News & Stories
Winning Futures’ New Board Member – Olga Alavanou
December 4, 2015 Uncategorized
The Winning Future’ Board of Directors has recently gained another new member, Olga Alavanou. Olga is the Executive Vice President at Yazaki North America, a tier one automotive supplier of electrical distribution systems, instrumentation and electronics. Olga is responsible for Yazaki’s GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler business units. She helps to… Read More
Winning Futures’ New Board Member – Shawn Coyle
November 27, 2015 Uncategorized
We are excited to welcome another new board member, Shawn Coyle. Shawn is currently the Vice President of Retail Network Solutions Sales North America at MSX International in Detroit, MI and has been with MSX since 2013. He has extensive experience in automotive operations, business development, and sales. These skills… Read More
Winning Futures’ New Board Member – Alma Guajardo-Crossley
November 19, 2015 Uncategorized
We would like to kindly welcome one of the newest members of the Winning Futures’ Board of Directors, Alma Guajardo-Crossley. Alma is the Director of Corporate Diversity at General Motors. She spends her days tracking the internal and external diversity goals of the company while also ensuring that General Motors… Read More
RARE “Everyday Hero” Scholarship Opportunity!
November 16, 2015 Uncategorized
The RARE “Everyday Hero” Scholarship is for high school seniors planning to attend a Michigan college, university or post-secondary school after graduating. The purpose is to engage young people in identifying everyday heroes throughout our state and through the process of discovery and writing, to become inspired about life’s possibilities. Students wishing to enter… Read More
10 Skills Employers Most Want in Graduates
October 30, 2015 Uncategorized
Forbes released an article that was based off a study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) that focused on the skills employers are currently looking for. 260 hiring manager were what skills they prioritize and search for when recruiting and hiring recent graduates. For started the… Read More
Mentoring Champions!
October 23, 2015 Uncategorized
We are happy to announce our four Mentoring Champions! They are General Motors, Kelly Services, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and Lear Corporation. In order to qualify as a mentoring champion, a company must have at least five mentors currently serving at any of the seven schools. Thank you so much for… Read More
Warm Welcome to All our Mentors!
October 16, 2015 Uncategorized
Our facilitators had an awesome time leading the welcoming training sessions for all mentors. It was great to welcome back returning mentors, as well as meet all our new mentors! The trainings covered a range of topics mentors can take away to use throughout the school year. This year we have 176 mentors that… Read More
Largest Fundraiser in Winning Futures History!
September 25, 2015 Uncategorized
The Annual Golf for Kids Classic golf outing was a huge success. 243 golfers gathered at Indianwood Country Club to support Winning Futures. Whether people were avid golfers or golfing for the first time, everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and course. Together we raised over $100,000 for youth programming, this… Read More
Top 10 Back to School Tips
September 4, 2015 Uncategorized
It is that time of the year. Time to start thinking about school again! The co-founder and CEO of Student-Tutor, Todd VanDuzer, created a list of “Top 10 Back to School Tips”. The staff here at Winning Futures hopes you take a look and start this school year off with… Read More
Lawrence Technological University, Class of 2019!
August 27, 2015 Uncategorized
By: Carla Wellborn We had a wonderful time working with the incoming freshmen of Lawrence Technological University! Winning Futures facilitated a jam-packed two day seminar for the brand new class of 2019 at LTU, who were led by an amazing group of current college students serving as peer mentors and… Read More