National Innovation Summit Shines on HBCU Students
Getting discovered doesn’t just happen in Hollywood. Just ask Jordan Washington, a senior biological engineering student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T).
During the competition, Washington and other select students across the country were challenged with a renewable energy case study.
On the final day, they pitched design and business solutions to a panel of expert judges.
The 23-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, didn’t get his big career break from an online job application or in-person interview. His talent, tenacity, and tangible solutions about renewable energy wowed judges during a national business pitch competition. His winning efforts landed him a summer internship at Chevron—and fueled his early career path.
For Jordan Washington, a Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholar, an impressive pitch at the Chevron Energy Innovation Summit landed him a summer internship. Now, he’s preparing for his first full-time job after graduation.
The three-day event is designed to discover the best and brightest engineering talent from HBCUs.
As a student at a HBCU, this is huge, said Washington, now in his final semester.
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