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February 19, 2025A STEM-focused College Readiness Program That Will Support More Than 4,000 Aspiring Engineers
The GE Aerospace Foundation today announced the expansion of its Next Engineers college readiness program to the Capital Region to advance the program’s goal of encouraging young people to pursue careers in engineering.
GE Aerospace Research Center in Niskayuna will now move forward with identifying a community partner to be announced in late 2025. The community partner will help young people discover their inner engineer with classes expected to begin in early 2026. Students who graduate from the program and pursue engineering degrees will be eligible for scholarships.
“We welcome the expansion of Next Engineers to the Capital Region, which employs more than 700 GE Aerospace researchers in the area,” said Joe Vinciquerra, General Manager and Senior Executive Director of GE Aerospace Research. “The Capital Region is a thriving technology hub of top engineering universities and research institutions and is the home of the nation’s first industrial research lab inspired by Thomas Edison and started by GE. I cannot think of a more fitting location to inspire and teach the next generation of engineers than right here.”
