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| December 2011 | |
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| News | NAF Alums | Featured Alumni | Opportunities |
| Welcome to the NAF Alumni Newsletter - for alumni of NAF's Academies of Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology and Engineering. |
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Student-Run Travel Agency Receives Attention Academy of Hospitality & Tourism students at East High School in Rochester, New York, were featured in the latest issue of Travel Agent magazine. The school runs an all-inclusive online travel agency with 52 students booking travel, transportation and vacation needs for customers in the community. Check out the article here. |
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Students Get an Inside Look at Cybersecurity Students at Gaithersburg High School’s Academy of Information Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, visited Patriot Technologies to learn how the cybersecurity firm finds innovative ways to use technology and how the students’ career-focused education is a stepping stone to opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Read more here. |
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City Poly Students Explore STEM Careers Twenty-five students from City Polytechnic High School in Brooklyn, New York, participated in a job shadow at Verizon’s operation center in Baskin Ridge, New Jersey. The visit included a tour of the high-tech 1.3 million-square-foot complex as well as an executive-led panel discussion about career opportunities in STEM, the importance of core academic subjects, and 21st century employability skills. Read more here. |
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Where are they now? Kaye-Ann Grant (Jamaica HS AOF ’92) is the Director of Business Development at Ivy Exec, a career search firm in NYC. Prior to joining Ivy Exec, Kaye-Ann was a research analyst in the Alternative Investment Group at HSBC Private Bank. She is a graduate of St. John’s University and has an MBA from Cornell University. Amber Phelan (Gaithersburg HS AOF ’11) attends Towson University in Towson, MD where she earned the Provost scholarship and is majoring in accounting. Amber has a job with the Towson Fund, calling alumni to ask for donations for the university and next semester she plans on being a volunteer math tutor for at-risk middle school students in Baltimore County. |
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Alumni Use Social Media to Combat HIV/AIDS Khalia Braswell (’08) and KaMar Galloway (’08), alumni from Phillip O. Berry High School Academy of Information Technology in Charlotte, North Carolina, have taken their interests in IT to North Carolina State University. The two computer science majors are working together on a National Science Foundation funded research project using social media to disseminate HIV/AIDS preventive education, and mentor low-income middle schoolers on using technology. Read their story here. |
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STEM Video Game Design Calling all video game designers, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is back! The challenge is a multi-year competition whose goal is to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games. This year educators are also eligible to enter the competition! For more information, visit the STEM Challenge website. |
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