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Management Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce its new loan program offering accessibility, flexibility, low cost, and low risk.
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- Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce its new loan program offering accessibility, flexibility, low cost, and low risk.
- The Student Freedom Loan Agreement (SFLA) provides the funding students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) need.
- The SFLA also reduces the wealth gap through the lens of education by reducing the debt burden of MSI students.
- Statistics show that total student debt in this country is an astounding $1.7 trillion.
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Tutoring Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce a partnership with Fusion Cyber to help students at Denmark Technical College in South Carolina achieve STEM certifications that will propel them into important and successful careers upon graduation.
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- Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce a partnership with Fusion Cyber to help students at Denmark Technical College in South Carolina achieve STEM certifications that will propel them into important and successful careers upon graduation.
- View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403098482/en/
SFI’s Student Freedom Loan Agreement (SFLA) includes funding for Denmark Tech students in all academic majors to obtain STEM certifications offered by Fusion Cyber.
- Denmark Tech is the first school within the SFI cohort to partner with Fusion Cyber, and Fusion Cyber is the first certification program of its kind to qualify for SFLA support.
- “We are thrilled to connect our impactful partnership with Denmark Tech to the mission and work of Student Freedom Initiative,” said Christopher Etesse, CEO of Fusion Cyber.
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Renewable energy SFI has partnered with Clearloop to provide economic, health and environmental benefits of clean energy to several of the HBCUs and the communities surrounding the campuses.
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- SFI has partnered with Clearloop to provide economic, health and environmental benefits of clean energy to several of the HBCUs and the communities surrounding the campuses.
- SFI and Clearloop provided guidance and helped steer several HBCUs through the process to apply for the Clean Energy Education Prize.
- “SFI is honored to partner with Clearloop and selected HBCUs on the worldwide challenge of clean energy.
- “Clearloop, noted experts in the field of clean energy, offer the expertise and commitment needed to make this happen.
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Nursing Student Freedom Initiative is pleased to announce a partnership with Iḷisaġvik College located in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, as part of the Tribal Colleges and Universities portfolio.
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- Student Freedom Initiative is pleased to announce a partnership with Iḷisaġvik College located in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, as part of the Tribal Colleges and Universities portfolio.
- This partnership is a modern funding solution for Iḷisaġvik College and ignites innovative financial resources curated for the Indigenous and Native American communities.
- Iḷisaġvik College is the second tribal college to enter into a partnership with SFI.
- “It is an honor to add Iḷisaġvik College as a partner as we expand our support and services to reach to our partnership with tribal colleges and universities.
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Management Today, the Steinbridge Group announced a collaboration with the Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) on its recently-announced $100 million capital commitment to develop impact-focused real estate around Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
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- Today, the Steinbridge Group announced a collaboration with the Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) on its recently-announced $100 million capital commitment to develop impact-focused real estate around Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
- This partnership accelerates Steinbridge’s $100 million, privately-funded capital commitment to the nation’s HBCUs and other MSIs.
- Attainable housing will be one of the focuses of Steinbridge’s capital commitment.
- A portion of the proceeds of the developments will support the Student Freedom Agreement fund, SFI’s affordable student loan option.
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Monday, November 27, 2023
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Black Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced a long-term strategic partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor to engage HBCU students through Clear Channel’s internship program where they can gain real-world experience in the marketing and advertising industry and build career readiness skills.
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- Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced a long-term strategic partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor to engage HBCU students through Clear Channel’s internship program where they can gain real-world experience in the marketing and advertising industry and build career readiness skills.
- This partnership will be further supported by a nationwide digital out-of-home (OOH) campaign that raises awareness of Student Freedom Initiative’s resources and solutions to help students escape the burden of student loan debt.
- View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127410248/en/
Forbes highlighted the findings of an internal memo of top five advertising agency Interpublic Group.
- “As with all other public-private partnerships, from the onset, the goal with Clear Channel Outdoor was to be very intentional,” said Robert F. Smith; Founder, Student Freedom Initiative.
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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Basketball Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced a long-term strategic partnership with Morehouse College and Stats Perform, global leader in AI solutions for the sports industry, to create an “AI in Basketball” course.
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- Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced a long-term strategic partnership with Morehouse College and Stats Perform, global leader in AI solutions for the sports industry, to create an “AI in Basketball” course.
- View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230817588418/en/
Through the effective use of AI, organizations can use systems to help humans make better decisions.
- Recently, Fortune highlighted the fact that “[t]he newest AI systems can recognize individual players, movements, plays, or patterns without human eyes viewing a screen.
- Dr. Patrick Lucey will teach the course, Chief Scientist at Stats Perform, working in connection with Morehouse faculty.
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Indigenous The agreement will provide Native American and Indigenous students with financial tools and work opportunities.
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- The agreement will provide Native American and Indigenous students with financial tools and work opportunities.
- Students at Ojibwe University will also benefit from venture capital education, internship opportunities, tutoring, mentoring and capacity building through Student Freedom Initiative.
- “I am thrilled to welcome Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University to the Student Freedom Initiative cohort,” said Robert F. Smith, Board Chair of Student Freedom Initiative.
- “It is an honor to partner with tribal colleges and universities to give their students the financial freedom to soar in their careers.
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Virginia Union University The Historic Fund, a recently endowed educational venture capital fund, launched a $10.35 million investment rubric to support the growth of the endowments of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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- The Historic Fund, a recently endowed educational venture capital fund, launched a $10.35 million investment rubric to support the growth of the endowments of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
- The endowments of HBCUs are significantly lower than that of other universities that may not have faced similar historical biases.
- Instead, the fund has initially raised capital from partners of nine participating venture capitalist funds: Acrew Capital, B Capital, Cowboy Ventures, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital, Foundry, General Catalyst, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.
- The participating HBCUs will function as traditional limited partners in a venture capital fund and will be free to use the returns as they wish.
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Black Today, Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) , Stackwell , and Prudential Financial announced that the Student Investment Program (SIP), a multi-year strategic partnership granting $500,000 in funding to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) nationwide, has successfully completed the registration of its 415 student cohort.
Key Points:
- Today, Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) , Stackwell , and Prudential Financial announced that the Student Investment Program (SIP), a multi-year strategic partnership granting $500,000 in funding to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) nationwide, has successfully completed the registration of its 415 student cohort.
- The pilot program, which launched in November 2022, is providing participants with investment education programming and distributing $1,000 grants to each student’s investment account on the Stackwell platform.
- Grant funding is distributed to the investment accounts of participating students over a 12-month period to encourage participants to sustain their investment commitments and develop wealth-building behaviors.
- “The Student Investment Program provides us with money to start investing and is teaching us a lot,” said Ashanti Bonne, a Bowie State sophomore.
