The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that Andrew
Liveris, Dow’s chairman and CEO, will receive the U.S. News
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Leadership Hall of
Fame Award at the publication’s upcoming STEM Solutions National
Leadership Conference in San Diego, Calif.
“STEM education and career fields drive the innovation needed to
solve the major challenges humanity is facing,” said Liveris. “This
is why STEM education has been a priority of mine and a centerpiece
of Dow’s commitment to building the workforce of tomorrow. On
behalf of the tens of thousands of innovators, manufacturers and
problem solvers at Dow, I am honored to be recognized for helping
ignite students’ excitement for STEM education and for supporting
people in finding fulfilling careers in STEM fields.”
A chemical engineer himself, and a true believer in the power of
STEM jobs to grow economies, Liveris has made supporting education
and workforce a cornerstone of his leadership. He shares his
passion for the importance of STEM education to drive innovation
and manufacturing growth in the U.S. through both his book, “Make
It in America”, and through his leadership role of U.S. President
Trump’s Manufacturing Jobs Initiative.
Under Liveris’ leadership, Dow has mobilized employee
volunteers, known as STEM Ambassadors, to support teachers and
inspire students by providing real life examples to make technical
concepts easier to understand and to share insights on exciting
opportunities in STEM careers. In support of Dow’s 2025
Sustainability Goal to Engage Employees for Impact, in 2016 these
more than 2,200 Dow STEM Ambassadors logged more than 25,000
STEM-related volunteer hours, supporting more than 1,900 teachers
and enhanced STEM opportunities for more than 360,000 students.
A few examples of Dow’s STEM partnerships include:
FIRST®
As a strategic partner of FIRST®, Dow has created more than 200
FIRST Robotics teams in communities near our operations, many of
which are mentored by Dow employees. Many of the skills needed for
manufacturing and engineering roles are demonstrated through
participating in FIRST.
You Be The Chemist
To inspire middle school students to get excited about
chemistry, more than 14,000 middle schoolers in 15 U.S. states were
reached in 2016 through Dow’s support of You Be the Chemist, a
national chemistry competition, in local communities where Dow
people live and work.
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Since 2007, Dow has partnered with the Smithsonian Science
Education Center to bridge the connection between the classroom and
the real world through the Dow Smithsonian Teacher Scholars
professional development program and the joint development of hands
on activities for STEM Ambassadors to bring into classrooms. Dow
has reached approximately 300 teachers through the program, and in
2016 began co-sponsoring with business partner CH2M.
U.S. Apprenticeship Program
Launched in 2015, the Dow U.S. Apprenticeship Program offers a
pathway to manufacturing careers through both formal education and
on-the job training. The program has already grown to just under
100 apprentices across four states-MI, CA, TX, LA-with projections
of reaching 130 by the end of 2017. In addition to high school
graduates, the program is being marketed to veterans. In
celebration of National Manufacturing Day in October of 2016, Dow
employees hosted events and activities across the apprenticeship
sites and others to help expose young people to careers in
manufacturing, meet employees, and understand what education
programs existed in their communities.
Great Lakes Bay Region (Michigan) STEM Impact
Initiative
Through Dow’s support, the Initiative launched college and
university networks to advance STEM in the region based on
recommendations identified through a comprehensive study of the
region’s STEM infrastructure. In 2016, the region was chosen as one
of 27 communities in the U.S. to participate in the first STEM
Learning Ecosystems Initiative, a new effort to find
community-based approaches to providing more effective STEM
opportunities to young people.
The U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference is
focused on improving America's science, technology, engineering and
math skills. Produced by U.S. News & World Report, the
conference highlights STEM issues on a national stage and assembles
major corporations, leading educators and top policymakers to find
solutions to the STEM crisis. In addition to Liveris, U.S. News
will also present the STEM Leadership Hall of Fame Award to Ursula
Burns, chairman of Xerox Corporation; Susan Hockfield, PH.D.,
president emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
president-elect of AAAS; Iaonnis N. Miaoulis, PH.D., president and
director of the Museum of Science in Boston, Mass.; and Ellen
Ochoa, PH.D., former astronaut and director of NASA Johnson Space
Center.
Visit here for more information on Dow’s commitment to Building
the Workforce of Tomorrow.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from material,
polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems, such as the need for fresh
food, safer and more sustainable transportation, clean water,
energy efficiency, more durable infrastructure, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven
portfolio delivers a broad range of technology-based products and
solutions to customers in 175 countries and in high-growth sectors
such as packaging, infrastructure, transportation, consumer care,
electronics, and agriculture. In 2016, Dow had annual sales of $48
billion and employed approximately 56,000 people worldwide. The
Company's more than 7,000 product families are manufactured at 189
sites in 34 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the
"Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information
about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.
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