STEMconnector Blog
Northwestern Mutual’s hi, Tech Minicamp & Internship Program
Northwestern Mutual’s commitment to growing its STEM-ready pipeline starts early. Rather than waiting to start investing in internships at the college level, the financial services organization starts years earlier than other companies. Stacy Zaja leads the company’s K-12 STEM outreach program, hi, Tech, which includes a signature summer Tech Minicamp …
Companies Taking Climate Action
The burden of climate change isn’t just for you and me to shoulder. Some of the biggest companies are joining the flight on the corporate level and making headline worthy differences. Here is a look at our top-ten publicly traded companies fighting climate change in 2021 and winning: Google Beginning …
Abbott Creates New STEM Pathways with College Credit for High School Internship
It’s been nearly two years since Abbott launched its Abbott Blueprint, aimed at broadening STEM horizons for high school students through a first-of-its-kind internship initiative playbook for other companies to follow. No stranger to the STEM internship game, Abbott first started an internship program for high school students in 2012 …
White Paper: Adaptive Technologies Help Create Equitable Opportunities for Underrepresented College Students in STEM
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 22, 2021) – Despite meaningful and sustained efforts, the STEM talent deficit remains, with insufficient talent available to meet the demand. A new whitepaper from STEMconnector and McGraw Hill offers valuable insights from educators, administrators and employers regarding the position of two-year colleges in the STEM ecosystems …
News Release: P&G Pakistan pledges to mentor 500 women under STEMconnector’s Million Women Mentors initiative
PAKISTAN, May 31, 2021 – In its mission to promote the economic participation of women in the workforce in Pakistan, P&G Pakistan recently made a pledge to mentor 500 women under Million Women Mentors (MWM), an initiative of STEMconnector, to spark interest and confidence in women and girls to pursue …