Huntington Ingalls Industries Supports 20 Nuclear and Environmental Scholarships
March 10 2021 - 9:30AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions
division announced its financial commitment to contribute to 20
post-secondary nuclear and environmental scholarship awards,
through its Waste Management Symposia (WMS) sponsorship with the
Roy G. Post Foundation.
The virtual awards presentation will take place on March 10
during the 2021 WMS international conference. HII’s contribution
will also enable 60 educators to access STEM educational resources
to enhance instruction, including lesson plans, virtual field
trips, laboratory tours, project starters and access to symposium
panel discussion recordings.
“At its core, HII is a workforce development company,” said
Michael Lempke, president of Technical Solutions’ Nuclear and
Environmental Services business group. “Our ability to develop
experienced leaders within the nuclear and environmental space is
unmatched. We are proud to contribute to scholarships for future
leaders in support of our nation’s critical infrastructure.”
HII is committed to workforce development in its communities
nationwide and around the globe. From its early childhood education
initiatives, including the HII Scholarship Fund, to its nationally
recognized apprenticeship programs at Newport News Shipbuilding,
Ingalls Shipbuilding and N3B joint venture (with partners from New
Mexico government, academia and the U.S. Department of Energy
National Training Center), HII is deeply committed to education and
workforce development.
About Waste Management SymposiaThe annual WMS
international conference for the management of radioactive waste
and related topics, provides the premier open forum for discussing
and seeking safe, environmentally responsible, technically sound
and cost effective solutions to the management and disposition of
radioactive wastes and the decommissioning of nuclear facilities to
enhance the transparency and credibility of the global radioactive
waste industry.
About Roy G. Post FoundationThe Roy G. Post
Foundation is a non-profit organization to provide scholarships to
students to develop careers in the safe management of nuclear
materials and to participate in the WM Conference. The foundation
has awarded scholarships to more than 150 undergraduate and
graduate students from all around the world and provided over $4
million educational support to students to attend the annual WMS
conference.
About Huntington Ingalls IndustriesHuntington
Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding
company and a provider of professional services to partners in
government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s Newport
News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi
have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S.
naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division supports
national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems,
defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and environmental
services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more
than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally.
For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
- HII on YouTube: www.youtube.com/huntingtoningalls
- HII on Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntingtoningalls
Contact:Beci BrentonBeci.Brenton@hii-co.com(202) 264-7143
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