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PRINCE GEORGE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) aligns its programs and resources with student and community needs. This is part of the college’s mission to enhance the economic vitality of the region. Nearly 40,000 students each year enroll at PGCC. Transforming lives through education is a big part of the PGCC mission.

Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) opened its doors 10 years ago and provided the Patriots with a home-base for its programs and competitions preparation. Monthly meetings, workshops, competitions, and conferences were held to accommodate the following:

Patriots/NSBE Jr Chapter Meetings
Biology Chemistry & Math
Bio-Medical Workshops
Cyber Security Workshops
Flight Simulation
Girl Scouts STEM Carnival
Hackathon Workshops
Lego Workshops
Maryland Regional Middle School Science Bowl
Summer Camp
Video Gaming Tournament/Conference

NSBE

General Dynamics

Bowie State University

As Maryland’s first historically black public university, Bowie State University empowers a diverse population of students to reach their potential by providing innovative academic programs and transformational experiences as they prepare for careers, lifelong learning, and civic responsibility. Bowie State University supports Maryland’s workforce and economy by engaging in strategic partnerships, research, and public service to benefit our local, state, national, and global communities. Bowie State University will be widely recognized as one of the nation’s best public comprehensive universities that is a model for academic excellence, innovation, and student success.

For the past seven years, Bowie State University has been instrumental in hosting the Patriots programs and competitions. We see this as a win-win partnership when the students and the parents are able to visit the campus, talk to the professors and students to hear about college life at Bowie and what it has to offer.

The Patriots also partnered with the Elementary Education Majors who, as future teachers in the classroom, hosted our summer camp for 25 students.

The following are programs that are hosted at Bowie:

Back to Patriots Kick-Off (For students returning to school in the fall; recruiting of new members and presentation of Patriots programs)
Lego Competition
Patriots Annual Youth Summit

Microsoft

NASA

Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center

IronBow

BDPA

Black Data Processing Association (BDPA)

The Black Data Processing Association (BDPA) mission to bridge digital divides across cyber security, information technology (IT) and telecommunications competency gaps spans 40+ years. BDPA-DC's projects across the National Capital Region support career development and economic development through well blended and tailored series of student programs, industry outreach, community relations, and legislative affairs primarily for urban and underserved communities.

BDPA has partnered with the Patriots and invited our members to attend their computer programming workshops and, as well, their members have participated in the Patriots competitions and programs.

SATech

SYSTEMS APPLICATION & TECHNOLOGYIES, INC. (SA-TECH)

Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. (SA-TECH) specializes in providing Operations & Maintenance (O&M), Engineering, Information Technology (IT), and Logistics support in highly regulated environments, to support the Test & Evaluation (T&E) and Training missions of a variety of Department of Defense (DOD) customers.

The SA-TECH CEO, Timothy Adams, is a major sponsor and partner as he has been a keynote speaker at the Patriots Aerospace/Aviation Summit and Video Gaming Conference/Tournament and instrumental in expanding our Aerospace/Aviation Competition hosted at Joint Base Andrews. For the last three years we have had 300 students to attend the summit at the base.

SA-TECH has always been a sponsor at the following events.

Aerospace/Aviation Summit
Bio-Medical Workshop/Competition
Cyber Security Workshop/Competition
E-Mentoring Program
Hackathon Workshop/Competition
Internet TV Show
Ship Building Workshop/Competition
Summer Camp
Video Gaming Conference/Tournament

MedStar Health

MedStar Health is a comprehensive system across the Maryland and Washington, DC region with hundreds of locations, including an extensive primary care and urgent care network, many telehealth options for urgent (eVisit) and non-urgent (Video Visit) care solutions, and acute care hospitals with world renowned experts in infectious disease and infection prevention.

MedStar has provided sponsorship for the Annual Bio-Medical Competition and has also made available their doctors to be a part of our E–Mentoring Program. This program allows students the opportunity to forward questions about a medical career to the doctors. MedStar has hosted and provided judges for the Bio-Medical competition. Our students have benefited by networking with the doctors which helped them understand the pathway to being in the medical field industry.

MITRE

BEYA

Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference (BEYA)

The BEYA STEM Community, over 10,000 strong, offers K-12 students, college students, corporate, government, military professionals, business, and industry employers with three (3) days of learning, networking, celebrating excellence, and showcasing STEM career opportunities.

The Patriots have been attending the BEYA conference for over 23 years. Our members have attended the workshops, mentoring programs, and exhibit hall to meet over 100 government agencies, IT organizations and college and universities representatives. Patriots has partnered with BEYA by recruiting 1200 students to attend the Pre-College and Mentoring Program. For the past four years, we have hosted the Patriots STEM Carnival at BEYA as well as the Women of Color Conference in Detroit, Michigan inviting government agencies, IT companies, and college universities as exhibitors and providing over 25 hands-on STEM exhibits that include:

Biology, Chemistry and Math
Coding
Cyber Security
Drone Racing
Flight Simulation
Health Exhibit
Shipbuilding
Solar System
Video Game Design
Virtual Reality

National Air Traffic Controllers Association

NATIONAL AIR TRAFFICE CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION (NATCA)

NATCA is a labor union and aviation safety organization in the United States that represents nearly 20,000 highly skilled air traffic controllers, engineers, and other aviation safety-related professionals.

These air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals make vital contributions to the U.S. economy and make modern life possible by coordinating the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of nearly one billion aviation passengers and millions of tons of freight within the National Airspace System each year. NATCA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

The NATCA has been a vital partner and sponsor by helping with the expansion of the Patriots Aerospace Program. They have managed the Air Traffic Controllers Competition, setup exhibits, and provided volunteers at our summit hosted by Joint Base Andrews.

They have also hosted a mini-conference by providing three representatives to give the students an overview on pursuing a career in the Air Traffic Controller industry. At the conference, the students were able to compete in the Airport Madness 3D Competition that challenged the student’s skill to see how many airplanes they could take off and land. We are thankful for the NATCA volunteers being mentors for our E-Mentoring Program.

TRex

T-REX has designed, built, integrated, and operated some of the world’s largest mission critical systems for our government clients who need to leverage the power of data. They have invaluable experience in implementing complex IT modernization projects with critical cyber data protection requirements, aggressive schedules, and large size and scale. They foster innovation, while mitigating risk, saving time and money, and improving benefit-to-cost ratios.

T-REX has supported the Patriots Cyber Security Competition by providing judges, supported our students by providing the opportunity for them to interview their employees, sponsored a conference registration for the students to attend a Cyber Security Conference, Chair the E-Mentoring Program and provided funding. We see this as a win-win situation as a roadmap for students to not only major in a STEM career but to prepare them to work with T-REX in the future.

T-REX has supported the following events:

Cyber Security Workshop/Competition
Hackathon Workshop/Competition
Patriots/NSBE Jr Chapter
Pre-Mother’s Day Workshop/Competition
Solar System Workshop/Competition
STEM Youth Summit
Summer Camp

Verizon

VERIZON is one of the largest communication technology companies in the world. Verizon Communications Inc. the company offers voice, data and video services and solutions on its award winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.

VERIZON has been a standing partner with the Patriots for the past 10 years. They have provided volunteers and in 2019 Verizon awarded the Patriots a $100,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to expand our staffing, STEM programs and competitions.

VERIZON has supported and participated in the following workshops/competitions:

Aerospace/Aviation Summit
Back to Patriots Kick-Off Conference
Bio-Medical Competition
Cyber Security Competition
E-Mentoring Program
Internet TV Show
Shipbuilding Competition
Solar System Competition
Summer Camp
Video Gaming Conference

Washington Gas

WASHINGTON GAS (WGL Holdings, Inc.)

WGL Holdings, Inc., is a public utility holding company that serves more than 1 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. As a subsidiary of AltaGas, it provides natural gas, electricity, sustainable energy, carbon neutrality and energy services, and also is engaged in natural gas exploration, production, and storage. The company operates four divisions: Washington Gas, WGL Energy, WGL Midstream, and Hampshire Gas.

Washington Gas has been a partner since day one when Patriots was born. They supported our first Annual Youth Summit and is a sponsor and the Mistress of Ceremony . The Youth Summit has been hosted annually that draws over 400 students to the event. The summit hosts workshops, exhibitors, and competitions. The signature program that the Washington Gas host is the Jeopardy Game where the students can win prizes at the summit. WG has also played a major role in our Pre-Mother’s Day Competition.

WG has also supported the following programs:

Cyber Security Workshop/Competition
Jeopardy Game
Hackathon Workshop/Competition
Pre-Mother’s Day
Renewable Energy Workshop/Competition
Youth Summit

Comcast

Comcast is an American telecommunications conglomerate. It is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world, the largest pay-TV company, the largest cable TV company and largest home internet service provider in the United States, and the nation’s third-largest home telephone service provider.

COMCAST has been side-by-side for 15 years in awarding the Patriots with grants and volunteers. The Patriots has been the recipient of the COMCAST Care Program that provides the assistance of their employees who come out and support the Patriots annual youth summit which draws over 400 students. These great volunteers help with the planning and execution of our programs. The COMCAST CARE Program with it volunteers bring a lot of value to the Patriots Technology Training Center. A representative from COMCAST is a member on the Patriots Board of Directors.

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees, it is one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers. At Northrop Grumman, they are leading and defining the future from air, cyber, land and sea to space. Their teams of pioneers stand ready to define what is possible every day.

Northrop Grumman is one of our prominent sponsor and partner in supporting Patriots STEM with volunteers and hosting our programs. Throughout the year, they have supported our following programs:

Aerospace/Aviation Summit
Back to Patriots Kick-Off Conference
Bio-Medical Competition
Cyber Security Competition
E-Mentoring Program
Internet TV Show
Shipbuilding Competition
Solar System Competition
Summer Camp
Video Gaming Conference

USDA

Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) protects the health of U.S. agriculture and natural resources against invasive pests and diseases, regulates genetically engineered crops, administers the Animal Welfare Act, and helps people and wildlife coexist. APHIS also certifies the health of U.S. agricultural exports and resolves phytosanitary and sanitary issues to open, expand, and maintain markets for U.S. plant and animal products.

For the last six years, USDA has sponsored and hosted the Patriots STEM Summer Camp at their Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) office in College Park, Maryland. Students went to different APHIS departments, did a report and then returned to the group giving a presentation on the function of the departments before a panel of USDA judges. A plaque was presented to the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners.

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STEM CAREERS

Patriots/NSBE Jr.
Internet TV Show

STEM CAREERS

Patriots/NSBE Jr.Internet TV Show

Patriots/NSBE Jr.
Internet TV Show