Educational Partnership Examples
Educational Materials and General Program Development
Classroom Energy
In 2002, API launched two major education initiatives for teachers and students. API's Energy & Society program, developed in conjunction with environmental education leader Project Learning Tree, has already received recognition from the Parents’ Choice Awards, the Children’s Music Web Awards, the ASAE 2002 Honor Roll, and others. The kit includes a primer on oil and natural gas; classroom activities tied to the national standards; posters; and a music CD-Rom and video.
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API Standards Accessible to Petroleum Engineering Students
API and Information Handling Services (IHS®) jointly launched the API Engineering Partnership program to make API's oil and natural gas industry standards more accessible to graduate and undergraduate petroleum engineering schools at select universities and colleges in North America.
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Community Partnership Examples
Community Clean-up, Environmental Protection and Volunteer Programs
Fueling Our Community
Fueling Our Community is API’s annual fundraising campaign. API employees can provide “fuel” to one or a combination of the community charities.
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Everybody Wins!
The Everybody Wins! Power Lunch Program is a privately funded reading and mentoring program in which various professionals – from Congress, the business community, and nonprofit groups – read once a week with disadvantaged elementary school children during the lunch hour.
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Hands on DC
Hands on DC is an all-volunteer project that creates better schools and brighter futures for students in the District of Columbia.
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