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Immigrant Heritage Month 2022: Celebrating Immigrants’ Stories

June 13, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Community Engagement, Entrepreneurship, Participant Profiles, Participant Voices No Comments

At The Welcoming Center, we celebrate immigrants every day and we are excited to commemorate Immigrant Heritage Month this June. Immigrant Heritage Month is an opportunity to showcase immigrant stories, recognize the contributions of immigrants, and celebrate the strength that diversity brings to the U.S. In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, The Welcoming Center is [...]

Immigrant Leadership Institute Seminar Series: Building Social Capital

June 9, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Community Engagement, Participant Voices No Comments

A lot has happened at The Welcoming Center’s (TWC) Immigrant Leadership Institute (ILI) so far this year. We have been offering seminars, designed as mini cohorts, that are each five weeks long, with up to 25 to 30 participants in each. The shift in programming was a deliberate decision by TWC to meet the [...]

Meet Our International Professionals Program Participants (Summer 2022 Cohort)

June 8, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Participant Profiles, Participant Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

On Thursday, June 16, The Welcoming Center hosts a recognition ceremony for the Summer 2022 cohort of our International Professionals Program (IPP). IPP is an eight-week course for career readiness training followed by six months of job coaching. It brings together a diverse group of international professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher and U.S. work [...]

Meet Our International Professionals Program Participants (Spring 2022 Cohort)

March 24, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Participant Profiles, Participant Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

On Thursday, March 24, 2021 The Welcoming Center hosts a recognition ceremony for the Spring 2022 cohort of our International Professionals Program (IPP). IPP is an eight-week course for career readiness training followed by six months of job coaching. It brings together a diverse group of international professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher and U.S. [...]

Meet Our Business Training Program Participants (Winter 2021 Cohort)

December 16, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Entrepreneurship, Participant Profiles, Participant Voices No Comments

On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 The Welcoming Center hosts a graduation ceremony for the latest cohort of our Business Training Program, consisting of 18 participants! This program is is a 12-week classroom-based and business coaching term that helps build entrepreneurial skills and simultaneously assists participants in creating a road map to opening their businesses. Pictured: [...]

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