Smart Talks with IBM: How P-TECH Prepares Students for the Future of Work
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Today on Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe talk with IBM's Joel Mangan, Executive Director of P-TECH, and recent P-TECH graduates Suyhalia Karim-Doran and Eric Cholula-Martinez about how P-TECH, a groundbreaking public education model, is addressing education and workforce development challenges for underserved students.
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| 0:31.5 | Today we're going to be talking about IBM's role in an educational model known as P-Tech, |
| 0:37.2 | which was established in 2011 with a mission to empower students with the skills they need |
| 0:42.4 | for careers in STEM. |
| 0:44.9 | We'll be talking with Joelle Mangun, Executive Director of the P-Tech program at IBM, |
| 0:51.0 | as well as P-Tech graduate and hardware developer Eric Chalula Martinez and P-Tech graduate |
| 0:57.3 | and IBM apprentice, Suhalia Karamdoran. |
| 1:00.9 | If you want to hear previous entries in this series, you can simply look up the episodes |
| 1:04.4 | labeled Smart Talks in our feed from earlier this year and you can also check out the episodes |
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| 1:13.0 | And now let's jump right into our conversation. |
| 1:17.8 | Joelle, let's start with you. |
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