Alexis Raymond
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Cisco Supports Citizen Schools as a National Leadership Partner
Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for underserved students, today announced Cisco as a new National Leadership Partner. Cisco and the Cisco Foundation have supported Citizen Schools since 2009, providing more than $1.24 mi…
How Cisco is Increasing Professional Opportunities for Women in the Middle East
Today on Triple Pundit, Leon Kaye writes about the challenges Saudi Arabian women face in finding meaningful employment, and how the Cisco Networking Academy program is helping to create more opportunities for them. Of the nearly 17,000 Networking Academy students in Saudi Arabia, 42 percent are wom…
Three Cisco Employee Volunteers Recognized as “Citizen Teachers of the Year” by Citizen Schools
Three Cisco employees were recently named “Cisco Citizen Teachers of the Year” by Citizen Schools, one of Cisco’s longtime nonprofit education partners. More than 125 volunteers from Cisco have stepped out of their jobs as engineers, sales executives, and technology professionals to become mentors a…
Cisco and MIND Research Institute Are Reimagining Math Education
This post is derived from the 2012 MIND Research Institute Annual Report. When Tylicia transferred to third-grade at Occohannock Elementary in Virginia’s Northampton County, her teachers described her as polite but extremely quiet in class. She was failing math, but wouldn’t ask questions when she n…
Cisco’s Palestine Investment Commitment Featured in Forbes Magazine
The August 12 issue of Forbes magazine features Cisco’s investment to fuel job creation and economic development in the Palestinian information and communications technology (ICT) industry. “We do this because we want to change the world. And we don’t do it on a small scale. It’s nice to help a vill…
Cisco Among Top Bay Area Philanthropists
Cisco was recognized yesterday by the San Francisco Business Times as #6 on its list of Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Greater Bay Area. Cisco has a long history of supporting the communities where its employees live and work. For example, one of Cisco’s longest-running traditions is a specia…
Networking Academy Instructors Help Close Widening Job Skills Gap
Starting tomorrow, hundreds of Cisco Networking Academy instructors from the United States and Canada will travel to San Jose, California for the 2013 Academy Conference. Networking Academy instructors prepare people to design, build, maintain, and secure computer networks. Demand for these skills i…
Cisco CEO John Chambers Recognized Among 100 CEO Leaders in STEM
“Given the rapid speed of change in today’s global marketplace, a country must invest in its greatest asset—its people—and train them to excel in science, technology, engineering, and math [STEM].” Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers A skilled workforce is the backbone of a successful and competiti…
On Girls in ICT Day, Cisco Encourages Teens to Pursue Technology Careers
Teenage girls use computers and the Internet as much as boys do, but are five times less likely to consider a technology-related career. In the United Kingdom, fewer than 1 in 5 computer scientists are women (Women and ICT), and in the United States, women hold more degrees than men and make up 58 p…
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