Bournemouth & Poole College has officially launched this year’s Dorset Art Prize, which saw award applications increase by more than 20 per cent in 2020. Founded by the College in partnership with the Dorset Community Foundation Trust, the awards are open for adults and children to share their creativity and artistic talent with the whole county. Diane Grannell, Principal of Bournemouth & Poole College, explained: “We are so pleased that despite last year’s challenges, so many people were able to connect through their shared passion of art and create beautiful designs inspired by the unprecedented circumstances. “At the College, we remain committed to the arts and it is important to us that we continue to engage with our artistic community. We received lots of feedback from last year’s entrants explaining that the Art Prize gave them something positive to focus on at such a difficult time. We are proud to be bringing the awards back this year as we continue to cham
MORE than £1.5million is to be spent upgrading vital equipment at two Dorset colleges. The initiative set up by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership is part of its commitment to improving skills and supporting key business sectors. Most of the funding, around £1.3m, will be used to support projects at Bournemouth and Poole College, and there is £250,000 for Weymouth College to fund a refurbishment of the its Higher Education Centre. Lorna Carver, Dorset LEP director, said: “This major skills investment is vital in supporting young people to achieve specialist qualifications in Dorset. “Investing in skills our local businesses need is essential to economic recovery following the impact of Covid-19 and in alignment with the Local Industrial Strategy.
AICPA honors service and professional contributions in tax Related
Roby Sawyers, professor of accounting and director of undergraduate programs at North Carolina State University s Poole College of Management, received the AICPA s Arthur J. Dixon Award. Also, Jamie C. Yesnowitz, principal and leader of State and Local Tax, and Jeff Martin, a partner and tax technical leader in compensation and employee benefits, both in Grant Thornton s Washington National Tax Office, received Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Awards.
The Arthur J. Dixon Award, the highest award given in the area of taxes, recognizes a CPA who demonstrates professionalism in the spirit of Dixon, who was a leader in the profession, serving on various state society and AICPA committees, with a long record of service to the Tax Division. Sawyers specializes in federal estate tax issues, North Carolina s tax structure, behavioral aspects of income tax decision-making, tax patents, and state and local tax. For m
WEYMOUTH College has been given a massive cash boost after being given a share of over £1.5 million. As part of a Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) cash scheme, Weymouth College has been given £250,000 in its bid to provide higher education learning to areas including Weymouth and Portland. College principal Nigel Evans said the money will be pumped into its mechanic and engineering programmes, and to provide a state-of-the-art centre of excellence for construction, as well as allowing a refurbishment of the centre. Mr Evans said: It s a massive boost for our electrical mechanics programmes. We ve been able to buy three electrical cars for our mechanics course, and upgrade our fleet of hybrid cars.
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