Black-Owned STEM Company Lands Partnership With the NFL
Metro Esports CEO Shaon Berry opens up about his partnership with NFL FLAG and the importance of STEM education for black and brown youth.
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Black Techies Gather in Texas to Talk Tech Solutions, Entrepreneurship, and Criminal Justice Reform at The TCX Experience
The TCX Experience was a daylong event full of conversations on African Americans and their role in the fourth industrial revolution driven by technology.
Don’t Miss National Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange, Oct. 18th
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), the nation’s premier corporate membership organization focused exclusively on increasing opportunities for minority-owned businesses, will host its annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange in San Diego, CA, October 18-21.
The Next Generation
in 2008, eldridge Betts realized he didn’t have enough money to continue studying for his associate degree in culinary arts at the Culinary Institute of America. As a result, he applied for Marriott International Inc.’s Scholar program, launched in 2007 to increase and diversify the talent pipeline at Marriott, one of be’s 40 Companies for Diversity. Under the program, scholarship recipients can receive as much as $9,000 annually toward tuition assistance for up to four years as well as internship and mentorship opportunities. Betts is now working on his bachelor’s degree in culinary arts at the institute in Hyde Park, New York. The Scholar program gives him “years of experience in a short period of time,†he says. During summer and winter breaks, Betts, 21, works as a line cook at JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Orlando, Florida. When Betts graduates from the program in 2011, he will advance into Marriott’s Management Development Program.
[Passion to Purpose]: How Hogan Bassey’s LivFul Is Saving Lives
Find out how Livful founder and CEO, Hogan Bassey, is utilizing technology to identify and combat preventable diseases to heal the world.