A Waubonsee professor brings her experience as an immigrant business owner to the classroom | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

About this episode

Dr. Nour Al-Nabir shares her experiences as an immigrant business owner and discusses her students' success in a national entrepreneurship competition.

On a new Teachers' Lounge, Waubonsee professor Dr. Nour Al-Nabir brings her real experience as an immigrant business owner into the classroom.Her students just won a national entrepreneurship completion. That and more on a brand-new episode!

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Nour Al-Nabir

Topics covered

• immigrant experience
• entrepreneurship
• education
• business ownership
• student success

Keywords

• immigrant
• business owner
• entrepreneurship
• education
• Waubonsee
• Dr. Nour Al-Nabir
• students
• competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waubonsee

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