INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT Education and Workforce
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orth Texas is often lauded for having a well-educated workforce, and that begins with the higher
education institutions right here in the DFW area.
From engineering to nursing to business and beyond, thousands of bright individuals are being trained, inspired and
motivated by institutions that are pushing the boundaries of
what's possible for thousands of students each year.
A Cinderella Story in Education This story will one
Several years ago, partnering with PepsiCo, he turned the
school’s former football field into a
100-yard farm called the “WE over
ME Farm” that produces spinach,
potatoes, herbs and other produce.
The farm not only gives 10 percent
of the gross yield to the community, it also produced partnerships
with Yale and other institutions
for the study of the impact of
urban farming. In doing so, they
also picked up a major customer,
Legends Hospitality, a venue management firm partially owned by
the Dallas Cowboys that provides
food services for the Cowboys’s
AT&T Stadium. But losing a
football field in Texas? President
Sorrell answered that with, “If you
can’t eat, you can’t tackle.”
day begin with "Once upon a time," because Paul Quinn
College is indeed a Cinderella story. In 2007, with declining
student enrollment, low morale