Education

Last fall, 183 college students accepted paid internships with Phillips 66 for the summer of 2020.

From far-apart desks and taped-off “professor space” to temperature checks, smaller classes and hybrid online/in-class instruction – COVID-19 is forcing colleges to reimagine the fall semester.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide division serves 23,000+ students with online bachelor’s and graduate programs that have long ranked among the best in the nation.

COVID-19 has turned things upside down for millions of college students, professors and administrators.

In 2010, craft beer accounted for 5% of American beer sales. This St. Patrick’s Day, its share is 13%, thanks to 7,500 new breweries in the last decade.  

The Council on Competitiveness promotes engineering as key to innovation and economic development. Council EVP (and E100 reader) Chad Evans took to LinkedIn recently to crowdsource recommendations for summer enrichment activities on behalf of a young aspiring engineer.

Many engineers aspire to leadership roles. But the skills required aren’t the same as the technical skills cultivated in college and early career positions.

Engineering depends heavily on a highly skilled workforce to manufacture, implement and maintain its innovative products and services.

It may be freezing outside, but savvy engineering students are already focused on summer. That’s because now is the time to line up those critical summer internships. 

Zoohackathon is a global competition that aims to develop technological solutions to wildlife conservation. The event was launched three years ago on World Wildlife Day by the U.S. State Department and the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.