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  • Published on July 2, 2024 - 13:23 GMT

    STEAM Sports Foundation Awards Scholarships to Minority Females in Automotive/Motorsports Engineering

    Seven Aspiring Female Minority Engineers Receive $5,000 Grants for 2024-25 ALPHARETTA, GA, UNITED STATES, July 2, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Seven female minority college students from throughout the U.S. have been awarded $5,000 scholarships by STEAM Sports Foundation to pursue their dreams to become engineers or technicians in the automotive and motorsports industry. The group consists of four first-time university award winners, a technical school student who aspires to own an all-female repair shop …

    Distribution channels: Automotive Industry, Culture, Society & Lifestyle ...
  • Published on February 13, 2024 - 16:25 GMT

    How a Search for Aspiring Engineers in the Motosports/Automotive Industry Led to Scholarships for Women of Color

    The Story Behind STEAM Sports Foundation ATLANTA, GA, USA, February 13, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- When STEAM Sports Foundation was created in 2016 veteran sports and television executive Bob Dickinson knew he wanted to help guide STEM/STEAM students to innovative careers in sports and entertainment. Research showed that by the year 2025 more than 80 percent of jobs would require some sort of STEM or STEAM background. This included sports and entertainment. Those efforts took root through the STEAM …

    Distribution channels: Automotive Industry, Business & Economy ...
  • Published on January 10, 2024 - 15:34 GMT

    Scholarship Applications Open for Women of Color Seeking Automotive/Motorsports Engineering Careers

    STEAM Sports Foundation Offering Five $5K Scholarships ATLANTA, GA, USA, January 10, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- STEAM Sports Foundation has opened its scholarship applications for women of color seeking careers in motorsports or automotive engineering. Applicants should be rising juniors or seniors at a four-year university. The foundation will also provide at least one financial aid package to a female at a technical school pursuing an automotive technician career. Technical school applicants can be …

    Distribution channels: Automotive Industry, Education ...
  • Published on October 2, 2023 - 14:50 GMT

    Aspring Minority Female Engineers Descend on Charlote NASCAR Race

    Scholarship Recipients to Tour, Attend Charlotte Race Weekend ATLANTA, GA, USA, October 2, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Four recipients from STEAM Sports Foundation’s scholarship program for minority females in automotive/motorsports engineering get an up-close-and-in-person look at the race industry Oct. 6-8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway thanks to General Motors. The Immersion Tour, designed to show the students potential career opportunities in motorsports, will feature stops at General Motors Research …

    Distribution channels: Automotive Industry, Culture, Society & Lifestyle ...
  • Published on August 1, 2023 - 14:00 GMT

    STEAM Sports Foundation Announces Automotive Scholarships for Minority Women

    General Motors Provides Funding ATLANTA, GA, USA, August 1, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- STEAM Sports Foundation has named four grant recipients for this year’s Women of Color scholarships within the automotive/motorsports ranks who specifically target innovations such as autonomous and electric vehicles. The $5,000 grants are for the 2023-2024 academic year. They were awarded to Arisa Chue (Stanford), Tanya Andres (UTI-Lisle), Taya Dinkins-Goldsmith (Oakland University), and Ashley Jones (Wayne State). …

    Distribution channels: Automotive Industry, Education ...
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Recognizing workforce and economic development as integral parts of corporate growth, STEAM Sports Foundation works with companies, educators and sports groups to develop initiatives around science, technology, engineering, arts and math that impact the world of sports & entertainment. The foundation’s focus is on scholarships and career summits in an effort to help create tomorrow’s vibrant workforce. Its “Women of Color” scholarship program in automotive/motorsports engineering provides diversity to a transportation industry that is ever-changing via innovation and technology with individuals who traditionally did not consider these career paths simply because they saw few who looked like them in the industry. The foundation is located in Alpharetta, GA. Bob Dickinson is founder and executive director.

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