FirePointâs Future Innovators internship brings underrepresented students into DoDâs talent pipeline
Newswise The FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University has welcomed the first class of students into its Future Innovators Program, a new engineering internship opportunity aimed at introducing historically underrepresented students into the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) technical talent pipeline.
The program is a partnership among FirePoint, Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University, and the U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC), connecting students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to internship opportunities with local aerospace manufacturers in the Wichita area.
WICHITA, KS (PRWEB) May 20, 2021 The FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University today welcomed the first class of students into its Future