More than 42,000 wireline & wireless engineers work at Verizon
across the globe. Each day the men and women of the Verizon
Network teams build and deploy the latest technologies to serve
consumers, government agencies and businesses of all sizes.
These engineers are providing networks to help society as a
whole, and critical communications when it’s needed the most.
To celebrate National Engineers Week (Feb. 18-24), on Wednesday,
February 21, more than 30 Verizon engineers and other employees
will visit approximately 30 NAF academies of engineering across the
country to speak about the importance of STEM education with more
than 1,100 students. There’s a great demand for jobs in STEM
(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The U.S.
Labor Department estimates STEM-related jobs will grow to more than
9 million by 2022.
Since 1982, NAF has been partnering with high-need communities
to improve outcomes for students by implementing NAF academies –
small learning communities within existing high schools – at a low
cost. NAF connects the working world with the classroom by infusing
STEM and work-based learning experiences into the curriculum and
has grown from one NAF Academy of Finance in New York City to
hundreds of academies across the country focusing on growing
industries including: finance, hospitality & tourism,
engineering, information technology, and health sciences.
Here is the list of NAF schools to be
visited:Alabama:Ramsay High School, Birmingham
CaliforniaFremont Academy of Engineering and
Design, Pomona Burbank High School, Burbank*Engineering
& Environmental Science Academy, Pasadena
District of Columbia:Friendship Tech Prep
McKinley Technology High SchoolWoodson High SchoolDunbar High
SchoolFlorida:Edgewater High School,
OrlandoUniversity High School, OrlandoHialeah Gardens Senior High
School, Hialeah Gardens North Miami Senior High School, North Miami
Booker T. Washington Senior High School, MiamiStranahan High
School, Fort LauderdaleMcArthur High School, HollywoodMiami Sunset
Senior High School, Miami
Louisiana*Warren Easton Charter High
School, New Orleans
MarylandNAF Academy Foundation High School,
Baltimore
MissouriJennings Senior High, Jennings
NevadaCimarron-Memorial High School MERIT
Academy, Las Vegas
New York*Manhattan Bridges High School,
NYC
North Carolina*Phillip O. Berry Academy
of Technology, Charlotte
TexasThomas Jefferson High School, DallasNorth
Dallas High School, DallasHillcrest High School, DallasJustin F.
Kimball High School, Dallas*Happening on another date
during or prior to National Engineers Week
“We need more engineers, scientists and mathematicians to be the
enablers and problem solvers of tomorrow,” said Genia Wilbourn,
Vice President, Wireline Global Operations at Verizon. “There’s a
shortage of qualified candidates for millions of existing
STEM-related jobs. We want to educate our youth, particular young
women, about the potential careers in these exciting and lucrative
fields. These visits to NAF locations are a perfect opportunity to
offer career advice to these talented students and talk STEM,” said
Wilbourn.
“We are thrilled to partner with Verizon and thank the engineers
for giving their time and talent to inspire high school students
across the country,” said NAF President JD Hoye. “This one activity
has the power to encourage so many young people to pursue a career
in one of our nation’s most viable industries.”
For the last 10 years, Verizon and NAF have partnered together
to expose students to careers of the future through local
academies across the country. In addition to providing access to
work-based learning opportunities and internships, Verizon was also
one of the founding NAFTrack partners -- a promise made by some of
America’s top companies to give special consideration to college
students and future job applicants who have completed the NAF
course of study and graduated high school having earned Halftrack
Certification. Benefits of this program include pre-interview and
resume support, and access to paid college internships.
Verizon will continue to feature stories about the engineers who
work behind the scenes to engineer the network for its
customers.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) (NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered
in New York City, generated $126 billion in 2017 revenues. The
company operates America’s most reliable wireless network and the
nation’s premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated
solutions to businesses worldwide. Its Oath subsidiary reaches
about one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of
media and technology brands.
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About NAF NAF is a national network of education, business, and
community leaders who work together to ensure that high school
students are college, career, and future ready. During the 2017-18
school year, more than 100,000 students attended 644 NAF academies
across 36 states, including DC and the US Virgin Islands. In 2017,
NAF academies reported 97% of seniors graduated with 90% of
graduates with post-secondary intentions. For more information,
please visit: https://naf.org.
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