© 2008 ibm corporation 2008/2009 ibm la grid student scholars program overview

© 2008 IBM Corporation

2008/2009 IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program Overview

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University Relations

University Relations LA Grid © 2008 IBM Corporation

Agenda

Overview of LA Grid Student Scholars Mentoring Calendar Internship/ Regular Placement (Guest Speaker: Antero Rivero) Additional Information About the Other Sub-Programs within LA Grid

Student Scholars– Technology

– Professional Development

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program

Objective:

Drive the development of computer scientists from underrepresented populations (emphasis on Hispanic) towards increasing the diversity in our workforce by significantly increasing the number and quality of touch points between select students and IBM.

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LA Grid ProgramWhat is LA Grid:

LA Grid, pronounced "lah grid," is an international multi-disciplinary research community “grid” and virtual computing grid enabling institutions and industry to extend beyond their individual reach and facilitate collaborative IT research, education and workforce development.

The LA Grid consortium consists of 10 Universities and two Super Computing centers across 4 countries collaborating with 4 IBM Research labs and numerous IBMers.

So far, some of LA Grid’s more recent accomplishments include:– $40+ million dollars, and counting, external research grants submitted with the first major

NSF grant now attained

– 45 IBM internships have been completed, 30 “scholars” have been mentored

– 240 Newspaper articles have appeared featuring LA Grid and IBM's leadership in the US, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Argentina

– 6 TV Feature stories on CNN en Espanol, Univision, US Networks and National Public Radio

– IBM Innovation that Matters' Campaign Feature

– 7 Shared University Research awarded.

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Program Definition “in a nutshell”

LA Grid Student Scholars is a unique program that offers opportunities to top Minority engineering/science talent students to develop their creative, collaborative, technical and professional skills.

Benefits:

Mentoring Opportunities with IBM Hispanic Executives and Professionals

Potential Research Opportunities

Potential Opportunities for Internship/Full-Time Employment with IBM

Access to a diverse set of seminars– Professional Development Workshops

– Technology

– Insights into Industry

Potential Opportunities for Invitations to Executive Roundtables and other leadership lectures

Networking opportunities with other students and professionals

High visibility with LA Grid Program and IBM

Polo-shirts (LA Grid - IBM Logo)

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LA Grid

LA Grid is a computing grid to link faculty, students, and researchers from institutions across the United States, Latin America and Spain. Aimed at preparing Hispanic students for careers in information technology and stimulating local economies.http://latinamericangrid.org/

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Major Initiatives/Teams

Overall Program management Mentoring Internship/Regular Placement Technology

– Seminars

– Competitions

– Curriculum Involvement

Professional Development

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Overall Program Management

“Overall Program Management” Team

Overall Program Leader– Heidi Lagares

Communications (Networking/Website Site, etc)– William Fernandez

Sub-Program Leadership Team– Sa’mine Jernigan – Mentoring

– David Gomez - Technology

– Hector Bird – Professional Development

– Antero Rivero – Internship/Regular Employment

Program Consultant– Jack Boyce

HR (Recruiting) Liaison– Raul Munoz

AI Liaison– Jeff Gibbs


2008 IBM LA Grid Student Scholars ProgramMentoring

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Mentoring

Goals Ensure every student is provided the guidance to optimize their professional success

– Increase awareness– Provide insight– Provide tailoring, relevance– Focus on preparation– Ensure leverage

Increase excitement surrounding IBM; around innovation leadership, career and job opportunities

Optimize leverage of special opportunities, such as Extreme Blue, PhD Fellowship, etc. Gain greater understanding of challenges involved and address Develop a tight supportive relationship with Recruiting team Make a measurable difference!

Objective To actively encourage and engage every student in a mentoring “personalized” relationship

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“Mentoring” Team

Overall Program Leader– Sa’mine Jernigan

Section Leader– Melissa Betancourt

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Please be a Mentor

Goals For the Mentors To make a difference! This is an opportunity to make a difference with these students (some of

them have never done mentoring) Be fully committed to the mentoring relationship, making time and take the lead towards eventually

sharing ownership Offer career guidance and share successes and challenges. Explain the importance and excitement of technology careers in the minority groups Provide feedback and coaching Be a role model!!!

Commitment At least one communication per month (phone preferably – think “personal touch”) Be aware off, and communicate, key program messages and objectives (attend periodic team calls

and/or listen to replay) Provide brief documented feedback for each mentoring encounter Give overall program feedback to LA Grid Student Scholars Mentoring Lead

Mission We want to engage every student in a mentoring program. Some of them have never participated

in a mentoring program. Others might not be as committed. Therefore, we need to go the extra mile, and we want to make sure we can make it the best experience possible for them.

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General Hints and Tips for the Mentor/Protégé Relationship (cont.)

Provide constructive feedback.... specific, honest, and timely. Consider where you are, where you are going, and what you’ve accomplished. Be prepared to change directions if necessary and be sure to ask for any help if needed.

Both mentor and Protégé need to:

– Drive success and bring high enthusiasm

– Facilitate dialog and learning through various means

– Stick to a meeting schedule

Develop, update, and keep to the roadmap; it will add structure while discovering common ground through which to get to know each other

Record your meetings. Main points discussed ? Main issues/challenges encountered ? Feedback points provided ? Actions to be taken?


2008 IBM LA Grid Student Scholars ProgramCalendar

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Upcoming Events!

Student Contest Kickoff – September 22nd Career Seminar (1st Non-Technical) – September 29th

Mentoring – End of September Interim-Competition run and results sent back to students – October

3rd 2nd Non-Technical Seminar October 27th

Recruiting – September/October (depending on the school)

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Program Calendar

August, 2008

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15-Send Facebook

Message – Welcome Back to

School

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17 18-Send Welcome Back Email (get

information about Summer Jobs)

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24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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KickOff IBM Team, Mentor Training, Mtg w/ Univ

Completed Draft of Student Scholars Plan

Finalize Student Scholars Plan

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September, 2008


1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12- Send Facebook Message to keep

students engaged

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

Program Kickoff (students), Mentee training

Student Contest Kickoff

Sem: Eclipse/Java

Career seminar

Sem: internship/employment, Mentee Discussion (mentoring)

Univ of Miami – Campus Recruiting

FIU – Campus Recruiting UPRM – Campus Recruiting

FAU – Campus Presentation

Mentoring Pairing

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October, 2008


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10- Send Facebook Message to keep

students engaged

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12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Send Polo Shirts, Sem: Cloud Computing, LA Grid Summit ?, Contest Winner Announce

Technical/Non-Technical seminarStudent Contest Completion, Non-Technical seminar

Sem: Web 2.0

Non-Technical Seminar

Interim-Competition run and results sent back to students

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November, 2008


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2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21- Send Facebook Message to wish

nice break

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23 24 25 26 27- Thanksgiving

28-Day Off @ IBM

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Non-Technical seminar

Checkpoint with Mentors/Mentees, Sem: SOA

Sem: Virtual Reality

SHPE Conference, USA Assistantship Announce

Univ of Miami – Campus Recruiting

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December, 2008


1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10- Send Xmas card/email

11 12Send Facebook

Message to close the year

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25- Xmas

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28 29 30 31-New Years

Student: End of the Year thanks, 2008 Questionnaire, insight to 2009

IBM Team: End of the Year thanks, 2008 Questionnaire, insight to 2009


2008 LA Grid Student Scholars Program<Internship/Regular Placement>

Antero Rivero Sep. 17, 2008

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Internship/Regular Placement

Goals To ensure every student is provided the awareness and guidance to optimize

their success towards attaining an internship assignment or regular employment– Provide insight into application process and timing

– Increase the awareness of available job opportunities

– Provide mentoring and tailored guidance in internship opportunity selection

– Ensure leverage of all available recruiting programs, i.e. Extreme Blue, GEM Fellowships, etc.

Objective Actively encourage and support every student to pursue IBM internships and

eventual regular employment opportunities.

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Plan Provide insight into application process and timing

– Attend Fall Career Fairs/Recruiting Events for Spring CO-OP and Summer Internships

– December grads need to be applying to Job Postings – NOW!

Increase the awareness of available job opportunities – Communicate ‘internships/regular job postings’ to all LA Grid students via ‘news flashes’,

Facebook, 1-on-1s

– Provided to all LA Grid students by ‘Internship/Regular Placement Team’ and ‘mentors’

Provide mentoring and tailored guidance in internship opportunity selection – Provided to all LA Grid students by ‘Internship/Regular Placement Team’ and ‘mentors’

Ensure leverage of all available recruiting programs– Optimize and leverage special opportunities, i.e. Extreme Blue, Project Views, GEM Fellowships

– ‘Internship/Regular Placement Team’ and ‘mentors’ working closely with IBM Recruiting teams to synchronize activities and tailor/individualize

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Overall Internship/Regular Placement Team

Antero Rivero (Lead) Lanness Robinson *

Madeline Vega (UPRM)Vanessa Vazquez (UPRM)Evy Torrez (FIU)

Javier Torrez (FIU) * UM/FAU/UNF…TBD

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Additional Information About the Other Sub-Programs Within LA Grid Student Scholars


2008 IBM LA Grid Student Scholars ProgramTechnology

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Technology

Plan Deliver a seminar series on the following themes

– Virtual Reality

– Cloud Computing

– Web 2.0

– SOA

– Innovation

Deliver student contest– Excellence, support, enthusiasm

– Celebrate success

– Provide “beta” for IBM/ACM international competition

Knowledge delivery to appropriate medium (succinct)– Avail for later recall

Ensure support is communicated to students directly and through mentoring/personalized channel Build excitement, provide criticality of material (Tie technology to relevancy) Identify/develop appropriate technical contacts within IBM Work with Academic Initiative team; synchronize activities, reinforce key messages and tailor/individualize Help conceptualize, develop and provide “concept beta” delivery for IBM/ACM international contest. Develop and employ mechanism for continuous improvement Assess progress via measurable objectives and measurements

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Technology

“Technology” Team

Overall Program Leader– David Gomez

Seminar Leaders– Mike Marin

– Werayuth (Tero) Charoenruengkit

Competition Leader– Servando Varela

– Mike Taylor– Robert Loredo

Program Consultant– Jack Boyce

AI Liaison– Jeff Gibbs


2008 IBM LA Grid Student Scholars ProgramProfessional Development

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Professional Development

Plan Deliver a seminar series on the following themes

– Career Advancement

– Leadership

– Collaboration/Teaming

– Effective Communications Ensure support is communicated to students directly and through mentoring/personalized channel Work with HR Recruiting team; synchronize activities, reinforce key messages and customize Develop and employ mechanism for continuous improvement Assess progress via measurable objectives and metrics

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IBM LA Grid Student Scholars Program – Professional Development

“Professional Development” Team

Overall Program Leader

– Hector Bird

Seminar Leaders

– Mircea Marandici

– Gary Pietrocarlo

HR Liaison

– Raul Munoz

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