NI Named Legacy Funder of the Code2College Vision 2024 Initiative
March 31 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
NI awards $400,000 to help Code2College build
equitable pathways to STEM careers for underserved students.
NI (NASDAQ: NATI) today announced its collaboration with
Code2College and a donation of $400,000 to support Vision 2024, a
program developed and led by Code2College to support and place 200
Black and Latinx women in STEM roles over the next four years.
Code2College is a career preparatory and college access program
dedicated to developing a pipeline of diverse, homegrown talent by
providing historically excluded high school students with access to
three cornerstones of success: technical skills education, STEM
industry exposure and practical experience. Through NI’s donation,
the largest financial investment in Vision 2024 to date,
Code2College expects to place over 50 Black and Latinx women into
STEM roles by 2024 and develop the infrastructure needed to
replicate and scale these efforts to serve thousands more students
looking to attend college and enter STEM careers. NI employees will
volunteer as instructors to students, and the company will host
technical skills workshops to provide them with hands-on learning
opportunities.
“With NI’s support, we have the unique opportunity to accelerate
the Code2College program, igniting the desire in employers across
the country to connect with students and serve tens of thousands of
students who lack the access or opportunity to pursue technical
careers,” said Matt Stephenson, CEO and cofounder of Code2College.
“My hope is that NI and Code2College’s work will inspire the rest
of the tech ecosystem to join us in this effort by enhancing
students’ preparation for technical, high-paying careers, which can
ultimately help close the gender and racial wealth gap in our
society.”
“At NI, we believe engineers are uniquely suited to help us
solve our most pressing global challenges. A diverse workforce is
the best way to develop solutions that serve all people, and
providing early access to technical education and experience is
essential to making that happen,” said Omid Sojoodi, vice president
of Software at NI and Advisory Board member of Code2College. “We’re
honored to support Code2College and remain committed to providing
the resources, expertise and volunteerism needed to make STEM-based
learning more accessible to underserved students.”
The collaboration between NI and Code2College follows the
February launch of NI’s 2030 Corporate Impact Strategy, Engineering
Hope, which puts forth a goal to increase access to STEM education
among underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students.
Additionally, NI plans to hire two paid interns through
Code2College over the summer to provide them with increased
practical experience.
Code2College plans to place 75 interns in hands-on technical
roles with leading technology companies this summer, which is a
300% increase over 2020. These training opportunities currently
focus on students in over 10 major national markets and will scale
to five additional areas by Fall 2021. For more information on
Code2College’s Spring programming, visit www.code2college.org.
About NI
At NI, we bring together the people, ideas and technology so
forward thinkers and creative problem solvers can take on
humanity’s biggest challenges. From data and automation to research
and validation, we provide the tailored, software-connected systems
engineers and enterprises need to Engineer Ambitiously™ every
day.
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respective companies.
About Code2College
Code2College is building a national network of diverse,
homegrown technical talent by harnessing the latent volunteer
talent in the tech ecosystem to equip high school students — who
are mostly Black, brown and girls — with viable, in-demand
technical and professional skills, as well as provide opportunities
to enter paid, summer technical internships with leading tech
companies while still in high school. We are the national leader
for college and STEM career access for historically excluded high
school students, and we continue to use coding as a vehicle for
future success.
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