STEM majors to network with local employers at Employability Forum

Selected STEM majors at Amarillo College will have a chance to enhance their prospects for summer internships and future employment when they network with a number of local employers at AC’s STEM Employability Forum.

The event, which is being co-sponsored by the College’s Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) STEM Grant and AC’s Career Services, is from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 25 at AC’s Innovation Outpost, 1220 S. Polk St.

STEM majors who applied to participate in the forum will engage with representatives from numerous local employers in conference-style informational sessions led by the employers. Additionally, students will have opportunities to take part in mock job interviews, and to attend networking sessions designed to help them prepare for future summer internship interviews, while making valuable connections for future career possibilities.

Participating local employers include: Phillips 66, Xcel Energy, City of Amarillo, Shiver Megert & Associates, Altura Engineering, BSA Hospital, AMA TechTel, Bell Helicopter, Region 16, AOMS – Full Smile Orthodontics, Amarillo Gear, Advanced Eye Care, SIMS Architects, Pantex, Hi Plains Civil Engineers, Square Engineering, Run Biz, Axigent, Andrews & Associates, Micro Technologies, and KT Black.

“One of the objectives of the HSI STEM Grant is to broaden access and success in STEM fields for all students,” said Holly Hofmann, director of the HSI STEM Grant at AC. “This event will allow STEM students to network with local employers who are collaborating with us on a paid, eight-week summer internship program in a variety of STEM fields, for which students soon will have the opportunity to apply.”

For more information about the STEM Employability Forum at AC’s Innovation Outpost, please contact Imelda Saavedra, external partnership coordinator, at 806-345-5683 or Imelda.saavedra@actx.edu.