WHO/WHAT:
Students at Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, a member of Young Women’s Preparatory Network (YWPN), will be able to learn STEM subjects more effectively in a newly remodeled computer lab, thanks to the NEC Foundation of America. The company donated a state-of-the art computer lab with new computers and technology as well as consulted on the planning of this 21st century classroom. This ribbon cutting celebrates the opening of the computer lab.
Earlier this spring, NEC Corporation of America President and CEO Shinsuke Takahashi toured the school with Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and saw the outdated computer lab/robotics room. As a result of YWPN’s involvement with NEC, the company worked with YWPN and Irma Rangel on the redesign of the space and the equipment needs, so that the students can better learn STEM skills to prepare them for STEM college majors and careers. This summer, two Irma Rangel students also served as NEC interns learning about IT and marketing as STEM education is one of NEC Foundation of America’s main focus areas.
WHEN: Tues., Aug. 30, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School
1718 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75210
SPEAKERS:
- NEC Corporation of America Juan Fontanes, Vice President of IT
- Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa
- Young Women’s Preparatory Network CEO Lynn McBee
- Irma Rangel Principal Lisa Curry
- Irma Rangel students and NEC IT intern, Lesly Z., who can take apart and reassemble a computer in 12 minutes.
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