总部位于圣安东尼奥, Zachry Corporation has made a generous gift to the 世界杯官方app Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, 建立Klesse夏季桥梁项目. The program was created to empower students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in engineering and offers a supportive and engaging environment for students who are transitioning from high school to college. 感谢扎克瑞建筑公司的慷慨解囊, 14 incoming freshman engineering majors were allowed to start their educational journeys one month prior to the start of the Fall 2022 semester, which prepared them for the rigorous curriculum of their first semester courses while simultaneously introducing them to living on a college campus and utilizing 世界杯官方app’s resources.
继首届夏季桥牌班成功举办之后, 世界杯官方app has secured an additional three-year seed funding commitment from Zachry Corporation. Their contribution allows for the continuation of the Summer Bridge program through 2025, while also allowing 世界杯官方app to actively seek additional funding to sustain the program's future.
值得注意的是, 在项目的第一年, 一半以上的学生是女性, 这个数据对大卫·扎克里来说意义重大, 扎克瑞公司的CEO, who actively promotes equal opportunities for women in the field of engineering.
“The underlying premise of Zachry’s Core Values is built on our long-held beliefs of valuing our people and respecting their differences. 世界杯官方app’s Summer Bridge Program stands as a real-world example of an organization that also highly values uniqueness and differences among its student body,大卫·扎克里说, 扎克瑞公司总裁兼首席执行官. “We applaud programs such as this one for being intentional about closing diversity gaps, 促进健康的包容文化, 推动创新. 扎克里受到了这些年轻人的启发, bright students for taking bold steps in pursuing potentially life-changing careers in engineering. 我们鼓励其他人和我们一起支持这个奖励计划.”
Students in the Klesse College Summer Bridge Program benefit from intensive math and chemistry sessions, preparing them for Calculus I and General Chemistry I in their first semester. They are also paired with experienced engineering 教师 mentors who offer guidance and help set personalized goals. 通过与工程学生组织的联系, 学生可以接触到项目, 比赛, 以及地方和国家的研讨会, 加深他们对该领域的理解.
“我在暑期桥项目中学到了很多东西. It gave me the opportunity to get ahead of the pack as a freshman by getting to know more about what the school can do for me. Being able to utilize all the programs offered by 世界杯官方app led to me finding an internship sooner than I could have imagined.”
——2022年项目参与者贝尼西奥·冈萨雷斯
The Summer Bridge Program also facilitates the formation of connections within a small group of fellow freshmen engineering students, fostering a supportive network before their academic journeys begin.
整个夏天, 我和同龄人建立了一个巨大的关系网, 从那时起，它的规模才开始扩大. 感谢我在这个项目中的经验, I feel comfortable working both as a volunteer in the Makerspace and as a researcher in the DART Lab
- 2022年项目参与者，马克思主义者Villegas Verschoyle
认可学生的奉献精神, 该计划奖励1美元的津贴,成功完成所有课程要求后，可获得500英镑. This financial assistance not only acknowledges their efforts but also alleviates potential financial burdens, enabling students to fully engage in the program's activities and seize the opportunities presented.
多亏了扎克瑞公司的新资金, 世界杯官方app eagerly awaits the arrival of 24 promising incoming freshmen for the Summer 2023 program. For information on supporting the future of 世界杯官方app’s Summer Bridge Program, 请联系泰勒·菲尔普斯, KCEID首席开发官 泰勒.Phelps@pakata.net.
——jordan Allen(开发作家
