, 2025
ArtBoost Dallas returns June 27–28 with strategies for artists to build sustainable careers and create meaningful change. Powered by the Business Council for the Arts, SMU, KERA, and The Dallas Morning News, the two-day event brings together creatives across music, design, dance, theater, writing, and visual art.
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Dallas College Team AVIADAR members Mang Cin, Khai Huynh, Taylor Hill, and Christopher Zuniga. [Photo via Mang Cin LinkedIn]
Aviation Safety: Dallas College Team Advances to Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
by David Seeley | May 7, 2025
The Dallas College team's solution is AVIADAR, a LiDAR-based system that provides pilots with real-time alerts about their surroundings. The four team members will head to Washington, D.C., next month for a boot camp, a Capitol Hill poster session, and a pitch presentation against 11 other teams from around the U.S.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 2, 2025
Dallas College said the Center for Reigniting the Educator Workforce will support school systems and institutions of higher education in building high-quality teacher apprenticeships that manage the financial burden and make it possible for aspiring educators to become teachers.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2024
The Dallas County Promise—powered by Dallas College and the Commit Partnership—said the O’Donnell Foundation investment is "one of the largest education investments supporting economically disadvantaged students in North Texas history."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 5, 2024
Along with hands-on instruction, Bitcoin Mining program participants will receive powerful industry equipment and materials—including their own mining machine to take home.
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Valerie Singer, AWS global education lead [Composite photo; original: LinkedIn]
The Last Word: Amazon Web Services’ Valerie Singer on the AWS Jobs Tech Alliance Coming to Texas
by Quincy Preston | Aug 5, 2024
In the Lone Star State, tech isn't just big—it's booming. With high-tech jobs growing at twice the speed of overall state job growth, Texas has an appetite for tech talent. Enter Amazon Web Services (AWS) with its Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance, a recipe for bridging the tech skills gap.
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by Lance Murray |
May 29, 2024
Santander said the grants represent the latest step in the foundation’s longstanding commitment to investing in Dallas and helping the most vulnerable in local communities across the nation "to learn, grow, and prosper."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 8, 2024
Texas Women's Foundation presented #BESTSELF and the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, setting the stage with a powerful conversation between ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts and Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 30, 2024
A team from Dallas College reached the finals for its AMBER autonomous fire-detection system, which uses drones to alert farmers and local authorities about fire risks. The team will join 11 other finalists at an "Innovation Boot Camp" in Washington, D.C. before a final pitch decides who's No. 1.
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