GE Aerospace extends partnership with top Cincinnati university

The Cincinnati Business Courier highlighted a partnership between the University of Cincinnati and the GE Aerospace Foundation to introduce students to careers in engineering.

The foundation extended its partnership with UC for Next Engineers through 2035. The partnership provides an introduction to engineering careers for younger students and career readiness for high schoolers who are interested in studying engineering when they go to college.

The Engineering Discovery program provides students ages 13 and 14 an opportunity to explore engineering through short, hands-on design challenges guided by UC staff and GE Aerospace volunteers, while the two-year Engineering Academy program immerses high schoolers in engineering through in-depth design challenges, career coaching, and skills-building workshops.

Students who complete the Engineering Academy program and enroll in a qualified engineering or engineering-related degree program receive scholarships to support their education toward becoming engineers. The program has reached more than 30,000 students globally and has awarded $1.4 million in scholarships to qualifying graduates in Cincinnati.

“It feels really good because we’ve grown the program together so it feels like a true collaboration to draw new talent into the engineering workforce,” said Whitney Gaskins, associate dean of UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Read the Cincinnati Business Courier.

Featured image at top: Students in Next Engineers tour GE Aerospace facilities on a field trip. Photo/Provided