Education provides the foundation for future career development. The oil and natural gas industry, as well as many other industries, see career development as a critical component of sustainable development. Companies and their employees partner with students and educators to provide an educated workforce for tomorrow’s businesses and to enable social progress. For example, Chevron supports an innovative community outreach program - called the SMARTS Program (Students Making A Road To Success) - that’s been honored by PEPNet, a U.S.-based best-practices-sharing network for nonprofit groups. SMARTS helps high school and college students earn money while learning about careers and getting real-world work experience. ExxonMobil promotes a program that focuses on improving mathematics, science and engineering education, with particular emphasis on creating opportunities for minorities and women, and is the largest supporter of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. ExxonMobil also provides an apprentice-training program in Nigeria that is creating skilled laborers while giving Nigerian students their first chance to join the global workforce. The Shell Youth Training Academy is an innovative and effective school-to-work business and education partnership designed to improve employment opportunities for youth through education and on-the-job training.
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Anadarko teamed with Junior Achievement, an organization that brings professionals to school classrooms to teach basic principles of business and free enterprise to youngsters. Attorneys, engineers, accountants, landmen and other professionals from Anadarko entered the classrooms of an at-risk primary school and middle school in Conroe Independent School District in Texas.
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BHP Billiton's Pakistan community program focuses on education to improve quality of life.
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Indonesia Business Unit. In Indonesia, Chevron-donated equipment and software are helping to enrich computer knowledge among students in Riau, an oil-producing and natural resources-rich province on the island of Sumatra. The Computer Literacy Improvement program calls for donating computer laboratories to local secondary schools and universities. With the support of local government and other third parties, training for computer lab management, operation of hardware and software, and trouble-shooting, also are provided.
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ExxonMobil Corporation announced today it has increased its investment in math and science education through a partnership with Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel in space.
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Chevron Corporation has announced the creation of the California Partnership, an initiative to invest in education and economic development in its home state. Under the new initiative, Chevron will expand and deepen its partnerships with nonprofits focused on supporting underserved communities, including relationships with 18 new nonprofit partners providing programs for education, entrepreneurs and job training.
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The Tiger Woods Foundation and Chevron said they will join together to enhance and develop programs, activities and events in support of the Foundation.
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Chevron Corporation, the government of Indonesia, the local government of Aceh province, the National Education Department, the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the completion of a $16 million partnership to construct a polytechnic institute in Aceh province, Indonesia.
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To improve literacy among hundreds of Oakland families, Saint Vincent’s Day Home announced that Chevron is contributing $200,000 to its Bridging the Divides project, which provides early childhood education, adult literacy, adult basic education and skills training.
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Chevron and the non-profit Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP) announced today that their collaboration to help educate students around the world has been awarded the 2009 Partnership Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center.
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Devon has partnered with Oklahoma City University to play an integral role in the university’s Clara Luper Scholarship program. Named in honor of renowned civil rights activist Clara Luper, this outstanding scholarship program gives minority students from low- income families in the Oklahoma City area the opportunity to attend college free of charge.
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