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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 [...]

How To Include Immigrants in the DEI Conversation: A Look Into Language

June 2, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Employer Engagement, Workforce Development No Comments

The Power of Language Language is powerful. It shapes the way we understand groups of people and how we talk about them. It can be used to make us feel like outsiders, or can serve as an empowering force. In this blog article, we will focus on the power of language and how it has [...]

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. [...]

A Reflection on English Language and Digital Literacy

March 21, 2022 By The Welcoming Center In Digital Literacy, Staff Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

by Jill Jacobs Cohen In the winter of 2020, I had just completed teaching the FOCUS course at The Welcoming Center with a wonderful group of participants. Three mornings a week, they traveled to and from class to learn with others from all over the world about how to navigate the new language and [...]

Meet Our International Professionals Program Participants (Winter 2021 Cohort)

December 8, 2021 By The Welcoming Center In Participant Profiles, Participant Voices, Workforce Development No Comments

On Thursday, December 16, 2021 The Welcoming Center hosted a recognition ceremony for the Winter 2021 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. [...]

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