Howard University Gets $150 Million in Grants to Prepare Future Engineers (199 hits)
(Taylor Media Services) Predominantly Black Howard University in Washington, D.C. will soon get one of the largest the largest grants in its history: $150 million to help prepare future engineers and other technology professionals. Siemens PLM Software, a Plano-Texas-based software provider says the $150 million gift is designed to help strengthen the curriculum of Howard, which is known as the “Capstone of Black education.”
The series of grants will help the university with engineering software and student and instructor training as well as in specialized certification programs. The award was announced June 5th at the Business Software Alliance CEO Forum in Washington, D.C. Siemens provides PLM technology to more than a million students each year.
