Today’s learners, tomorrow’s explorers and leaders
Although we can't truly know what tomorrow's careers will look like, we do know that the possibilities are endless.It’s incumbent upon all of us to create environments that empower today’s learners to become tomorrow’s leaders. Siemens is answering this call and working with you to nurture the curiosity, collaboration, and creativity that will be required for the careers and responsibilities of the future. And the bottom line is this: learning—no matter how or where it happens—is vital.
Siemens Empower Program expands our partnerships and ability to support customized programming in the areas of sustainability, STEAM, student success, workforce development, energy efficiency, and community engagement. From living laboratories to customized sustainability initiatives, we partner with you to inspire the next generation of leaders.
Through Empower, we enable the ideation and implementation of sustaining initiatives that are central to the core mission of each customer. Our purpose is to share resources and expertise with our strategic customers in ways that turn ambitions into real accomplishments.
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The Siemens Empower grant will be used to help fund three programs within the City of Miramar, FL that support educational opportunities for underserved citizens in the community.
Programs supported by the grant include the Miramar Technology Training Access Center to teach digital literacy, the Power Hour young student achievement program, and the Cultural Start Program / Siemens Passport into Arts and Culture, which engages citizens from every walk of life in unique educational and cultural opportunities.
The world has changed, and education needed to change, too. We changed how the students learn. We changed what they learn. That meant changing where they learn.Adrienne Turbeville, Content Literacy Support Teacher; Pine Grove Middle School, East Syracuse NY
The relationship between the educators at Pine Grove Middle School and Siemens isn’t simply that of customer and supplier. Siemens partnered with East Syracuse Minoa Central School District to transform the curriculum to help students develop their STREAM (Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts and Math) knowledge, as well as problem-solving and presentation skills and abilities.
The FUSE Lab looks so different from a traditional classroom. It’s busy and loud; it can be a bit much, honestly, but when you look closely at what’s happening, every single student is busy solving problems and talking about what they are learning.Alexis Mason, Teacher and FUSE Facilitator South Valley Junior High School, Gilbert AZ
South Valley Junior High was ready for a new approach to student learning opportunities. With a student-centered, inquiry-based approach, the FUSE program was a perfect fit. And so, Siemens awarded the school a $26,000 grant to implement the FUSE program, which included the FUSE software program, as well as a 3D printer. Today, the inspired program is engaging students and encouraging tomorrow’s leaders.
This (partnership) was critical to underscore Keene State’s commitment to the student experience and teaching about sustainability and climate change leadership.Cary Gaunt, Director of Campus Sustainability, Keene State College
Keene State is leveraging energy savings and facility improvement measures at its student center to create a learning lab fopr students to see what’s possible for the whole campus. A separate solar project is underway to bring attention to sustainability and climate responsibility.
Established in 2010, the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) Summer Engineering Academies (SEA) are a series of week‐long, hands‐on instructional camps for students entering grades 3 through 12 in Anchorage and the Mat‐Su Valley.
In combination with transformative facility systems and performance improvements through an ongoing collaboration between the University and Siemens Anchorage branch, support from Siemens Empower program will help create a SEA STEM program directly in line with UAA’s sustainability goals.
Creating the right environments for learning
Like education, partnerships are long-term commitments. With Siemens Empower program, we become more than a supplier. We listen, advise, and explore customizable programs that make an impact on your institution, students, faculty, staff, and community. Together we can create the right environments for learning that advance your core mission.How do we nurture curiosity, collaboration and creativity that will be required for the jobs of tomorrow?
STEAM programs help today’s learners advance their critical thinking, collaboration skills and creativity through Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Design, and Mathematics—all areas that will be vitally important to our world in the years to come. That’s why Siemens supports our customers and partners with the Empower program, which supports packaged and customized programs that foster student learning.
With the Empower Program, we work with you to inspire the next generation of leaders to think big, explore the world, and learn to solve problems individually and collaboratively. Designed to spark STEAM aspirations and curiosity, Empower STEAM kits include programs and challenges geared to engage, inspire, and spark your students.