Photo credit: Flickr user Knight Foundation. For more than 50 years, Knight Foundation has invested in Charlotte. I’ve lived in the city for most of that time and can quickly identify many of those investments and how they’ve contributed to our city’s vitality. With our city’s growth have come challenges, of course. Our newcomers used to […]
Article · March 19, 2014 by Susan Patterson
Above: The Boston Foundation will use funding to improve coverage of schools. Update: If you’re at the Council on Foundation’s fall conference, join us at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the Knight Media Mixer. Expect to learn about fellow foundation’s news and information projects, a scavenger hunt with prizes, a spotlight on the 2013 winners of the Knight Community […]
Article · September 18, 2013 by Susan Patterson
Robotics Camp 2013 – Short Film from Shamus Coneys Films on Vimeo. A year ago Knight Foundation announced plans to put laptops into the hands of young students in Charlotte, N.C., through Project LIFT, a public-private partnership that seeks to improve student achievement. Today, we see what can happen when students have access to technology: They can build a better […]
Article · July 9, 2013 by Susan Patterson
“A Noble Life in the Digital Age” from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. It’s not often you get to witness an experiment that you know will make a difference in your community. Tonight, at Queens University of Charlotte, I had just that opportunity. Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president of Knight Foundation, was the Commencement speaker for the 2013 Hayworth […]
Article · May 4, 2013 by Susan Patterson
Zachary Leverenz, CEO, Connect2Compete from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Today Charlotte, N.C. joins the kick-off of the EveryoneOn campaign. It’s a nationwide effort led by Connect2Compete, a Knight Foundation grantee. Connect2Compete is a nonprofit organization that brings together leaders from communities, the private sector and leading foundations. The goal is to improve the lives of Americans by […]
Article · March 21, 2013 by Susan Patterson
One Laptop Per Child launch in Charlotte from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. The big day is here! Beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET this morning, more than 2,000 elementary students in Project L.I.F.T. schools are receiving laptops. The One Laptop Per Child XO laptops, recognizable for their lime green covers and tiny keyboards designed specifically for younger students, are part […]
Article · February 26, 2013 by Susan Patterson
Above, from l to r: Richard Rogers, Executive Director of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Frank Bragg, Clean Water Trustee and former Catawba Lands Conservancy board member, John Woods, Mayor of Davidson, Jim Garges, Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Director, Mike Mabry, Carolina Thread Trail board member, Ruth G. Shaw, Carolina Thread Trail board member and founding Chair The Carolina […]
Article · November 15, 2012 by Susan Patterson
The Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance, a winner in the Knight Foundation/National Endowment of the Arts Arts Journalism Challenge, was in the spotlight this week on the popular Charlotte Talks show on NPR affiliate WFAE. The alliance is a collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and five major media players: The Charlotte Observer; commercial station WCNC-TV; […]
Article · November 15, 2012 by Susan Patterson
Above: Miami students receive free laptops through the One Laptop Per Child program Today, Knight Foundation announced it is joining Charlotte’s philanthropic leaders in supporting Project L.I.F.T, a five-year, $55 million initiative to improve student achievement in West Charlotte schools. Knight is not an education funder, so why would we invest in this effort? We do […]
Article · June 28, 2012 by Susan Patterson
Knight Foundation endowed the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte to teach digital and media literacy to students and the community. Here, Susan Patterson, Charlotte program director, writes about a distinguished member of its faculty. A professor in the new Knight School of Communication was honored with a Distinguished Professor Award this week at the university’s annual spring […]
Article · April 12, 2012 by Susan Patterson
Meet Julie Jones, a second-grade teacher with a big idea. She was the winner at the first annual social entrepreneur competition, organized by Charlotte’s Social Venture Partners and supported by Knight Foundation. Eighty-two organizations applied. Twenty finalists were selected, and then 40 volunteer coaches worked with the 2012 class to hone their messages and their […]
Article · March 7, 2012 by Susan Patterson