ExxonMobil Awards $300,000 to SECME to Bolster Future Math, Science Workforce
ExxonMobil has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Atlanta-based SECME – a non-profit alliance of universities, school districts, industrial and governmental organizations – to help promote education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for young minority students.
“ExxonMobil believes it is critical to America’s future competitiveness to encourage U.S. students, in particular young women and under-represented minority groups, to pursue careers in science, technology, education and math,” said Truman Bell, senior program officer for education and diversity at ExxonMobil. “SECME has an established record of success in helping promote education and careers within the STEM fields.” [read full article at Yahoo! Finance]
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Program Helps Wire Students for Possible Careers in Engineering
Wearing a Godsmack rock ‘n’ roll band T-shirt, Jonathan Wilson on Thursday was putting the finishing touches on an electric guitar he has been building this week in a laboratory at Purdue University’s Knoy Hall of Technology.
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But the workmanship has less to do with music than it does with career preparation — allowing 20 young people to learn about engineering technology through the use of advanced manufacturing techniques. [read full article at JCOnline.com]
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