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Achieving Success at JA Company Program Trade Fair

 By JA of Southeast Texas

Entrepreneurship

Presented by JA Board Company Gulf Island, and our Board Member Dr. Richard Heo, this event showcases JA Company Program startups working in an exciting, interactive marketplace. This event comes with the opportunity to share their creative companies while showcasing their hard work to the public in Memorial City...

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Celebrating Women's History Month - Spotlight: Christina Page

 By JA of Southeast Texas

Community Involvement

For Women's History Month, Junior Achievement is proud to highlight strong, amazing women and their accomplishments that help make the world a better place. Women's History Month traces back to the first International Women's Day in 1911, and since then has transformed into the month-long celebration we have grown to know and...

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Frost Elementary Student Community Leaders Receive a Valuable Lesson

 By Jordan Parker

Community Involvement

On Dec. 16, 2021, five Frost Elementary student leaders entered their school library to find a special thank you awaiting their arrival. For being great students during the year, presents for each of them covered the tops of the library shelves as their parents, school leaders, and JA Staff embraced their...

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Exceeding Expectations with the JA Company Program

 By Tania Daniel

Entrepreneurship

The JA Company Program, Presented by LyondellBasell, witnessed incredible growth and expansion in Fall 2021, with over 50 cohorts already completing the core curriculum. Special thanks to many JA Board companies and stakeholders, like PwC, Schlumberger, ExxonMobil, Rice MBA, and Baker Hughes, for strengthening our mentor pipeline and providing much-needed guidance. We are honored to work on some...

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! JA Volunteer Spotlight - Eduardo Rodriguez

 By Becky Neely

Community Involvement

Eduardo Rodriguez, Assistant Vice President at Woodforest Bank in Magnolia, Texas, was born in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, and immigrated to the United States in 1995. He has been married to his beautiful wife for 25 years and has two children and a family dog.

Before coming to the United States, he studied International Business Administration at Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila in Torreon,...

Waltrip High School ninth graders advise CenterPoint Energy on attracting skilled employees in first 3DE case challenge of the year!

 By Matthew Jamison

Corporate Responsibility

Yesterday was a big day for 141 ninth graders at Houston ISD’s Waltrip High School. Five weeks ago, Waltrip’s inaugural 3DE by Junior Achievement case challenge kicked off. Volunteers from CenterPoint Energy presented students with an open-ended question: What exciting and inventive strategies should CenterPoint employ to attract new skilled workers? Students worked in teams of three-five to...

Innovation took center stage during JA Ignite the Spark!

 By Tania Daniel

Entrepreneurship

The JA Company Program kick-off, JA Ignite the Spark! was a roaring success, with over 170 students taking part in the Microsoft Innovation Challenge. This event has limited registration for students this year as we demoed and managed a new Microsoft Teams format, and the responses and reviews have been stellar! Ignite was proudly presented by long-standing JA Board Company Worley and co-presented...

Eager Travis High School Student Council remain dedicated JA volunteers in Fort Bend ISD

 By Courtney Azuike

Community Involvement

Travis High School’s Student Council has been an amazing volunteer partner in Fort Bend ISD for the past several years. Just like many high school organization partners last year, volunteering for Junior Achievement was not an option. At the start of the new school year Travis’s Student Council hit the ground running to rebuild their JA partnership with local elementary schools as well as create...

Let’s Start the Show! - JA Hall of Achievement presented by RBC Capital Markets & Enbridge, Inc. to proceed as scheduled.

 By Ryan Purser

Community Involvement

In recognition of three outstanding and exceptional business leaders in our greater Houston community, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas is pleased to honor the 2020/2021 JA Hall of Achievement Laureate Class of Mr. Vijay Goradia, Mr. Bobby Tudor, and Ms. Hallie A....

JA Volunteer Spotlight - Catherine Dominic

 By Becky Neely

Community Involvement

Catherine Dominic is a sophomore majoring in Aerospace engineering and pursuing a certificate in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship. She works as the President and Project Manager of UT Austin’s Design Build and Fly, coordinating an unmanned air vehicle design and manufacturing process for the annual AIAA DBF...



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