Southeast Guilford prepares for three-peat despite key scoring losses
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Updated December 24, 2020 11:22 p.m. EST
By Zack Adams, HighSchoolOT reporter
Pleasant Garden, N.C. The Southeast Guilford Falcons have earned back-to-back 3A girls basketball state championships.
During the 2018-19 season, Southeast overcame a couple setbacks prior to the postseason. The Falcons dropped games against Northeast Guilford (54-52), High Point Central (53-45), and Eastern Guilford (39-33 conf. tournament).
Southeast Guilford notched the second overall seed in the 3A East playoffs. The Falcons cruised to victories in round one through three, but had a few close calls before having an opportunity at the state title.
March 08, 2021
DOBSON Each member of Facilities and Maintenance Department at Surry Community College recently earned a certificate in Lean Six Sigma White Belt Training from the United Quality Management Institute.
The 21-member team completed a four-hour training session that began Oct. 13, and ended Jan. 15. Their instructor was Dr. Ron Fite of the United Quality Management Institute.
“I watched presentations about the facilities and maintenance projects as a part of the class competition,” said SCC President Dr. David Shockley. “I was so proud of our employees detailing how they will make their areas lean and more efficient. Other areas of the college team will go through lean training including human resources, finance, technology services, and advising.”
Dec. 22, 2020 7:30 am ET
Chief information officers in 2020 helped introduce or bolster initiatives to increase the ranks of minorities and women on their technology teams, as well as programs designed to retain and advance those underrepresented groups.
Also, in a year in which the police killing of George Floyd prompted many companies to address racial disparities internally and across American society, CIOs took steps to educate themselves about race and bias.
“While we’ve always talked about [diversity, equity and inclusion],” the killing of Mr. Floyd was “a real wake-up call,” said Maya Leibman, chief information officer at American Airlines Inc., one of 45 information technology executives who responded via email to CIO Journal’s annual end-of-year questionnaire, which surveyed them on diversity and other topics.
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