Excerpt from Spectrum News
Intel’s investment in Ohio is expected to bring in a lot of jobs and people from all walks of life.
The company says it’s trying to double the number of women and underrepresented minorities in senior leadership by 2030. Some universities are already getting a head start on making sure people in those demographics are ready to be hired.
Professor Fathi Amsaad helped create Wright State’s Intel-led summer internship program for women and underrepresented minorities.
“We don’t have a lot of minorities,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of women in engineering, right? So, we want to engage with minorities and give them opportunities because they are underserved, and they are economically disadvantaged.”
The program gives the students a lot of hands-on experience. They explore electronic hardware design, fabrication and security, so they can work at places like Intel one day.
“We want to make sure that we engage them to make sure that we can bring all the industry here, but we need workforce,” Amsaad said.
