{"id":5780,"date":"2023-05-05T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2023-05-05T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:00:45","slug":"amazon-provides-40000-scholarships-to-east-orange-stem-academy-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/05\/amazon-provides-40000-scholarships-to-east-orange-stem-academy-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Provides $40,000 Scholarships To East Orange STEM Academy Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Material Courtesy Dr. Vincent Stallings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon announced the 2023 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients. This year, Amazon awarded 400 scholarships, providing a total of $16 million in paid tuition for students to attend the U.S. college or university of their choice. Through Amazon Future Engineer, their global philanthropic education initiative, each student will receive $40,000 over four years to pursue a degree in computer science or engineering and a paid internship after their freshman year to gain practical work experience with mentorship from Amazon leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scholarship recipients applied for the opportunity and were selected based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, community involvement, work experience, future goals, and financial need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s cohort, which includes high school seniors from nearly 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, is the most diverse yet with representation from groups that are currently underrepresented in jobs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). More than 70% of these remarkable students identify as Black, Latino, and Native American, and 50% identify as a woman or nonbinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The East Orange STEM Academy winners are Daniella Barron, Computer Science, Rutgers University, Serena Bazilio, Computer Science, University of Southern California, Gael Fievre, Computer Science, Northeastern, Alisa Phill, Computer Science, Rutgers University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery year, I continue to be inspired by our scholarship recipients\u2019 academic achievements and drive to use their problem-solving abilities to build solutions for their communities,\u201d said Victor Reinoso, global director of Philanthropic Education Initiatives at Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith students from historically underrepresented and underserved communities representing only 18% of CS bachelor\u2019s degrees, we believe that connecting students to computer science education and opportunities helps create a more equitable and inclusive future, across all industries and sectors, for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Vincent Stallings, the principal of East Orange STEM Academy stated, \u201cThe Amazon Scholarship program has provided a great opportunity for our students to continue to dream big and remain focus on their goals. As a school community we\u2019re very proud of student recipients and humbled by this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material Courtesy Dr. Vincent Stallings Amazon announced the 2023 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients. This year, Amazon awarded 400 scholarships, providing a total of $16 million in paid tuition for students to attend the U.S. college or university of their choice. 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