Google partners with Howard University to develop future black engineers
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From: The Grio
Recently, Google announced the beginning of a new program partnered with Howard University. The new program is part of an effort to recruit more young black minds and promote greater diversity in the engineering industry.
As The Grio writes in their article, “Howard has opened a campus at the Googleplex, called Howard West, ‘a physical space on campus where Howard students and Googlers can grow together,’ and hopefully will encourage diversity in a field that sorely needs it.”from Google/Justin Sullivan via Good Black News
from Google/Justin Sullivan via Good Black News
This program stands as a step in the right direction, advancing the diversification of Silicon Valley while investing in the futures of young black men and women. Google has hopes to expand the program to other Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
To read more about the program, or for more information on Howard University and Google’s new partnership, head here.
Read more about the importance of community diversification and understanding past-to-present racial segregation here.
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