Two Washington, DC high school students who are part of Prime Movers Media, a journalism mentorship program based at George Washington University, spent May 4, 2012, at Widmeyer Communications. Madison Hartke-Weber, a junior from Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and Brianna Little, a junior from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, shadowed Widmeyer employees and [...]
As a result of Widmeyer’s outreach, two inspiring teams who competed in the 2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) – the world’s largest student rocket contest – were in the national media spotlight. Students and their teacher-mentor from tiny Presidio, Texas were featured on CBS News before and after the finals, which took place on [...]
The European Union Delegation to the US recently held a symposium in Washington to discuss common European defense policy. The one-day meeting was coordinated by Widmeyer and PROI partner Mostra, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Over 200 participants in the meeting heard from a range of speakers, including Pierre Vimont, Executive Secretary General, European [...]
The report released last week by the American Association of Community Colleges, Reclaiming the American Dream, was featured in an article in The Economist. US News & World Report carried two pieces on this important study (“Report: Community College Attendance Up, But Graduation Rates Remain Low” and “Consider the High Cost of Low Tuition at [...]
Edward B. (“Ted”) Fiske, the former Education Editor of The New York Times and a senior advisor for Widmeyer, recently reviewed a new book for Education Week authored by Vivien Stewart of The Asia Society. The book highlights lessons that U.S. policymakers, educators and education advocates can and should learn from other countries with highly [...]
Widmeyer Communications is a proud partner of Prime Movers Media (PMM), founded by the highly regarded Dorothy Gilliam. Ms. Gilliam, the first African-American female reporter at The Washington Post, is the former president of the National Association of Black Journalists and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from [...]
Tom Delahunt, vice president for admission and student financial planning at Drake University, recently wrote a piece for Inside Higher Ed on the critical role all on campus play to ensure a prospective student’s visit is valuable [...]
Reclaiming the American Dream: A Report from the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges was released at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) annual meeting on April 21st. The report outlines seven recommendations to reform the country’s community college system. Widmeyer created a video and helped secure coverage in The Wall Street [...]
To increase access for students affected by California budget cuts, Alliant International University recently announced the expansion of its undergraduate offerings with more flexible and cost effective programs. Widmeyer client Geoffrey Cox, president of the university, was featured on KUSI-TV to discuss new merit-based scholarships and the institution’s commitment to helping students at a time [...]
As the President and Congress debate the merits of the so-called “Buffett Rule” this month, National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) President and CEO Kristie Arslan is calling on both the President and Congress to focus more on the “Baffle Rule,” or removing baffling tax rules impacting millions of Americans [...]
