Category: Employment
Florida inmates learn valuable job skills building homes for Habitat for Humanity
“the program allows detainees to learn a skill while also giving back to the community. It’s a win-win situation …”
Funding tripled, Florida expands python fight and doubles number of Burmese Python Hunters
“Why did it have to be snakes?”
Microsoft partners with colleges to address skills gap in high tech fields
A partnership between Microsoft and university systems hopes to stem the tide of a growing skills gap in high tech fields
Amazon awarding $40K Scholarships and Internships to college students majoring in Computer Science
Scholarship recipients awarded $10,000 per year for 4-years to study computer science starting this fall at the college of their choice. All of the recipients demonstrated financial need and more than half of the students are from an underrepresented group in the computer science field. Students also receive a guaranteed, paid internship opportunity at Amazon after their freshman year of college.
Amazon funding computer science courses to over 1,000 underprivileged high schools across the U.S.
Amazon is working to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underprivileged, underrepresented, and underserved communities to pursue careers in the field of computer science and coding – part of the tech giant’s $50 million investment in computer science and STEM education
NASA renames critical software facility in honor of ‘Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson died on February 24, 2020. The pioneering NASA mathematician passed away at the tender age of 101.
The NASA facility named in honor of the esteemed NASA mathematician contributes to the safety and success of NASA’s highest-profile missions by assuring that mission software performs correctly.
Amazon Future Engineer: Program funding Computer Science courses in over 130 New York City High Schools
… making computer science education accessible to children in under-served communities … Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for those jobs.
College majors graduating in STEM fields poised to earn the best salaries in 2019
Grads with engineering ($69,188), computer science ($67,539), and math and sciences degrees ($62,177) are projected to be the top-paid graduates in 2019.
Employers look for specific skills to be cited on college grads’ resumes
College students seeking full-time employment after graduation should be certain to craft a well-written resume, as employers responding to a survey released on December 4 conducted by the National Association […]
Harford Community College students participate in the Baltimore Cyber Range Competition
A team of students from Harford Community College participated in the Baltimore Cyber Range (BCR) Security Operations Center/Defensive Operations Exercise Scenarios held at the BCR in Baltimore on November 17. […]
