As a result of a successful
pilot year, the INTERalliance took on its second year
with very specific growth goals. First, to increase
the program's size by double or more for each key parameter.
Similar growth is planned for the 2008 summer season.
Number of students – 40 students in the 2006
pilot was increased to 80 students
in the 2007 season, a 100% increase. For 2008, the number of
students will increase by 100 to 180 participants.
Number of High Schools – 6 participating high schools in
2006 was increased to 16 high schools, a 160% increase. For 2008,
the number of participating high
school will double to 32 participating high schools.
Number of Corporate Sponsors – 6 corporate sponsors in 2006 (P&G,
Atos Origin, Cintas, Fifth Third Bank, Toyota, and Chiquita) was expanded to
all 2006
participants plus Cincinnati Bell, Citigroup, Comair, Fidelity Investments,
General Cable, Great American Insurance, Luxottica, Kroger, SAP, Schneider
Electric,
totaling 16, a 160% increase. For 2008, the number of participating corporate
sponsors is anticipated to more than double to 36 companies, each sponsoring
a team.
Number of sessions – 2 one-week sessions at UC in 2006 were doubled to
4 one-week sessions at UC in 2007. For 2008, UC will add a fifth session, and
two additional universities – NKU and Miami – will each sponsor
two one-week sessions, increasing the total sessions offered in July/August
2008
to 9.
By 2010, the growth goals of the INTERalliance are
to engage students at all 47 of the local area high schools, with
IT Careers Camps hosted at all fourteen higher education institutions
that offer Information Technology-related degree programs: UC,
NKU, Miami, Wright State, Xavier, UD, Tomas Moore, College at Mt
St Joe, Cincinnati State, Sinclair Community College, Raymond Walters
College, DeVry, and ITT. For sponsorship, the program will reach
out to as many of the 6,000 members of the Cincinnati USA Regional
Chamber and Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce as possible.
Invitations to get involved include opportunities for IT Careers
Camp team sponsorships, paid summer internships, school-year guest
lecturers in high-school classes, behind-the-scenes school-term
site visits, and co-ops for undergrad and graduate students, both
local and international.
The INTERalliance concept is simply built around causing some of Cincinnati’s
best and brightest to pause and notice the incredible number of career opportunities
that exist in IT, and the amazing opportunities that exist right here in their
own backyards at best-in-class employers who are either global leaders in their
own right or entrepreneurial "ice-cutters", changing the technology
landscape through innovation. From 10th grade on, the INTERalliance will present
them, through their schools and the local employers, with a wide range of exciting,
experiential opportunities that will hopefully help them see what’s right
here in their own backyard.
The INTERalliance is a wonderful example of how the joined forces of the vital
members of an area's business and educational communities can change the shape
of the future for students in their region.
Changing the lives and perspectives of 80 of Cincinnati's
brightest young minds!
For four weeks starting on July 16th, twenty graduating 10th graders each week
got to experience a deep dive into the world of Information Technology at some
of the Greater Cincinnati region's leading employers.
The students were nominated by
their high schools for a wide variety of reasons, each responding
to the request from the INTERalliance for students "who would
get the most out of being shown what's available right here in Cincinnati
in the way of career opportunities in IT."
The 80 students were selected from 16 local college-prep high schools, including
Cincinnati Country Day, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Cincinnati Christian
Schools, Hughes Center HS, Indian Hill HS, Mount Notre Dame HS, Mother of Mercy
High School, St. Henry's District High School, St. Ursula Academy, St. Xavier
HS, Summit Country Day School, Sycamore High School, Ursuline Academy, Walnut
Hills HS, Western Hills University High School, Withrow University High School.
Sixty-five percent of the nominated students were young women! Read
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