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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In 2007, Devon partnered with the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City to launch the Devon NULITES (National Urban League Incentives to Excel and Succeed) youth leadership program. This program, targeted toward high school students in the African American community, encourages the students to promote and maintain high standards of well being and places a great deal of importance on education, character and leadership qualities.
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In the U.S. we focus on improving mathematics, science and engineering education, with particular emphasis on creating opportunities for minorities and women. We are the largest supporter of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering.
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An ExxonMobil apprentice-training program in Nigeria is creating skilled laborers while giving Nigerian students their first chance to join the global workforce.
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In 2008, ExxonMobil launched a $1.5 million project with Vital Voices to empower women in Africa to become leaders and advocates.
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Designer Diane von Furstenberg, ExxonMobil Foundation and Vital Voices Global Partnership celebrated International Women's Day yesterday with the launch of Women Can, a campaign to empower women to become leaders in developing countries and emerging democracies around the world and to promote awareness of the benefits of global investments in women.
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More than $50,000 in scholarships, 210 awards presented to top competitors as three-day state science competition concludes.
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The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program announced today it awarded $1.8 million in grants this year to 2,400 schools to enhance math and science programs across the United States. It is the 10th consecutive year for the program, which has provided grants to K-12 educational institutions in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
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For nearly two decades, Garyville, Louisiana, refinery employees have provided assistance in the development of the Industrial Mechanical Program at the Louisiana Technical College in Reserve, Louisiana. Since 2001, Garyville has sponsored a School to Career Day at the Louisiana Technical College where all 10th grade students in St. John Parish visit the school in order to determine the skills necessary to work in industry. In addition, the refinery works closely with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, hosting an annual refinery operations training for new agency engineers.
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Murphy Oil participates in a wide-range of company-wide efforts to strengthen the communities in which it operates. Murphy has carefully, thoughtfully and successfully built partnerships with civic, educational and charitable initiatives in communities from Arkansas to Ecuador.
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Petro-Canada is a founding sponsor of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy (SEA) based at the Schulich School of Business at Toronto's York University. SEA is North America's Premier Executive Education Program on sustainable development.
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