Author: Juliette Bryant

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Environmental Non-Profit Accepting Applications For Conservation Leadership Initiative

Juliette Bryant
Audubon Florida, a Miami-based environmental non-profit organization, is accepting applications for their 2024-25 Conservation Leadership Initiative through Sept. 23. The program gives students hands-on experience, networking and resume-building opportunities in the environmental field. Participants can engage in writing opportunities, work in conservation projects—restoring land, planting native plants and counting… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Has 21 Coca-Cola Leaders Of Promise Scholars

Juliette Bryant
Twenty-one Miami Dade College students have been awarded the coveted Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship.    The $1,000 prize helps students cover expenses while working toward an associate’s degree.    Applicants had to be members of Phi Theta Kappa, have at least a 3.5 GPA and have completed between… Read the rest at our website.
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MCI Student Offers Healthier Food Options With His New Venture—Verde

Juliette Bryant , 
Last fall, Christian Barruos-Brens was baffled during chef Patrick McCurry’s culinary sustainability and practices class at Miami Culinary Institute.  After learning that chain restaurants—Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Starbucks—cook with unhealthy ingredients, such as soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup, he wanted to transform people’s diets. “Why [is it that] just… Read the rest at our website.