Empowering Future Generations: Entergy Supports Local HBCUs
Empowering Future Generations: Entergy Supports Local HBCUs
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 20, 2024 / Entergy Corporation
Entergy公司 北安普敦,马萨诸塞州 / ACCESSWIRE / 2024年8月20日 /
By: Marcus Brown • Executive Vice President and General Counsel
作者:马库斯布朗•执行副总裁兼总法律顾问
At Entergy, we power life. We've been in business for more than 100 years, and our purpose has never changed. We power life by creating sustainable value for our customers, employees, communities and owners. This goes beyond providing safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy - it also means being there for all the moments that matter. It means making a lasting impact that powers a brighter future for all.
在Entergy,我们致力于为生活注入动力。 100多年来,我们的宗旨从未改变。 我们通过为客户,员工,社区和业主创造可持续价值来推动生活。 这不仅意味着提供安全,可靠,实惠和可持续的能源 - 还意味着在所有重要时刻都与他们共同度过。 它意味着产生持久的影响,为所有人创造更光明的未来。
As an industry leader, Entergy has an opportunity to help develop future generations of the energy workforce by strengthening awareness and promoting the advantages of careers in our field. We are sharpening our focus, elevating different perspectives, and ensuring that everyone with the talent and desire has an opportunity to succeed.
作为行业板块的领导者,Entergy有机会通过增强意识和推广在我们领域的职业优势,帮助发展能源工作力的未来一代。 我们正在专注,推进不同的观点,并确保所有有才华和愿望的人都有机会成功。
A sustained path forward
持续的前进道路
We have an established history of working with educational institutions to develop a workforce that not only supports our own needs, but also bolsters the continued economic development of the Gulf South region. We live here. We work here. We raise our families here. What matters to the communities we serve and to our customers, matters to us.
我们已经建立了与教育机构的历史合作关系,以培养一个不仅满足我们自身需求,而且加强其湾南地区持续经济发展的劳动力。 我们在这里生活。 我们在这里工作。 我们在这里养家糊口。 我们服务的社区和客户关心的问题,对我们而言也同样重要。
That's why we're proud to continue our longstanding support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a 10-year, $20 million commitment to elevate and empower the institutions and their students through academic scholarships, facility grants and endowments, workforce development programming, internship experiences, access to resources and financial aid and generational wealth building.
那就是为什么我们自豪地继续支持历史悠久的黑人大学和大学,致力于通过学术奖学金,设施拨款和捐赠,职业发展计划,实习经验,资源和金融援助以及世代财富的积累来提升和赋能这些机构及其学生的能力。 通过教育,我们创造了让所有人实现其全部潜力的机会,因此,我们十分重视黑人大学和大学发挥的重要作用。 我们希望通过确保学生拥有资源和经验的机会,以及与教育工作者和管理人员进行紧密协作,确保他们具备成功所需的相关技能,从而为HBCU学生拓宽就业道路。
Education creates opportunities for all individuals to realize their full potential, and, to that end, we understand the vital role that HBCUs play. We want to broaden the path to employment for HBCU students by ensuring they have access to resources and experiences, and also by closely collaborating with their educators and administrators to ensure they are equipped with the relevant skills needed for success.
通过这2000万美元的承诺,我们希望看到我们的合作伙伴学校增加学生保留率,提高毕业率并扩大毕业后的就业机会。 对于学生,他们的家庭和他们的社区,我们期待的结果包括获得资本的更广泛机会,家庭经济稳定的提高以及更好的终身收入潜力。
Through this $20 million commitment, we hope to see our partner schools increase student retention, improve graduation rates and expand post-graduation job placement opportunities. For the students, their families and their communities, we look forward to outcomes like increased access to capital, improved household economic stability and better lifetime earning potential.
在我们过去的进展基础上,我们致力于通过教育,职业准备和劳动力开发创造机会。 自2018年以来,我们已经在我们的服务区投资了超过740万美元,用于改善设施和课程,技术升级,指导计划,研究学习合作,实习/合作机会等方面。例如,在南方大学,Entergy学者计划为工程专业的人提供实践技能,以为他们的早期职业做好准备。为了缩小学术界和行业之间的差距,我们的Entergy教师外展计划经常邀请来自地区的HBCU STEm教育工作者参观设施和工作跟踪,以帮助他们更好地为能源行业的职业生涯做准备。
Building on our past progress
为学生和社区投资是我们价值观的核心,我们知道仅仅依靠教育是不够的。 我们必须还努力缩小种族财富差距。 这就是为什么Entergy在2023年推出了Power of Prosperity项目。 该计划由两个部分组成:通过与Single Stop的合作,消除阻碍学生成功的障碍, Single Stop是一个国家性非营利组织,可将学生及其家庭与当地,州和联邦来源的资源和资金联系起来。 该计划的第二个组成部分是与Stackwell Capital的合作,通过该合作,我们将为学生提供知识,工具和资源 - 包括种植投资账户 - 以建立世代财富,这是经济稳定,获取机会和长期繁荣的基础。 通过在试点项目中投资超过70万美元,我们的股东正在帮助新奥尔良的1200名HBCU新生打开新的机会。
Our commitment to supporting HBCUs creates opportunities through education, career readiness and workforce development. Since 2018, we have invested more than $7.4 million in HBCUs in our service area for facility and curriculum improvements, technology upgrades, mentoring programs, research study collaborations, internship/co-op opportunities and more.
今天,通过这个新的2000万美元承诺,我们能够通过与Stackwell Capital和Single Stop的合作将Power of Prosperity计划扩展到我们的服务区,以便路易斯安那,密西西比,德克萨斯州和阿肯色州的HBCU学生能够通过新的大门打开他们。 通过这些合作伙伴关系,我们的目标是帮助学生按时毕业,债务最小化,并装备投资账户和有意识地建立财富的能力。 通过为HBCU学生投资,我们正在投资下一代领袖,他们将塑造我们的社区,推动创新并带来积极的变革。
For example, at Southern University, the Entergy Scholars Program provides engineering majors with hands-on skills that prepare them for early career positions. And to close the gap between academia and industry, our Entergy Faculty Extern Program regularly invites STEM educators from regional HBCUs to participate in facility tours and job shadowing, which helps them better prepare their students for careers in energy.
受过教育,经验丰富,多样化的劳动力对Entergy的长期成功以及所服务社区的健康和可行性至关重要。 增强我们地区的HBCU的实力是我们为社区生活贡献的最好方式之一。
Investing in students, and in our communities, is core to our values, and we know that education alone is not enough. We must also work to close the racial wealth gap. That's why Entergy launched The Power of Prosperity program in 2023. The program consists of two components: removing barriers to student success through a partnership with Single Stop, a national nonprofit that connects students and their families to resources and funding from local, state and federal sources. The second component of the program consists of a partnership with Stackwell Capital through which we will equip students with the knowledge, tools and resources - including seeded investment accounts - to build generational wealth, which is a foundation for economic stability, access to opportunity and long-term prosperity. By investing more than $700,000 in the pilot program, our shareholders are helping 1,200 HBCU freshmen in New Orleans unlock new opportunities.
Entergy还与National Urban League,NAACP,American Association of Blacks in Energy,National Society of Black Engineers和Center for Energy Workforce Development等组织保持合作关系,促进多样性和创建包容性社区。我们继续与当地领导人和联邦政策制定者合作,以确保资金机会得到优先考虑,并且存在有利于增长的监管环境。 我们将继续争取每一美元的联邦资金,以利用它们提高我们的客户和社区的利益。
Today, with this new $20 million commitment, we are able to expand The Power of Prosperity Program throughout our service area so that HBCU students across Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas will have new doors opened to them through our partnerships with Stackwell Capital and Single Stop.
通过这个新的2000万美元承诺,我们能够通过与Stackwell Capital和Single Stop的合作将Power of Prosperity计划扩展到我们的服务区,从而让路易斯安那,密西西比,德克萨斯州和阿肯色州的HBCU学生通过我们的合作伙伴关系获得新的机会。
Through these partnerships, our goal is to help students graduate on time, with minimal debt and equipped with an investment account and the ability to build wealth with intention. By investing in our HBCU students, we are investing in the next generation of leaders who will shape our communities, drive innovation and bring about positive change.
通过这些合作伙伴关系,我们的目标是帮助学生按时毕业,债务最小化,并装备投资账户和有意识地建立财富的能力。 通过为HBCU学生投资,我们正在投资下一代领袖,他们将塑造我们的社区,推动创新并带来积极的变革。
Looking ahead
展望未来
An educated, skilled and diverse workforce is critical to Entergy's long-term success, as well as the health and viability of the communities we serve. Empowering the HBCUs in our region is one of the best ways we can contribute to the quality of life in our communities.
一支受过教育,技能熟练,多样化的劳动力对Entergy的长期成功以及我们服务的社区的健康和可行性至关重要。 增强我们地区的HBCU的实力是我们为社区生活贡献的最好方式之一。
Entergy also maintains partnerships with organizations such as the National Urban League, NAACP, the American Association of Blacks in Energy, National Society of Black Engineers and the Center for Energy Workforce Development, which all work to foster diversity and create inclusive communities.
Entergy还与National Urban League,NAACP,American Association of Blacks in Energy,National Society of Black Engineers和Center for Energy Workforce Development等组织保持合作关系,促进多样性和创建包容性社区。我们继续与当地领导人和联邦政策制定者合作,以确保资金机会得到优先考虑,并且存在有利于增长的监管环境。 我们将继续争取每一美元的联邦资金,以利用它们提高我们的客户和社区的利益。
We also continue to collaborate with local leaders and federal policymakers to ensure that funding opportunities are prioritized and that there's a regulatory environment conducive to growth. We'll continue to fight for every dollar of federal funding that we can leverage to benefit our customers and communities.
我们已取得的进展令我感到自豪,但还有更多工作要做。 Entergy将热情承担这项工作,以创造新机会并开创前进之路。
I'm proud of the progress we've made so far, but there is more work to do. Entergy will enthusiastically take on that work to create new opportunities and forge this path forward.
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Learn more and stay up-to-date with Entergy's latest HBCU partnerships.
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