Education & Research Topics A variety of education topics and research going on in Baltimore.
Host: Dave Custy
Show 1: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Business in Government Initiative (22:33) with guest Brian Gunia, Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Link: Brian Gunia
Show 2: Non-profit organization that empowers 3 neighborhood charter schools in East Baltimore (28:01) Guest Laura Doherty, President and CEO of the Baltimore Curriculum Project.
Link: Baltimore Curriculum Project
2013 Annual Holiday Bash to Benefit the National Academy Foundation from the Lord Baltimore Hotel
Interview with Bob Heck, Executive Director of Careers at National Academy Foundation Middle/High School (3:30)
Link: National Academy Foundation of Baltimore
Interview with chairpersons Renee West, Membership Sales and Services Manager, Visit Baltimore and Cori Ramos, President, Cori Ramos & Associates, Event Planning and Management, L.L.C. (2:53)
Links: Visit Baltimore • Cori Ramos & Associates
Interview with Paul Wolman, Chairman and CEO, Feats Inc. and NAF Advisory Council (6:15)
Link: Feats Inc.
Main Speech Annual Holiday Bash December 16, 2013 (7:00)
2014 Annual Holiday Bash from the Horseshoe Casino is the Baltimore area hospitality industry's annual holiday party with food from Baltimore's top restaurants, hotels and caterers and live entertainment. All proceeds from the Holiday Bash benefit the National Academy Foundation School of Baltimore, the first high school in the country to integrate five career-based "NAF" programs. Graduates of the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, Academy of Law, Academy of IT, Academy of Finance or Academy of Engineering receive both a national certificate as well as their high school diploma.
Interview with National Academy Foundation's Board Chairman, Alexis Coates (2:43)
Links: Annual Holiday Bash • National Academy Foundation of Baltimore • Dining Dish Blog • Facebook
Local Issues Forum
Host: Dave Custy
Show 6: A plan to train Baltimoreons with skills employers need (25:56) Guest Economist Arnold Packer Ph.D discusses his work in employment development.
Link: Baltimore Sun Story
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