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13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

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ITWorks students graduate December 2013. Through the course of the program, ITWorks students get internship experience while they earn a professional certification in IT. Even on graduation, students had lessons to learn. Over the past 16 weeks, they’ve been fully immersed in the IT world and today they graduate.

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ITWorks: Your Support Changes Lives

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Our students are unemployed or underemployed. Here’s how your generous tax-deductible contribution can go directly to work, helping those students to succeed: $50 purchases the tools a student needs for the course. 160 ensures one student can complete the A+ certification. He has since been promoted. Donate this.

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ITWorks: Changing Lives In 16 Weeks

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Of the students that are accepted into the ITWorks program: 100% of students work an internship upon graduation. 100% of students earn the Cisco IT Essential Professional Certification. Of the students that are accepted into the ITWorks program: 100% of students work an internship upon graduation. Donate this.

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ITWorks & SAP America: Connecting Young Adults To Bright Futures

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14 students from the ITWorks program in the Philadelphia area visited SAP America last week for Career Day this year. Career Day is just one of the opportunities students have to immerse themselves in the technology landscape. Career Day is just one of the opportunities students have to immerse themselves in the technology landscape.

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The Rise Of The Coding Bootcamp

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A common criticism of higher learning institutions in the United States is that they do not properly prepare students for their “real world careers.” Students are spending upwards of 4 years preparing for these mysterious, other-wordly jobs, only to finally arrive and be told they’re not properly trained.

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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shared the idea of connecting aid workers with students to share experiences. Students at the Center were able to participate in a Computer Technology after-school program, which taught the children how to build computers, using the donated, refurbished hardware.

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The Hour Of Code

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Only 10% of students (starting in elementary school) learn the basics of code. By removing the misconceptions surrounding coding and computer science, students can learn to create and innovate with technology at a young age. There is a 3-to-1 job gap between the number of coding jobs and the number of computer science graduates.

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