Chevron, the global energy company known for its commitment to "finding newer, cleaner ways to power the world," has joined the USA Science & Engineering Festival as a major sponsor, bringing with it a proven history of hands-on corporate outreach initiatives that ignite student motivation and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
And true to the company's innovative approach to outreach, students and others at the Festival Expo this April in Washington, D.C. can expect to experience a special Chevron exhibit that they won't soon forget: a smorgasbord of dynamic, interactive science demonstrations in one 3600 square-foot location – aptly called the STEM Zone! (Expo runs April 24-27)
"Science festivals are such a great way to reach out to communities," says Janet Auer, Chevron's Specialist of Education and Corporate Programs," so we're especially delighted to be a part of the USA Science & Engineering Festival – the largest event of its kind in the nation – since it brings together so many participants to show in dynamic ways how science impacts us all on an everyday basis."
"The Festival," adds Blair Blackwell, Manager of Education and Corporate Programs at Chevron, " also provides an opportunity to demonstrate the many ways our Chevron engineers are using STEM in their work each day, in addition to allowing us to educate kids and teachers about STEM careers and the various STEM-related outreach programs Chevron is involved with."
A popular exhibit attraction that the company has used with great success at previous outreach events is the Chevron STEM Zone, which Janet and Blair are eager to introduce to Festival Expo crowds for the first time.
In describing this interactive exhibit, Janet says: "Think of walking into a big tent and in one area you might do a ball drop to demonstrate gravity, and in another area you might participate in a robotics competition, and still in another zone you might blow up a balloon to create your own Hovercraft. The STEM Zone is a highly hands-on experience demonstrating how STEM is used in everyday life – from the science of sports to how Chevron engineers search for oil and gas."
As testament to Chevron's participation in the Festival, Chevron takes its commitment to outreach seriously. In the last three years, for example, it has provided $100 million to education initiatives, impacting more than one-half million students, the corporation reports.
Its key outreach involvements include: partnering with Project Lead the Way, one of the leading providers of STEM curricula for middle and high school students in the U.S.; the University Partnership Program, which works with colleges and universities around the world to build capacity through scholarships, grants and department gifts; Fuel Your School, an innovative collaboration that makes it easy for anyone to help public school teachers obtain classroom resources; and the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, which provides learning centers for under-served primary schools in Angola, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Venezuela.
Says Blair: "What helps drive Chevron in such efforts is knowing the critical role that education, especially STEM education, is playing, and will continue to play, in impacting the future of innovation and economic development in the U.S. and around the globe. That's why we invest in schools and teachers."
The Festival thanks Chevron and our other dedicated Sponsors and Partners for helping to inspire the STEM leaders and innovators of tomorrow!
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I can only wonder what kind of "inspiration" Chevron will be providing to the STEM leaders of tomorrow. Their CEO dismisses the risks of climate change, emphasizes finding, extracting, and selling more fossil fuels.
This post by carlyo reads like a corporate press release (I have no way of knowing if it is). Doesn't give me much confidence.
From the Associated Press, 27 December 2012:
"NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company's operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the threat of global warming.
And that means the world will need a lot more oil and gas in the years to come.
To meet that demand, Chevron is in the midst of an enormous cycle of investment aimed at extracting oil and gas from wherever it hides in the earth's crust.
Chevron Corp., based in San Ramon, Calif., is the second largest investor-owned oil and gas company in the world, and the third largest American company of any type as measured by revenue and profit. Over the last year, Chevron has earned $24 billion on revenue of $231 billion.
Every day, the company produces the equivalent of 2.7 million barrels of oil and gas, mostly outside the U.S.
Next year Chevron will invest $33 billion — more than it ever has — to drill wells, erect platforms, build refineries and scan for undiscovered deposits of oil and gas. Among its biggest projects: A natural gas operation in Australia that will ultimately cost Chevron and its partners $65 billion to build. Also planned are three deep-water drilling and production projects in the Gulf of Mexico that will cost $16 billion."
for more, see http://news.yahoo.com/chevron-ceo-policies-show-risk-high-energy-prices…
First sentence: I don't think that's what Chevron is "known" for. What they wish they were known for, sure. I think they are better known for making record profits selling gasoline while their customers struggle through a recession.