As the nation’s leader in higher education student success, the non-profit, Gardner Institute has been partnering with higher education institutions for over 18 years. Our work helps to create and subsequently implement evidence-based plans for improving student learning, success, retention and completion through a variety of processes, expert guidance and support. Mission The John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education is a non-profit organization dedicated to partnering with colleges, universities, philanthropic organizations, educators, and other entities to increase institutional responsibility for improving outcomes associated with teaching, learning, retention, and completion. Through its efforts the Institute will strive to advance higher education’s larger goal of achieving equity and social justice. Vision The Institute will help higher education and related organizations to individually and/or collectively define or redefine excellence in undergraduate education and will assist with the application of these definitions to practice and/or policy. These actions will support efforts to facilitate innovation in colleges, universities, and the broader systems of which they are a part. The ensuing dynamic educational opportunities will transform the institutions, the people they serve, the places in which they live and work, and the broader societies and economies of which they are a part.b

CSM Solutions Inc. is a New Hampshire based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB). Established in 2004, CSM is focused on providing Subject Matter Expert (SME) staff augmentation solutions to our clients. CSM is a prime contractor on the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE), and the Combat Leader Training and Battle Staff Ride (BSR) contracts. CSM is a subcontractor on the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command’s (INSCOM) Defense Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise II (DLITE II) and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Special Warfare Mission Support (SWMS) multi-award task order contracts. Since 2004, CSM has provided our clients with critical staff augmentation in the form of foreign language speakers (CAT I-III), cultural advisors, language instructors, military historians, trainers, and role players. We currently support and provide services to INSCOM, USSOCOM, the United States Army Europe (USAREUR), the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), and the United States Secret Service (USSS). CSM Solution’s staff historians have developed and led over 1,000 staff rides for Commercial and Governmental groups. Staff rides represent a unique method of conveying the lessons of the past to the present-day leadership for current application. Properly conducted, these programs bring to life, on the very terrain where historic encounters took place, leadership examples, applicable today as in the past. Our programs include excursions to the World War I and II battlefields of Europe, key sites within the World War II Pacific Theater, and battlefields throughout the United States. CSM is a global provider of staff augmentation to include recruiting, testing, and hiring personnel worldwide, conducting background checks, obtaining passports, visas and country clearances; and coordinating complex travel requirements. For further information on how to join our team contract us at [email protected]

At Cherokee Creek Boys School, our mission is to “challenge boys and their families to discover what is real and true about themselves and the world around them.” We are located in the upstate of SC and support students ages 10-15, grades 5-10. Cherokee Creek Boys School (CCBS) is a therapeutic boarding school for middle school boys, ages 10-15, located in Westminster, SC. CCBS is a warm, positive, nurturing learning community that offers the benefits of small enrollment, hands-on academics, therapy, counseling, recreation and a talented staff dedicated to helping boys find their way back to a life of balance and harmony. Our comprehensive and thorough family programming provides experiences and tools for the entire family to learn and grow... not just the student enrolled. Our program weaves together time for fun, play and laughter; daily exercise; a balanced diet; music; love and support systems; creative outlets for hobbies and activities and time in nature into a healthy and healing living environment for students and staff. Every day at CCBS we work to fulfill our mission. In tandem with our mission we must also find ways to nurture our vision for the future so that we are secure, growing and sharing our work in ways that reach beyond the school, like ripples in the water. Our founders and the entire team are committed to the vision of CCBS as a safe, responsive, open, positive learning experience for middle-school boys and the entire family.

The mission of Muddy Sneakers is to awaken in children a deeply felt connection with the natural world -- one that inspires curiosity, stimulates learning and brings new life to classroom performance. Muddy Sneakers partners with public schools to take 5th-grade students to natural areas near their schools, to work in small groups in the outdoors with trained naturalist educators to teach their science curriculum and help students connect to nature.