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The Verizon Foundation is investing $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions over the next three years in programs to promote science, technology, engineering and math for students and teachers. Verizon’s planned STEM programs are intended to bolster professional development for teachers on how to use technology to help students achieve STEM careers,the company said […] More
SAP has awarded the GENYOUth Foundation with a multi-year, $3 million commitment to support a new young entrepreneurs program aimed at improving the nutrition and physical activities in schools. Through the commitment, which includes a mentorship program run by SAP employees, the foundation will be able to help more students in the 73,000 participating schools, […] More
Accenture has donated $1.5 million to Goodwill Industries International to help fund a new initiative meant to train people to start businesses or to get jobs. The GoodProspects for Credentials to Careers program aims to provide services for career-readiness including help with job searches, technology access, assistance with resume refinement and other online or on-the-ground […] More
Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More
Turner Construction Co. is launching an $8,000 college scholarship and internship program for high schools students studying electrical, civil, environmental, mechanical engineering, sustainability, construction management and architecture. Eligible students must have school and community activities, have a score of 1600 combined SAT scores and complete a written essay, according to the official application form from […] More
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have partnered with two non-profit organizations to deliver 7,300 pounds of medical and educational supplies to Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. The companies delivered the supplies through Boeing’s 777-300 Extended Range airplane that is currently leased to the airlines, Boeing announced Monday. The program with Seattle Alliance Outreach […] More
Ingalls Shipbuilding will hold a ceremony on Friday to announce the awardees of the company’s $107,000 science, technology, engineering and mathematics grant program for Gulf Coast school districts. The awards will be held at the division’s visitor control center in Pascagoula, Miss., Huntington Ingalls announced Wednesday. Irwin Edenzon, Ingalls president, will present STEM grant checks to […] More
Dell is working with the Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation to launch the company’s first solar laboratory in South Africa’s Western Cape region on Jan. 30, the South Africa The Good News reported Thursday. The Dell Solar Lab will be at SHAWCO’s facility in Kensington and work to serve more than 300 students and 150 community members […] More
SAP Labs India will continue working with India’s National Entrepreneurship Network for the second consecutive year with a goal to train 30 mentors that will then train another 120 up-and-coming entrepreneurs on business management, CIOLÂ reported Friday. SAP and NEN were able to teach 38 mentors, who then taught 72 entrepreneurs across the country, during the […] More
Rockwell Collins has launched a grant program to identify proposals for the company’s traditional conservation and restoration communities program, with awards ranging from $500 to $2,500. The 10-year-old Green Communities program is intended to help nonprofit groups find ways to improve the environmental conditions of a community where the company operates, Rockwell Collins announced Tuesday. […] More
Deloitte executives attended a day-long summit hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House Thursday to discuss ways of helping low-income and disadvantaged students attend college. Barry Salzberg, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. CEO, and Owen Ryan, Deloitte & Touche LLP CEO of the AERS advisory practice, were slated to attend the event, the firm announced […] More
CH2M Hill and Fairhurst, a Scottish engineering consultancy firm, hosted an business enterprise event Jan. 16 in Glasgow, Scotland to focus on theoretical engineering. The event was designed to have students of St. Roch’s Secondary School develop a transport scheme to access an imaginary island, CH2M Hill announced Wednesday. During the “Dragon’s Den” style competition, […] More
