High School Students Earn College Credit in Summer

BDPA - Bay Area partners with DeVry University to train high school students in emerging and traditional technologies. The opening event had outstanding participation with over forty parents, friends and family members supporting fifteen, eligible students. This group of students was selected based on strong academic backgrounds and a history of achievement.

From the Summer Web Design class, two participants are college freshmen. The top performers received entry into the internship program; and Martin Kimani (now a returning freshman with a 4.0 GPA) is an Oracle Scholarship recipient. All of the youngsters benefited from the experience and feel greater confidence in their career plans to enter technical fields of study.

Everyone is excited about involvement from so many groups and individuals. This success belongs to the Silicon Valley nonprofits who participated in a trend-setting communications effort--as well as each concerned person who acted as part of this viral marketing initiative.

"In the final analysis, each of us has a social responsibility to improve the state where we live. It is great to see people working together to increase the number of teenagers from under-represented communities learning about web design. This is the first step to increasing the ranks of future technologists." according to Patricia Glover, BDPA Bay Area chapter president."

Want to know more? Contact the local chapter at info@bdpabayarea.org or call 510.894.2058.