I want to start off the week by sending congratulations out to all the graduates! I know several of our local high schools, as well as our universities, held ceremonies this past weekend.
These students are our future. We need to retain these bright individuals FOR MEMPHIS and share their gifts with the city.
If you know a student graduating this season, share the good news about Memphis. Let them know why Memphis is a great place to spend your postgrad life—why it’s a great place to live, work, and play.
Duncan
Keep Reading the Good News For Memphis.
Recent Grads Choose Memphis
On the topic of recent grads, a couple—neither from Memphis—came to the city for college, and they’re now choosing to stay in Memphis. Katie Avila Bettencourt and Pablo Avila were warned by numerous people and told not to come to Memphis. But their experience was the opposite of what they heard and has caused them to choose to build a postgrad life in Memphis. Read more here.
Helping Students Succeed with tnAchieves and MDRC
Meanwhile in Memphis, a podcast by New Memphis shares incredible stories about Memphis and the partnerships that are improving our community. The latest episode, Helping Students Succeed with tnAchieves and MDRC, discusses a proven model of success is helping students in Memphis persist to graduation and launch careers in the Mid-South thanks to an impact-driven collaboration between tnAchieves and MDRC. Listen here.
Barron Von Opperbean and the River of Time Featured in Forbes
It’s not every day a new museum in Memphis gets spotlighted in Forbes. Barron Von Opperbean is a new immersive museum that opened May 1st on Mud Island. The article features an interview from the newer Memphian and CEO, Jee Vahn Knight. Read more here. (Thanks for sharing, Tony Pellicciotti.)
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