SONY Headquarters: New York, NY
Overview
“Sony in America believes in investing in the education of the nation’s children. By contributing to the educational well-being of students throughout the country today, we believe that we are helping to lay the foundation for the informed citizens and educated employees of tomorrow.”
Programs K-12 Rolling Readers USA
Employees from the company read aloud to the same group of elementary school students once a week. The company donates two new books per year to each of the school’s students.
HIGHER EDUCATION
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Sony supports the Council in providing scholarships that are designed to increase the representation of African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in careers in engineering, math and science.
Star Class Scholarship Program: Helping High School Students go to College The “Star Class” program began in 1991 with the fi rst scholarships awarded to two members of the graduat- ing class of 1994. The students are exposed to Sony professionals by participating in events such as Job Shadow Day and Career Day. The students also assist Company employees at Sony special events and
Sony-sponsored volunteer events such as the March of Dimes Walk, Junior Achievement and Sony Global Volunteer Day. Each year two winners are selected as seniors, and awarded $10,000 scholarships.
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Sony contributes to this fund, which provides merit scholarships and programmatic support to students attending the nation’s historically Black public colleges and universities.
OTHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES
Electronic Products Donations Sony gives electronic products to schools to aid education across the country; facilities that have received equipment include:
• Northview High School (Dothan, AL) • Adrian C. Wilcox High School (Santa Clara, CA) • Orange Glen High School (Escondido, CA) • The Community School (Teaneck, NJ) • Queens College (New York, NY) • University of California, Berkeley • University of California, San Diego
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