The CEA Committee is looking for speakers for the CEA Annual Convention (July 25–28, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.). They are looking for sessions ranging from motivational to technical to methodology. The audience is purely beauty and wellness school educators—so sessions should be geared toward teachers and should not contain product selling. Click here for the application. Submissions will be accepted until March 1. 

America’s Beauty Show, March 22–24 in Chicago, is giving an AACS discount for your students to purchase tickets. Attend for $20/day or become a student member of Cosmetologists Chicago and go all three days for just $35. Register here using the code AAC4. For more information, call 800.648.2505.

Try something new in the classroom by engaging students with an audience response system designed specifically for classroom fun, with interactive graphics and a gaming look. Kahoot! is a great way to bring technology into the classroom, while your students learn at the same time. Read more about this gadget from technology guru Beth Ziesenis. 

Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) is dedicated to changing the lives of aspiring individuals looking to get into the beauty and wellness industry. BCL currently has four scholarship competitions open—and three of them are only available to AACS member schools (the fourth is open to licensed cosmetologists).

Last week, BCL presented a 45-minute webinar discussing these opportunities and gave admissions representatives the chance to get their questions answered. Watch the recorded webinar and access marketing materials to help promote these scholarships.

February 10-16 is "International Random Acts of Kindness Week." Check out these ideas to help your school celebrate kindness on campus and in the community at large. Don’t forget to share your acts of kindness on your school’s social media pages!

24 years (18 years was behind the chair and the rest was in an educator).

I am a big sports fan and, if I can, play golf once a week. 

I am very passionate about the beauty industry and I have a unique opportunity having both salons and schools. I really think if I had the time, I would be a lobbyist. Politics is a chess game, and I love the challenge.  

You’ve probably read about the physical pain and psychological trauma domestic violence inflicts on its victims. While the personal devastation to victims and their families is overwhelmingly the most insidious result of this crime, did you know that domestic violence can also threaten the profitability or even survival of a small business? Beyond documenting the human toll, researchers have found that domestic violence also inflicts costs on organizations.

Read this article by Stephanie Angelo here.