ComEd Black History Month Campaign Helps Teens Explore ‘Unexpected’ STEM Careers
January 31 2017 - 11:05AM
Business Wire
‘Solar Spotlight’ Education Program Introduces
High School Students to STEM via The Arts
For the fourth year, ComEd’s annual Black History Month campaign
provides stimulating seminars to expose African American high
school students to non-traditional and ‘unexpected’ STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. For 2017, Solar
Spotlight will explore STEM via The Arts as students learn about
solar energy, African-American trailblazers, and the earliest forms
of STEM via African history. The program will culminate with a
7-foot solar-powered art Installation, designed with help from the
students, which will be on permanent display in the Bronzeville
neighborhood.
ComEd enlisted the support of community partners, youth
organizations and schools in Chicago and Rockford to select nearly
60 students to participate in the Solar Spotlight seminars on
Saturday, February 4 and Saturday, February 11, at the ComEd
Training Center in Chicago. ComEd engineers will be on hand to
serve as mentors and students also will have an opportunity to tour
the facility and learn about careers in energy.
Gallery Guichard, Bronzeville’s premier gallery of art, has
signed on as a partner to construct the installation. ComEd will
unveil the solar art at a special ceremony for the students, their
family, friends and the community in early Spring 2017.
“ComEd is proud to celebrate Black History Month by engaging
with local high school students’ to explore STEM through the
emerging worlds of science and art,” said Anne Pramaggiore,
President and CEO of ComEd. “As an innovation and technology
company, we are committed to offering youth-based STEM programs
throughout the year to empower the workforce of the future. All of
these programs include aspects to nurture diversity and promote
community involvement.”
The ‘Solar Spotlight’ campaign also will highlight activities
and student participation in series of billboard, print, and
digital advertisements throughout the month of February. ComEd will
award each participating student with a plaque highlighting the
completion of the education seminars and a financial
scholarship.
The seminar curriculum introduces renewable energy concepts,
features the multiple uses of solar energy while also providing
students with the opportunity to work with directly with experts in
solar and STEM fields, including ComEd mentors. There will be a
presentation about the earliest dated pyramid, the 200 feet high
step pyramid designed by the royal architect Imhotep, to illustrate
engineering and astronomical significance and prep students for an
hands-on activity to design hieroglyphic panels for the pyramid art
Installation.
Members of Exelon African American Resource Alliance (EAARA),
who are also ComEd employees, will serve as student mentors for
both education seminars. A member of EAARA will present a Black
History themed profile about the women featured in the #1 movie
“Hidden Figures” to highlight African Americans who have excelled
in the STEM industry.
ComEd invites the general public to visit
ComEd.com/SolarSpotlight to learn more about Solar Spotlight and
watch the 2016 student video. The public may also track the
students’ Solar Spotlight journey on social media by searching
#comedsolarspotlight and #bhm2017.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 10 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For
more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on
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