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n the late 1990s, Kisha Perez was a single mom looking for a job where she could still have time for her family. Today, she thrives as the associate support department supervisor (ASDS) at a store in Long Island City, New York. Working for The Home Depot allows her to support her family and grow her career. According to Kisha, “My life consists of being happy and ensuring everyone around me is just as happy as I am.
Kisha, who moved to Brooklyn from Georgia as a teen, obtained an Office Administration Certificate from Grace Institute. After getting her certificate, she needed to find a job. “Being a parent at a young age, a single parent at that, was not easy,” Kisha admits.
Congratulations to Nye Jones, CDP (Featured on CIO), Equity and Social Justice, and Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability Business Partner, on being named President of the Tri-State Diversity Council (TSDC) Advisory Board, in addition to serving on the TSDC Board of Directors. The Board of Directors embodies Tri-State s best and brightest diversity leaders, who govern the TSDC and manage strategy for key goals and initiatives, with the Advisory Board driving the efforts of the local diversity council. TSDC recognizes Nye for her commitment and dedication to the advancement of embedding inclusion, equity, diversity and social justice into everything we do at WSP.
Keysight Announces the Innovation Challenge 2021
Keysight Announces the Innovation Challenge 2021
Second challenge focuses on undergraduate engineering and pre-engineering students enrolled in a historically black college or university (HBCU)
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SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 11, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, today announced the Keysight Innovation Challenge 2021.
This year s Keysight Innovation Challenge focuses on undergraduate engineering and pre-engineering students enrolled in a historically black college or university (HBCU) to innovate new business opportunities and create videos that demonstrate electronics measurement techniques. HBCUs are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primaril
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HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 7, 2020 /3BL Media/ The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next ten years. The endowment will be used for students pursuing degrees in food science in TMCF-member-schools, which include public colleges that provide advanced education for underrepresented populations.
The historic endowment is the first time a company has committed to endow a TMCF scholarship. Donations to TMCF typically go into the organization s general fund. Hershey has been proudly associated with TMCF for more than a decade, and I am delighted to see the evolution of our Hershey partnership grow, said Alicia Petross, VP Talent Acquisition + Diversity & Inclusion. Our aim is to make a meaningful difference for deserving under-represented students who aspire to a fulfilling career in f
The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering today announced that Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has donated electronic engineering measurement equipment to establish a new Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory.
“Partnership with an industry leader like Keysight is key to the success of our program,” said Sastry Pamidi, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the college, and the associate director of the Center for Advanced Power Systems. “Keysight has been supporting FAMU and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in multiple ways. The company commits to representation in our department’s advisory board, assisting with laboratories, and supporting and sponsoring senior design projects.”