Pathways for Native
American Students Industry Internships CIAN Outreach Success
Up to 2016 CIAN has hosted 50 In 2016 CIAN had seven CIAN As shown by the image below, CIAN
educators of Native Americans students participate in internships outreach has reached a significant
from 42 different Native American with industry. One student interned point of impact. In the last 9 years
schools across 12 different states for with Netronome, an Industrial of CIAN’s existence CIAN has hosted
the Research Experience for Teach- Affiliates company. Two students 426 precollege outreach events
ers, Research in Optics for K-14 interned with CIAN Innovation that have reached almost 60,000
Educators and Teachers (ROKET). partners Trinity College & Dublin student attendees and over 2,000
Additionally, 23 Native American City University and Lawrence Liv- teacher attendees. Additionally,
undergraduates have been sup- ermore National Lab. Additionally, CIAN has hosted 69 community
ported in the Research Experience four CIAN students worked with college events reaching over 9,000
for Undergraduates, Integrated non-CIAN affiliated companies attendees and CIAN continues
Optics for Undergraduate Native including Facebook, NP Photonics, to pursue diverse populations
Americans (IOU-NA) program. Apple, AT&T. specifically the Native American
These students hail from ten differ-
population.
ent tribes including Navajo, Caddo,
Comanche, Colorado River, Tohono
O’odham, Port Gamble S’Klallam,
San Carlos Apache, Blackfoot, and
Assiniboine.
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