Statement of John Chambers on Funding for the E-Rate Program
Statement of Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers on the FCC Proposal to Provide Necessary Funding for the E-Rate Program
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Cisco IT Managers Break Record for Largest Group Volunteering Event
Yesterday, 500 Cisco employees assembled kits for two of our nonprofit partners, making the World Wide IT Manager’s Offsite (WWITMO) “Giving Back” event Cisco’s largest volunteer effort ever. Two-hundred volunteers assembled hands-on activity kits for
Judging the Future at Cisco’s Silicon Valley Innovation Jam
As a recent graduate of San Jose State University (SJSU), I’ve seen how technology can improve education. Wi-Fi access in every classroom is eliminating the PowerPoint lectures of old and replacing them with 21st-century lesson plans. Students are
IoT, STEM, Women, Innovation, Manufacturing and the 52% Opportunity
I can humbly say that I can now understand, embrace and apply the phrase that my grandfather often spoke, “Son, I’ve lived a little. Trust your eyes more than your ears. May the HOPE experienced by your ears be the reality of your eyes.” I, one day
Challenging the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
Yesterday, Cisco and Junior Achievement of Northern California hosted Cisco’s inaugural Social Innovation Challenge on our San Jose campus. Fifty high school students from nearby Independence High School and Sequoia High School worked together in
Cisco Empowered Women’s Network Sponsors San Jose State University STEM Challenge
Last month Cisco Empowered Women’s Network (CiscoEWN) sponsored a San Jose State University STEM Challenge together with CloudNOW. The goal was to promote technology career paths for college women and to recognize students’ innovative efforts at San
Finding Students’ ‘Voice’ on STEM as part of Cisco’s Day of Action
Later this week, four dozen high-school students will gather in an auditorium in North San Jose. They will stand before a panel of judges, not to sing the latest pop song for The Voice or American Idol, but to blow judges away with their proposals
Preparing Texas Students Today for the STEM Jobs of Tomorrow
This post written by guest blogger Steve Slattery, Vice President of Unified Communications and Customer Engagement, Cisco Nearly 60 10th graders from the Plano Independent School District STEM Academy came to Cisco’s Richardson, Texas, campus
The Global STEM Alliance: Collaborative Education and Mentoring to Solve the “STEM Paradox”
The New York Academy of Sciences has recently released a report that redefines the global STEM crisis as a “STEM paradox”: there are sufficient numbers of STEM graduates, but low numbers of grads who are actually prepared for work, “brain drain” from