ePlus Launches GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow® 2025 Program
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) has launched its 2025 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow® program, a STEM initiative aimed at encouraging middle and high school girls to pursue careers in technology. The program, which began in 2017 as a joint initiative with Cisco, has expanded to include more than 100 girls from seven schools across five states.
The 2025 program focuses on exposing participants to cybersecurity, AI, and other technology areas through mentoring and learning opportunities. Since its inception, nearly 500 girls have graduated from GRIT. The initiative was created in response to the global shortage of cybersecurity professionals, particularly women, with current statistics showing women comprise less than one-third of the global technology workforce and only 35% of STEM employees in the U.S.
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) ha lanciato il suo programma 2025 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow®, un'iniziativa STEM destinata a incoraggiare le ragazze delle scuole medie e superiori a intraprendere carriere nel settore tecnologico. Il programma, avviato nel 2017 come iniziativa congiunta con Cisco, si è ampliato includendo oltre 100 ragazze provenienti da sette scuole in cinque stati.
Il programma 2025 si concentra sull'esposizione dei partecipanti a aree come la cybersecurity, l'intelligenza artificiale e altre tecnologie attraverso opportunità di mentoring e apprendimento. Dalla sua nascita, quasi 500 ragazze hanno conseguito il diploma attraverso GRIT. L'iniziativa è stata creata in risposta alla carenza globale di professionisti della cybersecurity, in particolare donne, con statistiche attuali che mostrano come le donne rappresentino meno di un terzo della forza lavoro tecnologica globale e solo il 35% dei dipendenti STEM negli Stati Uniti.
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) ha lanzado su programa 2025 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow®, una iniciativa STEM destinada a alentar a las chicas de secundaria y preparatoria a seguir carreras en tecnología. El programa, que comenzó en 2017 como una iniciativa conjunta con Cisco, se ha expandido para incluir a más de 100 chicas de siete escuelas en cinco estados.
El programa 2025 se centra en exponer a los participantes a la ciberseguridad, la inteligencia artificial y otras áreas tecnológicas a través de oportunidades de mentoría y aprendizaje. Desde su inicio, casi 500 chicas se han graduado de GRIT. La iniciativa fue creada en respuesta a la escasez global de profesionales en ciberseguridad, especialmente mujeres, con estadísticas actuales que muestran que las mujeres constituyen menos de un tercio de la fuerza laboral tecnológica global y solo el 35% de los empleados STEM en EE. UU.
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS)는 2025년 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow® 프로그램을 시작했습니다. 이 STEM 프로그램은 중학교 및 고등학교 여학생들이 기술 분야의 경력을 추구하도록 장려하는 것을 목표로 하고 있습니다. 이 프로그램은 2017년에 Cisco와 공동으로 시작된 이래로, 현재 다섯 개 주의 일곱 개 학교에서 100명이 넘는 여학생들이 참여하고 있습니다.
2025년 프로그램은 멘토링 및 학습 기회를 통해 참여자들에게 사이버 보안, 인공지능 및 기타 기술 분야를 접할 수 있도록 하는 데 중점을 두고 있습니다. 시작 이후 거의 500명의 여학생들이 GRIT 프로그램을 졸업했습니다. 이 이니셔티브는 특히 여성의 사이버 보안 전문가 부족에 대한 대응으로 만들어졌으며, 현재 통계에 따르면 여성은 세계 기술 인력의 3분의 1도 되지 않으며, 미국의 STEM 종사자는 35%에 불과합니다.
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) a lancé son programme 2025 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow®, une initiative STEM visant à encourager les filles du collège et du lycée à poursuivre des carrières dans la technologie. Le programme, qui a débuté en 2017 en collaboration avec Cisco, s'est élargi pour inclure plus de 100 filles provenant de sept écoles dans cinq États.
Le programme 2025 se concentre sur l'exposition des participantes à la cybersécurité, à l'IA et à d'autres domaines technologiques à travers des opportunités de mentorat et d'apprentissage. Depuis sa création, près de 500 filles ont obtenu leur diplôme grâce à GRIT. L'initiative a été créée en réponse à la pénurie mondiale de professionnels en cybersécurité, en particulier des femmes, les statistiques actuelles montrant que les femmes représentent moins d'un tiers de la main-d'œuvre technologique mondiale et seulement 35 % des employés STEM aux États-Unis.
ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) hat sein Programm 2025 GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow® gestartet, eine STEM-Initiative, die darauf abzielt, Mädchen in der Mittel- und Oberstufe zu ermutigen, Karrieren im Technologiesektor einzuschlagen. Das Programm, das 2017 als gemeinsame Initiative mit Cisco begann, hat sich auf über 100 Mädchen aus sieben Schulen in fünf Bundesstaaten ausgeweitet.
Das Programm 2025 konzentriert sich darauf, den Teilnehmern durch Mentoring und Lernmöglichkeiten Zugang zu Bereichen wie Cybersicherheit, KI und anderen Technologien zu ermöglichen. Seit seiner Gründung haben fast 500 Mädchen das GRIT-Programm abgeschlossen. Die Initiative wurde als Reaktion auf den globalen Mangel an Cybersicherheitsprofis, insbesondere Frauen, ins Leben gerufen, wobei aktuelle Statistiken zeigen, dass Frauen weniger als ein Drittel der globalen Technologiearbeitskräfte ausmachen und nur 35% der STEM-Beschäftigten in den USA sind.
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STEM Program Seeks to Boost Girls' Interest in Technology Careers
This year's GRIT program includes more than 100 girls from seven schools across
GRIT was created in 2017 as a joint initiative between ePlus and Cisco, founded in response to the increasing shortage of cybersecurity professionals worldwide, especially women. GRIT is a STEM-focused program to help increase awareness and enthusiasm in pursuing technology careers among girls, helping them to understand what positions and roles are available to them and to encourage them to consider STEM-based careers in technology.
"The GRIT program helps to shine a light on the many rewarding and meaningful technology careers available to women, and to help them visualize a practical path to obtaining the roles they want," said Mark Marron, CEO and president of ePlus. "With ongoing skills shortages and a widening gender gap across the industry, the GRIT program is a very tangible way to make technology real and accessible to young women. The mentors and volunteers involved do a wonderful job of demonstrating that there is a place for them in this industry to have a substantial and visible impact on the world through technology."
As posted on the website Women in Tech®, a report by The World Bank found that women make up less than a third of the world's workforce in technology-related fields, and that women make up only
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