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TGR Foundation celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week, launches Giving Tuesday Now Campaign

04/30/2020

As schools remain closed to stop the spread of COVID-19, organizations around the world, including TGR Foundation, are coming together for a global day of giving and unity on May 5 for Giving Tuesday Now. TGR Foundation began working to further support students, educators and parents at the start of social distancing and has since[…]

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Earl Woods Scholar Mentor Shares Four Tips to Support Students during COVID-19

04/29/2020

It was March 11th when my family and I were sitting in the Orlando airport waiting to catch a flight back home from Disney World where we had just spent the past five days for spring break. When we left home on March 5 there were 159 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. I watched[…]

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Scholar Voices: My road to graduation amidst COVID-19

04/14/2020

As I packed the rest of my belongings for spring break, I crafted a vision in my head of my final semester at Skidmore College: sun-bathing on the Case Green, fun nights spent downtown with friends, presenting my senior thesis at Academic Festival, weekend trips into town for brunch, late-night crams at Scribner Library and[…]

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TGR Foundation provides free digital learning amid school closures 

03/19/2020

With the doors to schools and academic institutions closed to stop the spread of COVID-19, TGR Foundation understands the challenges that students, parents and educators are facing as they navigate the world of distance learning. The resources offered through our no-cost digital platform, TGR EDU: Explore, will help parents-turned-educators and education professionals alike keep students[…]

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TGR Foundation responds to COVID19

03/16/2020

TGR Foundation responds to COVID-19 with measures to protect the health and safety of employees, students and communities served through education programs. Click below to learn about its efforts from President and CEO, Rick Singer.[…]

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TGR Learning Lab shines Student Spotlight Miguel Jimenez

03/12/2020

With more than 50 courses available for middle and high school students in the Expanded Learning Program, the flagship TGR Learning Lab provides exposure, preparation and skill development for the workforce of tomorrow. Through the program Miguel Jimenez has gained more than opportunities to spend time with his friends and get help with his homework[…]

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Junior golfer gives back to TGR Foundation

02/27/2020

For junior golfer Vanessa Ngo, golf has always been more than a game. Golf has given her new friendships and lifelong memories while fostering in her a drive to succeed and a desire to give back. As a junior coach, Vanessa volunteers her time training beginner golfers as well as disabled adults and veterans. Her[…]

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Scholar Voices: How mentorship shaped my career trajectory

02/25/2020

I was next in line to speak at the Earl Woods Scholar Winter Workshop graduation luncheon, celebrating my cohort, the class of 2020. Nervous yet excited, I repeatedly ran through my lines in my head in anticipation. Yet, when the time came to deliver my speech, thanking the people who had shaped my journey with[…]

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Five ways to engage your youth beyond golf at The Genesis Invitational

02/11/2020

The Genesis Invitational was designed with families in mind. With proceeds from the tournament benefitting TGR Foundation, the flagship TGR Learning Lab will bring the award-winning curricula and engaging activities designed at the lab to Family Village throughout the tournament. Located near three green and 15 tee, the onsite TGR Learning Lab powered by CDW,[…]

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TGR Foundation to provide free STEM activities for youth at The Genesis Invitational

02/06/2020

With proceeds from The Genesis Invitational benefitting TGR Foundation, the flagship TGR Learning Lab will bring the award-winning curricula and hands-on activities to Family Village throughout the tournament. Located near three green and 15 tee, the TGR Learning Lab powered by CDW, Microsoft Surface and Tech Fore! Kids has activities planned for youth of all[…]

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TGR Foundation expands impact, launches Master Trainer Program

02/06/2020

With educator professional learning programs a core initiative at TGR Foundation, the intended outcome has always been rooted in the idea of empowering educators to set up engaging, student-led learning environments in their own classrooms. While some specifics of our professional learning program, STEM Studio, have changed over the years, our approach of collaborating, celebrating[…]

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Scholar Voices: How my mentor shaped my journey to college graduation

01/28/2020

When I count my blessings, I count Brian Fredrick, my Earl Woods Scholar mentor, twice. I don’t quite know the process that the TGR Foundation used to match me and Brian up, but ever since we were introduced to each other the summer before my freshman year at Lehigh University, we have connected. Brian was[…]

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Six Ways to Enhance your STEM curricula with TGR EDU: Explore

01/21/2020

Each year in classrooms around the world educators connect students to knowledge, skills and experiences that lead to significant impact in their lives and communities. For more than 24 years TGR Foundation has worked to empower youth through education and help them discover, develop and pursue their passions. A variety of free programs and resources[…]

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10th Annual Winter Workshop unites scholars for college and career success

01/16/2020

TGR Foundation kicks off each year with Winter Workshop, a signature event of the Earl Woods Scholar Program that unites students, mentors and friends of the foundation at the flagship TGR Learning Lab in Anaheim, CA. A reflection of the program’s growth over the last ten years, this year's event saw record attendance Thursday, January[…]

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Mentor Spotlight: General Trent Edwards shares how mentors learn while leading

01/13/2020

From Traip Academy High School in Kittery, Maine to the United States Pentagon in Arlington, VA, General Trent Edwards has had many life experiences. In his latest appointment as an Earl Woods Scholar Mentor he was matched with Julian Smith, a freshman at Clark Atlanta University, and has already begun sharing special moments, learning from[…]

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Year of Significance: How TGR excelled in 2019 and what’s in store for the new decade

12/26/2019

Significant. That’s a word that really describes this year, for TGR Foundation and certainly for Tiger. Our work and Tiger’s success inspired members of our community, young and old, to think of new possibilities. There were many achievements that made 2019 significant.[…]

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Scholar Voices: How rejection fueled my path to success

12/26/2019

Growing up, I always tried to keep a serious face. Not because I wasn’t a happy person but because I never liked my smile. No matter how many times I practiced smiling in front of a mirror, when it was time for a picture, I would try my best to avoid it. My insecurities made[…]

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Passion Redefined: How Eduardo Muñoz followed his passion, shifted his career path

12/23/2019

Earl Woods Scholar Alumnus Eduardo Muñoz has hit a couple of “speed bumps,” as he calls them, throughout his personal and professional journey. However, raised in a family that instilled in him and modeled unwavering determination, no obstacle ever took him off course. When his own father faced health issues several years ago, Eduardo took[…]

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Five tips to rise above the pressures of academia

12/19/2019

When I was teaching there were distinct times of the year that kids exhibited high stress and anxiety as it relates to completing assignments. It was common to see students, usually in gifted programs, bogged down with the pressures of academia. We took it as a norm; school, studying and exams can be stressful. Today,[…]

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Passion Fulfilled: How Vladimir Casseus empowers leaders of tomorrow

12/11/2019

Boston native and Earl Woods Scholar alumnus Vladimir Casseus grew up instilled with the mantra that education was the key to success. Alongside his parents, who pushed him to excel academically, Vladimir was guided by teachers, friends, mentors, church members, coaches and the extended family he built at TGR Foundation. With a master’s degree in[…]

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