CAREER OUTLOOK
BEYA’STOP I
by Lango Deen,
ldeen@ccgmag.com with additional reporting by Garland Thompson
t’s been 25 years of inspiration,” Ted Childs, a retired diversity executive at IBM Corporation, said at the 25th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards in the nation’s capital. The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), produced by Career Communica- tions Group showcases professional talent in science, technology, engineering and math and provides students with pathways to lucrative technical careers.
Over the past two decades, BEYA has put technical minds together with employers such as IBM Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, Raytheon Company, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, NASA, the National Security Agency and the U.S. Navy Recruit- ing Command to promote job opportunities in science, technol- ogy, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The theme of the 2011 BEYA STEM Conference was “Listen, Learn, Lead.” Throughout the three-day event, students and profession- als presented panel discussions and events focusing on career development, diversity and science, technology, engineering and math education. More than 100 companies and organizations supporting the rise of new graduates into technical careers were on display at the BEYA Job Fair, one of several recruitment, recognition and retention events held at the conference.
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BEYA’s top award, the 2011 Black Engineer of the Year, was presented to Lloyd Howell, executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton. Twenty other category award winners were also recognized for innovation, career advancement and diversity pro- grams. In Howell’s acceptance speech, he said he felt honored to be selected as the 25th Black Engineer of the Year. “I wake up everyday excited to make a difference,” he said. Howell serves as volunteer assistant coach for DC Heat, a youth basketball team. On behalf of Booz Allen Hamilton, he has supported the United Negro College Fund and Lincoln Universi- ty. His involvement with UNCF is not unusual in this community. BEYA has a history of persuading employers to recognize the strength of engineering departments at historically black colleges and universities. Tuskegee University Engineering Dean Legand Burge said
BEYA brings close involvement of corporate officers with HBCU deans and students. The HBCU Engineering Dean’s Roundtable has fostered cooperation between hiring officers and even a new industry-academic partnership: AMIE (Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering). Scholarships, internships, donation of laboratory equipment and loans of professionals for faculty posi- tions have all come out of the connection.
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