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The Education Pipeline Presents: SUNY Works

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SUNY Works logoThe Education Pipeline is always excited to update you on what is happening around the state from our exciting and meaningful initiatives. This week we would like to re-introduce you to the SUNY Works initiative, which brings students, SUNY schools, and local employers together to create on-the-job work experience for students. SUNY Works allows students to get experience in their chosen field of study, explore different aspects of the company they are working for, and in all co-op experiences and some internships, get paid!

Last year was an exciting year for SUNY Works as nine pilot programs, launched in 2011, continued to strengthen the Co-op/internship experience by building partnerships with local businesses, expanding the offerings to students, and receiving additional funding from the Carnegie Foundation!

With the SUNY Works program growing all across New York State, you may be asking yourself, what exactly is SUNY Works? To answer that question, and fill you in on the basics, we’ve created a FAQ below that we hope will answer some questions.

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2012 Year in Review – SUNY Works Program Receives Carnegie Corporation Grant

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As we count down to the new year, we thought we’d share some of the SUNY news you may have missed during 2012.

SUNY receives Carnegie Corporation Grant to support UNY Works inititaive
Last month, the Carnegie Corporation awarded SUNY a $500,000 grant to support the SUNY Works initiative.  The funds will be used for bringing cooperative education to college campuses across the state.

As part of the program, campuses have developed partnerships with businesses and employers to combine coursework and job training.  Companies that have partnered with SUNY include Global Foundries, General Electric, IBM, Motorola, and Chevron.

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