TALENT DEVELOPMENT
The Exelon Foundation | May 31, 2022
The Exelon Foundation surprised nine female STEM students and graduates of the Exelon STEM Leadership Academy with full-ride college scholarships of about $1 million.
“We want to ensure these outstanding young women the opportunity and financial flexibility to study at the college of their choice. It’s not just a scholarship, but, hopefully, a path to future leadership at Exelon.”
- Paula Conrad, vice president of Corporate Relations for Exelon
Following are the STEM Leadership Academy Scholarship recipients of 2022:
STEM Academy Baltimore and DC
Allegre Oledibe, Springdale, Md. (General Engineering, Virginia Tech)
Micaela Venyo, Belcamp, Md. (Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech)
Tahreem Rana, Baltimore, Md. (Computer Science, University Maryland Baltimore County)
STEM Academy Chicago
Nicole Constante, Chicago, Ill. (Engineering Management, University of Illinois Chicago)
XiuYi Tan, Chicago, Ill. (Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Aditi Bhatt, Chicago, Ill. (Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
STEM Academy Philadelphia
Aliyana Banner, Yardley, Pa. (Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University)
Maitri Patel, Philadelphia, Pa. (Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor)
Emily Curran, Jamison, Pa. (Computer Engineering, Villanova University)
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EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
prnewswire | November 11, 2020
Today, Hodder Education and BookFusion declared their organization to convey top-quality computerized instructive substance to scratch worldwide business sectors and the Caribbean.
The coordinated effort with BookFusion permits schools, teachers and Ministries of Education to approach a wide cluster of instructive assets from Hodder Education utilizing a simple, instinctive and consistent application with industry-driving rich intelligence that permits perusers to adjust, store, oversee and make the most of their digital books paying little mind to arrange both on the web and disconnected.
Robert Sulley, Group Development Director, says "At a time when a record number of students are learning online, Hodder Education is happy to provide access to our digital resources anytime, anywhere and on any device through the BookFusion platform. Our goal is to assist with removing any challenges learners may face as we undergo the digital transformation process."
Dwayne Campbell, Founder and CEO of BookFusion, says "We are excited to partner with Hodder Education. Their award-winning educational content will now be accessible to students on a platform that puts the student learning experience first."
About Hodder Education Group:
Hodder Education Group is one of the UK's largest educational publishers and has been working with schools and colleges, expert authors and awarding organisations for many years to create quality print and digital resources that support students and teachers across Primary, Secondary and Further Education, within the UK, Caribbean Region and around the world. Hodder Education Group is part of Hachette UK.
About Hachette UK:
We are one of the UK's largest publishing groups, with 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 50 imprints with a rich and diverse history.
Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Little, Brown, Orion, John Murray Press, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Quercus, Bookouture and Octopus. Hachette Children's Group publishes a diverse range of books for children of all ages and Hodder Education is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools around the world.
About Bookfusion
BookFusion is a global technology platform that provides digital solutions for readers, publishers & authors, business, educational institutions and enterprises. Its mission is to push eBooks beyond the mere representation of print and redefine the reading experience.
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Ellucian | April 13, 2022
On April 12th premier education technology solutions provider, Ellucian, announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with PowerSchool, a leader in cloud-based K-12 education software. Both the companies aim to join hands to enable students to get access to better career and education support from kindergarten to college.
The partnership will allow Ellucian to integrate its Experience Platform with PowerSchool’s PeopleAdmin faculty management, talent management, and interoperability products for higher education.
"Building on a strong relationship with PowerSchool, our enhanced collaboration brings together the leading technology solutions providers in K-12 and higher education. Together with PowerSchool, Ellucian will gain greater insight into drivers of student success. As a result, we'll be able to help our higher education customers develop programs that align with student interests and needs, and we can explore new solutions to support evolving career and education pathways and long-term learning."
-Laura Ipsen, President and CEO, Ellucian
"We are excited to take this next step in our relationship with Ellucian. At PowerSchool, our mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their full potential, in their own way. Through our collaboration with Ellucian, we can help ensure students' experiences within the K-12 ecosystem are reflected on in a way that best helps prepare and support them in college, careers, and life."
-Hardeep Gulati, CEO of PowerSchool
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