This year, Microsoft will host a Realizing Your Dreams: Imagine Cup event at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL. This will be the first year that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have participated in Imagine Cup and highlights Microsoft’s commitment to “enabling broader and more inclusive access to technology resources.”
The Imagine Cup, which attracts more than 300,000 students, empowers them to use technology, innovation and creativity to help solve some of the world’s most challenging social issues outlined in the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.
The event will bring 200 high school students from Macon County School District to Tuskegee University to attend. There, they will see presentations from four of the 13 Imagine Cup teams that Tuskegee fielding from its Ethics in Engineering course. A course whose curriculum was designed around Imagine Cup. Young social innovators are using technology to make a difference in the lives of people all over the world, from designing mobile healthcare applications to enabling access to quality education for all children.
The event will be held on Monday, March 7, 2011 from 10am to 1pm. Students will begin presenting their Imagine Cup solutions at 10:30. Microsoft representatives and keynote speakers who will be on hand include:
- Omar Neal, Mayor of Tuskegee, AL
- Dr. Melvin Lowe, Macon County School System
- Dr. Lee Burge, Dean of the School of Engineering at Tuskegee University
- Tara Walker, Microsoft Corp
Learn more about Microsoft Diversity at http://www.microsoft.com/diversity.