{"id":124910,"date":"2022-09-03T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T23:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=124910"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:59:43","slug":"creating-a-diverse-workforce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/corporate-partners\/creating-a-diverse-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"ENG Creating a Diverse Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Corporate Outreach Leaders (COOL)<\/h2>\n<p>We welcome support from corporations, foundations, alumni, school systems and national and local not-for-profit and government organizations. Your support helps us train and hire more Inspiration Ambassadors and reach out to more school-aged children.<\/p>\n<p>The College\u2019s unique Inspiration Ambassadors, part of the <a title=\"TISP and STEEP Programs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/about\/inclusion-outreach\/k-12-outreach\/\">Technology Innovation Scholars Program<\/a>, are select BU engineering undergraduates who are professionally trained to engage and mentor elementary, middle and high school students across the country, opening their eyes to the power and accessibility of engineering. This program reaches thousands of K-12 students in 25 states every year, and has now reached a total of more than 13,000 students in 26 states since the program began.<\/p>\n<p>With support from COOL partners, the program will continue to expand, inspiring the next generation of innovators and Societal Engineers. By becoming a COOL partner, your corporation will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amplify and complement current STEM efforts in schools<\/li>\n<li>Interact with and inspire the current and future workforce<\/li>\n<li>Brand your business through K-12 visits<\/li>\n<li>Access talented Inspiration Ambassador engineers nearing graduation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Corporate Partnerships<\/h2>\n<p>Annual COOL Partnerships directly support active Inspiration Engineers by providing funding for their training, regional school visits, at-home school visits and more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gold Circle<\/strong> &#8211; $25,000: Sponsors 10 Inspiration Ambassadors for one year and receives 8 invitations to the Year End Networking Event<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver Circle<\/strong> &#8211; $15,000: Sponsors 5 Inspiration Ambassadors for one year and receives 4 invitations to the Year End Networking Event<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bronze Circle<\/strong> &#8211; $7,500: Sponsors 3 Inspiration Ambassadors for one year and receives 2 invitations to the Year End Networking Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about partnering with BU\u2019s Inspiration Ambassadors through COOL, please contact <strong>Michael Kelly, STEM Outreach Manager<\/strong>, at 617-353-6919 or <a href=\"mailto:mijkelly@bu.edu\">mijkelly@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Accenture_hpd_logo_RFB_for-BUENG-Website-636x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"180\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124917 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Accenture_hpd_logo_RFB_for-BUENG-Website-636x180.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Accenture_hpd_logo_RFB_for-BUENG-Website-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Accenture_hpd_logo_RFB_for-BUENG-Website.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Ametek1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"58\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124916\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/ARGOSYlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124915 size-full\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Aspire-FNL-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124914 size-full\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/CTSlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"104\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124913\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate Outreach Leaders (COOL) We welcome support from corporations, foundations, alumni, school systems and national and local not-for-profit and government organizations. Your support helps us train and hire more Inspiration Ambassadors and reach out to more school-aged children. The College\u2019s unique Inspiration Ambassadors, part of the Technology Innovation Scholars Program, are select BU engineering undergraduates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21311,"featured_media":0,"parent":124871,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138825,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124910\/revisions\/138825"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}