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Georgia Tech and Intel Aim to Increase Minorities Pursuing STEM Degrees
Sep 24, 2015 13:30:48   #
KHH1
 
Filed in financial aid, Grants and Gifts, STEM fields on September 22, 2015

The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta has announced a new partnership with Intel Inc. in an effort to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups who pursue degrees in engineering and computer science. Intel has pledged to have its workforce mirror the national population percentages for women and minorities by the year 2020.

The Intel Diversity Scholars Program at Georgia Tech will seek to recruit and retain minority students in STEM fields. A three-week summer institute for rising high school juniors and seniors will be used as a recruiting tool. Students who enter Georgia Teach as Intel Diversity Scholars will receive financial aid, participate in professional development workshops, be eligible for internships, and have access to mentors at Intel. The company will invest about $5 million in the diversity scholars program over the next five years.

Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech, said that “it is a national imperative that the U.S. continue to enhance the engagement of students of all backgrounds in STEM fields to create a more robust economy. The higher education and private sectors must combine forces to achieve the impact that is necessary. As a national leader in producing outstanding underrepresented engineering graduates, Georgia Tech is pleased to partner with Intel in this transformative initiative.”

Dr. May has been on the Georgia Tech faculty since 1991. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech and holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Sep 25, 2015 07:15:45   #
jelun
 
KHH1 wrote:
Filed in financial aid, Grants and Gifts, STEM fields on September 22, 2015

The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta has announced a new partnership with Intel Inc. in an effort to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups who pursue degrees in engineering and computer science. Intel has pledged to have its workforce mirror the national population percentages for women and minorities by the year 2020.

The Intel Diversity Scholars Program at Georgia Tech will seek to recruit and retain minority students in STEM fields. A three-week summer institute for rising high school juniors and seniors will be used as a recruiting tool. Students who enter Georgia Teach as Intel Diversity Scholars will receive financial aid, participate in professional development workshops, be eligible for internships, and have access to mentors at Intel. The company will invest about $5 million in the diversity scholars program over the next five years.

Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech, said that “it is a national imperative that the U.S. continue to enhance the engagement of students of all backgrounds in STEM fields to create a more robust economy. The higher education and private sectors must combine forces to achieve the impact that is necessary. As a national leader in producing outstanding underrepresented engineering graduates, Georgia Tech is pleased to partner with Intel in this transformative initiative.”

Dr. May has been on the Georgia Tech faculty since 1991. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech and holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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This should be a very worthwhile investment for Intel Inc.
Maybe we will actually head back to those few years when corporations were decent to employees and gained loyalty from that treatment.

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Sep 25, 2015 12:14:08   #
moldyoldy
 
Don't forget who and what you are dealing with on OPP.

STEM is an acronym referring to the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Sep 25, 2015 16:04:25   #
jelun
 
KHH1 wrote:
My bad....I knew you or jelun would not have an issue understanding that.....thanks for defining that...


I don't think any of us on the left does.
And who cares about the others?
Do they even see the need?

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Sep 25, 2015 18:20:46   #
jelun
 
KHH1 wrote:
you make a valid point since anti-intellectualism is alive and well on the right..on another note..if the GOP tries to get a TP-flavored Speaker of the House...they're toast in 2016......



I have not even paid attention to individuals in the House recently.
What are the numbers like?
Is there a great right majority or is it just enough to screw up the works?

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Sep 25, 2015 18:35:29   #
jelun
 
KHH1 wrote:
I haven't paid too much attention either..i'll start reading about who the replacement might be...I saw where they were talking about a CA Republican...probably waaay too moderate for the wacko looneys........


I'm thinking that it will be a noisy mess.

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Sep 25, 2015 19:06:04   #
moldyoldy
 
KHH1 wrote:
yep......... :thumbup:


Serious bloodletting, during election process. Should be fun. OPP wants a tea nut only.

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Sep 25, 2015 19:24:48   #
moldyoldy
 
KHH1 wrote:
I really hope they get one...so I can watch the carnage they inflict upon themselves..... :evil:


that will be a disaster for the country, shut down here we come. The two year old tantrum party.

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Sep 25, 2015 19:36:30   #
moldyoldy
 
KHH1 wrote:
Dems will profit from it in 2016 since both houses of congress are GOP....Obama is going to set them up to be the fall guys if they do not watch it....every since they said they wanted him to be a one-termer and that they were going to block his entire agenda..he has been sticking it to them every way possible....... :evil: :shock: :twisted:


I only wish he had started earlier, but he thought they would work with him.

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Sep 25, 2015 20:37:33   #
jelun
 
KHH1 wrote:
He did....and that was fair..but he's no dummy...they wanted him to be a right winger in blackface...The Supreme House Negro on 1600 Penn. Ave....he wasn't going to fall for that.........neither were the people who put him in office twice........


Right, they were expecting Dr. Ben Carson.

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