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20 Nov Walgreens hosts first career site visit
Last month, students from Amundsen High School visited Walgreens, a new corporate partner in Lumity's STEM career readiness program. Throughout the day, employees spoke about their different positions and responsibilities at the company, showed them around the office and worked together on a real-world project to encourage teamwork and problem-solving skills.17 Nov “Imagine if every student had this opportunity.”
Earlier this month, students from Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center visited Accenture/Acquity Group for a career site visit. Accenture has hosted several career site visits for students since the launch of Lumity's STEM career readiness program. Who better to describe the experience than students themselves? As usual, the day began with an introduction and tour of the office. "The tour was great! I love the open environment. We were able to openly share our ideas and grow on it with the help of others. This is a great workspace because we are able to show our creativity," explained Vanessa Arriola, "When we went on the tour, it was interesting to see how everyone was in their own station and how each section of the facility changed."30 Oct A Day at Google Chicago
Who wouldn’t want to spend a day at Google? Many professionals are excited to meet a real Google employee and hear about his or her job, so you can imagine a group of students from Amundsen High School were eager for their chance to do the same.
Google did not disappoint them, either. Twenty-four high school juniors, who are part of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) College Prep Program, spent several hours on Monday, October 9, exploring the Chicago Google office and asking many, many questions.
29 Sep Liquid Controls hosts first career site visit of 2015-16 school year
On the last Friday in September, Lumity kicked off another school year of STEM career readiness with a career site visit to a new partner, Liquid Controls. This manufacturing powerhouse in Lake Bluff hosted eight juniors and seniors from Chicago Math & Science Academy in Rogers Park. [caption id="attachment_506" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Students were assigned a project and learned the roles & departments that make up a manufacturing facility. They were given a specific customer order they need to fill. They were then presented with very broad instructions, experienced productivity, quality and customer disappointment issues.[/caption]
The students toured the manufacturing facility and saw every step in the manufacturing process of large volume flow meters that measure the movement and transfer of liquids. This process illustrated the intersections of science, engineering, technology and math that come together to deliver a product to customers that measures large volumes of liquid to the 10,000th decimal place and to understand the how the product must be able to adjust for variances in temperature and other variables.
20 Aug Getting ahead in tech
Czar Carson is a recent graduate from Lindblom Math & Science Academy in West Englewood. He's pursuing a career in tech, hoping to use his knowledge for the benefit of others....