Xerox Scholarships
Scholarships Could Lead to Powerful Job Opps
The very name of the Xerox Corporation is derived from the word xerography, an early photocopy process. Of course, Xerox has built itself, since the early 1900s, into a worldwide leader in document management. But Xerox products and services go well beyond your typical office printer or fax machine. The Xerox name is among the crew of Fortune 500 companies for its all-around domination of the large and small-scale document production arena. Products include those that equip publishing companies.
Now that many processes have gone online and documents must be handled across a range of hardcopy and digital, Xerox has stayed scalable. The company also offers "online document archives" and other digital communications processes.
Scholarship Opportunities Focus on Minorities
The Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program is designed exclusively to help underrepresented students financially afford a college degree program in the technical fields. White males have traditionally dominated information technology, so the push in the last decade has been to boost the opportunities available to minorities, opportunities that typically cost money. Eligible applicants must have at least a GPA of 3.0 and be either of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native or Alaskan American heritage to be considered. Awards are based on the type of program, its cost and applicant’s financial need. Technical programs considered include chemistry, computer science, laser technology, chemical and computer engineering and imaging programs. Recipients earn from $1,000 to $10,000 for the program tuition.
Xerox College Experiential Learning Programs offer highly motivated college technology majors with paid internship and work-study opportunities with the company. Candidates are culled from students affiliated with such organizations as the Society for Women Engineers, Hispanic and Black College Liaison Programs and the National Society of Black Engineers.
Corporate Responsibility
Like other large companies, part of their marketing strategy and corporate mission encompasses philanthropic projects, often called corporate responsibility. Xerox has its hands in a range of areas, including education, the environment, public sector assistance and others. For its dedication to workplace diversity, Xerox has won years of accolades for its inclusion of minorities, women, and GLBT.
