DPI and Wilbur Wright College Announce Partnership

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Education

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The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and Wilbur Wright College announced a new partnership to support and develop promising and diverse tech talent in Illinois, with a focus on pathways into computer and data science fields. The partnership will kick-off this summer with weekly DPI-led workshops, to approximately 50 students participating in Wright College’s NSF-funded Engineering and Computer Science Summer Bridge Program and other students with an interest in computing. Called “Digital Bridge” these workshops will provide topical deep dives into Chicago’s tech community and connections to technologists, entrepreneurs, business, and civic leaders. DPI is partnering with World Business Chicago’s ThinkChicago program and other tech leaders to develop these sessions. This builds on Wright College’s Engineering Pathways Program, which is a guaranteed admissions partnership with UIUC’s The Grainger College of Engineering, the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Armour College of Engineering, and UIC’s College of Engineering, with the goal to transfer more diverse students into these four-year institutions to pursue and complete CS and engineering fields. Following the summer program, DPI and Wright College will launch year-round programming aimed at high school learners to build interest and connectivity to careers in computing and tech, and stronger linkages between high school, community college, and 4-year universities. For more information and for interest in getting involved email: wrightengineering@ccc.edu.

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