Colorado School of Mines
I just found out about a really neat project that maps directly to our Open Doors initiative. I read about it on the blog of summer intern Mike Coe.
Last month, in Colorado, a group of high school kids came in to spend the day with us.
They are in a program run by the Colorado School of Mines for students who might not necessarily be on a track to going to university. The program aims to get them on those rails and expose them to engineering.
About 35 kids came in and spent some time with us last week to do just that.
There are more details about what they did on Mike's blog.
We're developing a template around this kind of engagement, to make it easy for Sun employees to host these kinds of events.
The objective is to extend a hand of partnership -- across sectors, across generations -- to expose young people to who we are, what we do, and the causes we believe in.
I think it's a great program. Initial feedback has been very positive. We're all really excited about what's ahead.
Mary