United Way Miami Center for Excellence in Early Education Annual Report 2020-21

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An Annual Report for United Way Miami

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BY ROCHELLE BRODER-SINGER

The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education is a hub for professional learning about early education. Early childhood professionals, families, community leaders and others all benefit from skills-building courses and knowledge-building resources. They can then better understand and deliver high-quality early care and education to Miami-Dade children. …

United Way Miami Center for Excellence in Early Education 15-year Report

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United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education 15-year Report

BY ROCHELLE BRODER-SINGER

What happens when we model evidence-based practices, share those practices with families and educators, and work with business leaders and lawmakers to raise the standards of early childhood education?

Sustainable and lasting change for children and our community.

BusinessMiami – Alumni & community magazine for the University of Miami School of Business – editing, writing, publication management and production

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BusinessMiami – Alumni & community magazine for the University of Miami School of Business – editing, writing, publication management and production

As publications consultant to the University of Miami School of Business from 2009-2018, Rochelle ran the school's twice-a-year, 45,000+-circulation, magazine for alumni, students, donors, faculty, staff and community. Members of the RB Editing & Writing team wrote for the magazine, copyedited it, assisted as managing editors and more.

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Atrium – A magazine for the nonprofit Gulliver School, a K-12 independent institution

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Atrium – A magazine for the nonprofit Gulliver School, a K-12 independent institution

We helped Independent K-12 institution Gulliver School plan, write, edit and produce the 68-page Spring 2018 issue of its magazine for alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and donors. RB Editing & Writing served as managing editor and copyeditor of the magazine, with several of our writers contributing as well. We also oversaw the graphic design firm, which worked with an exciting magazine design. 

See the full Spring 2018 Atrium magazine on Issuu.

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"Raider Review" – a newsletter for Gulliver School

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"Raider Review" – a newsletter for Gulliver School

This K-12 independent school wanted to move from a quarterly PDF newsletter to a monthly HTML email. We designed and created Raider Review using Gulliver's existing content management system, Finalsite, and its built-in newsletter creator, eNotify. Each month, we edit all of the stories, select and crop photos, and create the newsletter in eNotify. 

June 2018 Raider Review  |  May 2018 Raider Review

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"National Summer Transportation Institute Program" - An article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"National Summer Transportation Institute Program" - An article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

04/28/17

The College of Engineering hosts an innovative summer program to encourage women and minority high school students to pursue higher education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The College of Engineering is proud to have hosted U.S.

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"Examining the Startup Nation"- An entrepreneurship article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"Examining the Startup Nation"- An entrepreneurship article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Doreen Hemlock

A small country (the size of New Jersey) with 8.5 million people (fewer than New York City), Israel has the second-highest concentration of startups worldwide, after California’s Silicon Valley. It has more companies on the NASDAQ exchange than Japan, South Korea and India combined – a total of 93.

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"Alex Rodriguez Courtyard Dedicated, Honoring All-Star’s $500,000 Donation" - A Business Article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"Alex Rodriguez Courtyard Dedicated, Honoring All-Star’s $500,000 Donation" - A Business Article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Lauren Comander | 02/23/17

Standing under a green and orange balloon arch, Alex Rodriguez talked about his lifelong love of the University of Miami that took hold during those Ron Fraser-era baseball games. “It made a huge impact on my life,” he said.

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"Cracking Compliance"- Compliance Theory for Health and Financial Industries for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"Cracking Compliance"- Compliance Theory for Health and Financial Industries for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Lauren Comander

For the third year in a row, about a dozen undergraduate students gained valuable knowledge and experience in a growing field through the School’s Compliance Boot Camp. Ranging from freshmen to seniors, they each returned to campus a week early from winter break to study the basic concepts of compliance theory and practice in the health care and financial industries. They learned from business law faculty members Anita Cava and Mark Shapiro, as well as professionals in the field, then applied the information in developing case presentations on real-life compliance failures. The Boot Camp has proven so valuable that Shapiro is offering a new undergraduate business law course, The Art and Science of Compliance, this fall.

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"Anuj Mehrotra Steps In To Lead School As Dean Search Gets Underway"-A Faculty Profile for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"Anuj Mehrotra Steps In To Lead School As Dean Search Gets Underway"-A Faculty Profile for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Rochelle Broder-Singer

Anuj Mehrotra will serve as interim dean of the School of Business while the University conducts a search for a permanent dean following the departure of Eugene Anderson. He stepped down after his five-year term ended this summer.

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"New Scholarship Funding"- A news article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"New Scholarship Funding"- A news article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

Published in BusinessMiami magazine and on magazine website.

By Rochelle Broder-Singer

A UNIQUE, recently endowed scholarship will offer new opportunities to students who wish to study international business, while helping increase the School’s diversity. Angel and Margie Gallinal created the Gallinal Family Endowed Scholarship, which will assist undergraduate School of Business students who are first-generation citizens and members of underrepresented minority groups. The students must plan to study international business.

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"The Piechoski Family Endowed Graduate Engineering Fellowship Fund" - An donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"The Piechoski Family Endowed Graduate Engineering Fellowship Fund" - An donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

07/31/17

In 1972, when Michael J. “Pete” Piechoski (BBA ’76) was applying to colleges, “University of Miami was really the only school that gave me a shot,” he said. “I didn’t know how lucky I was then. Because if I could do it all over again, UM is exactly where I’d want to be.”

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"The College of Engineering Scholarship Fund Turns a Dream into a Reality"- A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"The College of Engineering Scholarship Fund Turns a Dream into a Reality"- A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering website.

By Nancy Abramson | 10/31/17

As a young girl growing up in Venezuela, neither the University of Miami nor an engineering degree was on the radar for Maria Villasmil (BSIE ’16). But in 2005, the Villasmil family moved to Miami. It was the perfect place for the family to settle, enabling them to hold onto their Venezuelan roots while enjoying Miami’s diversity of cultures.

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"Giving From a Deep Well of UM Pride" – A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"Giving From a Deep Well of UM Pride" – A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Rochelle Broder-Singer | 09/25/17 

Hurricane pride runs deep in the Milton family. Three brothers, one of the brother’s wives and two of their sons are all UM graduates – and all attribute their career successes to their UM educations. Husband and wife Cecil J.

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"Creating a New School"- An Alumni Article for University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"Creating a New School"- An Alumni Article for University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Rochelle Broder-Singer 

In 2012, when he became president of the Latin Builders Association (LBA), the largest Hispanic construction and real estate association in the United States, Bernie Navarro had a mission for the industry organization: have a lasting impact on South Florida. Navarro is CEO of Benworth Capital Partners, one of South Florida’s largest private mortgage lenders, and is a member of the School’s Real Estate Advisory Board. He envisioned a charter high school run and supported by the LBA. Within months, the LBA Construction and Business Management Academy was a reality. This is the first business charter school started by a business association, such as the LBA, in the US.

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"A Silver Lining for UM Students Who Weathered Irma"- A Profile for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"A Silver Lining for UM Students Who Weathered Irma"- A Profile for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Nancy Abramson | 10/5/2017

When international student Qianyun Ding, a first year graduate student, came from Jiangsu – a coastal Chinese province north of Shanghai, China – to study at the College of Engineering, she may not have expected to see quite so much of Miami as she did.

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"Eminent Aerospace Engineering Professor Joins College as Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department"- An engineering article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"Eminent Aerospace Engineering Professor Joins College as Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department"- An engineering article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Rochelle Broder-Singer | 8/2/2017

Victoria Coverstone joined the College of Engineering (CoE) as the new chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) on Aug. 1. The first woman to chair any department in the College, Coverstone takes over from Weiyong Gu, who will continue to teach and conduct research as a full-time professor in the MAE department.

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"Improving U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness" - An Article on Manufacturing for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"Improving U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness" - An Article on Manufacturing for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Rochelle Broder-Singer | 1/11/2017

The College of Engineering (CoE) and other members of the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Inc. (SMIA) will lead the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Reducing EMbodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute as it forges clean energy initiatives deemed critical in keeping U.S. manufacturing competitive.

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