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New National Credit Union Foundation Chairman Allan Kemp McMorris pledges more financial and human resources to expand the Development Education program in the U.S. and worldwide. "Credit union philosophy is our most important asset," McMorris affirmed in his first address to Credit Union Development Educators. "I not only pledge the Foundation's support, I pledge my personal support. I promise you I will become a DE before the end of my term as Foundation Chair!" |
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Credit union managers and volunteers who could use financial assistance to attend Development Education training now have another scholarship opportunity. Development Educators created a new scholarship fund honoring Congressional Federal Credit Union's Michael Ray. It's the DEs' way of thanking Ray for hosting a dinner at his home in Washington each March to welcome DEs from around the world. |
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2. Attend WOCCU's Hispanic Marketing Immersion Program.
3. Attend either WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference, scheduled for July 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, or participate in another country's DE program.
4. Complete an independent studies project appropriate to the learning objectives of the same programs. |
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The Credit Union Development Education Program is sustained by a corps of volunteers dedicated to growing the credit union movement by assisting credit unions in the delivery of our core philosophy of "people helping people." |
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Linking our past with credit unions' present, the DE Program strives to bring renewed relevance to the phrase, "People Helping People." Through discussions of cultures and movements in developing nations, our own roots are brought to vivid life. Through presentations on community development and low-income credit unions, a new light is shed on the inherent power of our cooperative structure. And through group work, participants learn a practical lesson on diversity and relying on others to solve problems.
When it's over, people leave revitalized. They leave with a clear understanding that societal issues are, indeed, global, and that credit unions have the unique ability to improve the lives of people everywhere.
Every year, people from all parts of the credit union movement (indeed, many parts of the world) become certified as Development Educators (DEs). These individuals commit volunteer and professional time to take the credit union message to audiences throughout the country. In addition to promoting the credit union idea, involvement in the Program provides DEs with an excellent opportunity for career development and personal enrichment.
Becoming a DE is a commitment - a very rewarding one. Staff and volunteers, alike, can benefit from participation in this innovative learning experience and joining the proud ranks of DEs around the world. In order to qualify for entrance to the program, individuals must:
- be an employee or volunteer of a credit union, league, association and/or service organizations or, in the case of international participants, an association affiliated with the World Council of Credit Unions;
- be willing to devote a reasonable amount of work and personal time for development-related volunteer activities of their choosing.
Program graduates are expected to complete at least one volunteer project of their choosing.
The DE Program is presented by the National Credit Union Foundation with support from World Council of Credit Unions, Credit Union National Association and CUNA Mutual Group.
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| 2009 DE Training and Workshop | | Spring DE Training - Dates and Locations will be announced soon!
DE Workshop
June 10 - 14, 2009
Boulder, Colorado
If you have already graduated from DE training and are now a certified Credit Union Development Educator, plan to attend an unforgettable DE Workshop!
DE Workshops are opportunties for CUDEs to meet and participate in sustaining their comittment to credit union development education.
Details and registration form coming soon!
Summer DE Training at Islandwood
August 13 - 19, 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
To add your name to the waiting list, email Tom Decker: tdecker@ncuf.coop. |
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| CU Development Educators "Stop Hunger" at CUNA GAC | | When Credit Union Development Educators arrived in the nation’s capital to participate in the Credit Union National Association’s Governmental Affairs Conference, they set aside Sunday to pack meals to “Stop Hunger Now.”
CUDE volunteers packed 15,000 meals in the community room of the Reeves Municipal Building at 14th and U Streets in Northwest Washington, where the District Government Employees FCU is located. Each meal cost 20 cents each and consists of dehydrated, fortified rice-soy meals containing over 20 vitamins and minerals especially formulated for the undernourished.
The meals were then vacuum-sealed in bags that will be shipped to needy communities as far away as Haiti.
The “Stop Hunger Now” project was being organized by Melissa Farley (CUDE Class of 2005), president and CEO of MB Consulting in Lynchburg, Va., and Carla Decker (Class of 1997), president and CEO of District Government Employees Federal Credit Union. They also raised donations to help cover the costs of the meals. |
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| Trading Places: Credit Union Development Corps Plans First Exchanges | | 4 CUDEs to Trade Places with CDCUs
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) and the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) have announced the first four partnerships in the Credit Union Development Corps, an exchange program between Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) and the Federation’s network of community development credit unions (CDCUs).
In this new program, participating CUDEs will visit a CDCU for one week to learn first-hand how it effectively serves its low-income members.
Subsequently, a representative from the CDCU will then spend one week at the CUDE’s institution, learning about that credit union’s programs and operations. |
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41 CUDEs Graduate from Second DE Class of 2007 |  BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (10/2/07) – In a rustic, pastoral setting on a wooded island off the coast of Seattle, the first Credit Union Development Education (DE) class ever held outside of Wisconsin graduated 41 credit union leaders from 15 United States and the United Kingdom. Sponsored by the National Credit Union Foundation, the training was held at IslandWood, a unique site that utilizes the environment as a learning laboratory.
The 41 graduates join over 700 leaders who have now earned the designation of Credit Union Development Educator (CUDE).
Graduation keynote speaker Carol Schillios – who graduated from the first DE Class of 1982, and this year earned the Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement – sent the new CUDEs off with inspiring messages.
Click here to read about their experience! |
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First Development Education Class of 2007 Graduates 42 Credit Union Leaders |  With a send-off from Mississippi Credit Union Association President Charles Elliott, credit union leaders graduated last week from the six-day Credit Union Development Education (DE) Training sponsored by the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF).
Participants from April 12-17 included credit union employees and board members from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Trinidad, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe, as well as credit union business partners and trade association staff.
Elliott, a graduate of the DE Class of 1984, spoke at the graduation ceremony on Madison’s Credit Union Campus. He reflected on his experiences as a DE, weathering the storm of Katrina since 2005. “DE changed my life twice: once in 1984 and again after Katrina. DE is the reason I’m standing here today.”
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