Challenge raises more than money
The Kids Heart Challenge is an event that teaches students about the heart itself, while helping others by raising money for the American Heart Association.
The program aims to promote awareness of heart issues, and to prepare children for success through physical and emotional well-being.
Sunlake Academy of Math & Science in Lutz took part in the challenge and collected $10,858.57, more than triple the average from a charter school, for the organization.
Small business webinar
Saint Leo University will present a free webinar to aid small businesses on Nov. 5 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The webinar is entitled, “Business Re-imagined: Set Your Course for Survival with the 13-Week Cash Flow Model.”
Presenters will be Dr. C’Lamt Ho, assistant professor of accounting at Saint Leo University, and Dr. Ruediger Mueller, president and senior partner of TCMI Inc.
The program will focus on cash flow and why it is more important than profit or loss in difficult times. It will walk participants step-by-step through the construction of a cash flow model that can be used to monitor cash , as well as requirements for the near and intermediate future.
Participants also can learn how to budget tight cash resources, how to survive on existing cash and projected cash streams, when to seek additional funding, and how to obtain financing.
The 13-Week Cash Flow model is one of the most popular and commonly used tools of turnaround- and restructuring-experts today.
Small businesses and the community can attend online at tinyurl.com/y5qjpae5.
Reach-Out Program
The Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) College Reach-Out Program (CROP) is accepting applications.
The PHSC CROP is a state-sponsored educational program established by the legislature to increase the number of low-income, educationally disadvantaged students in grades six to 12 who, upon high school graduation, are admitted to and successfully complete postsecondary education. The PHSC program serves students in Hernando and Pasco counties, and involves academic enrichment, social/behavior workshops, field trips and university residential visits.
Additional program criteria includes: students who would benefit from structured motivational programs; prospective first-generation college students; and students meeting a minimum of one, preferably two, in each category of the guidelines listed below.
- Academic: Low GPA and FSA scores, dropout prevention, grade retention, expulsions and high absenteeism
- Economic: Reduced or free lunch eligible; wages participant; public assistance recipient
An application for CROP is online at Equity-services.phsc.edu/programs. Click on the “Pre-Collegiate” link.
The grant program is funded by the Department of Education through the Office of Postsecondary Education Coordination.
For information, contact Ronteryl Black at (352) 340-4809 or ">.
College & university rankings
The personal-finance website WalletHub has released its 2021 Best College & University Rankings report, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.
WalletHub compared over 1,000 higher-education institutions across the United States based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, including Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing, and Career Outcomes.
The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.
The top 10 colleges and universities in Florida are, in order from No. 1 to No. 10, are: University of Florida, Florida State University, University of Miami, Florida Polytechnic University, University of South Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida Southern College, Florida A&M University, University of West Florida and Florida International University.
To view the full reports, along with accompanying video, visit Wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/ and Wallethub.com/edu/best-colleges-in-the-us-ranking/40748.
