RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics America, Inc.:
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The Samsung emPOWER Tomorrow Awards and Showcase on September 2 honoring Ninth Street School in Los Angeles to highlight girls in STEM. In order to remove the stigma that science is just for boys, Samsung emPOWER Tomorrow is a national educational growth program designed to stimulate STEM awareness and learning of 4th and 5th grade girls from developing communities in the U.S. The September 2 event will specifically celebrate the 13 promising girls from Ninth Street School who completed the Samsung emPOWER Program this summer. The commemorative event will showcase the girls’ accomplishments in STEM through fun and interesting activities, such as directing movies using computer coding and fashion designing with electrical engineering. |
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| Congressman Xavier Becerra of California’s 34th Congressional District, and Ann Woo, director of corporate citizenship at Samsung Electronics America, will be hosting the event, and will be available for media interviews. | ||||||
| For media interested in registering for the event and for additional information, please reach out to the PR contacts. | ||||||
| WHEN: | Wednesday, September 2 | |||||
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1:45 – 2:15 pm PT: Awards Ceremony, during which the girls will be acknowledged for their projects and learning at this time | |||||
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5:00 – 5:45 pm PT: Exhibition of Projects, offering registered media the opportunity to see the student accomplishments in electrical engineering, computer programming, and computer science. | |||||
| WHERE: | Ninth Street Elementary School | |||||
| 835 Stanford Ave. | ||||||
| Los Angeles, CA 90021 | ||||||
About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), is a recognized innovation leader in consumer electronics design and technology. A wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA delivers a broad range of digital consumer electronics, mobile products and wearables, wireless infrastructure, IT and home appliance products. Samsung is the market leader for HDTVs in the U.S. and one of America’s fastest growing home appliance brand. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions. We are also leading in the Internet of Things space through, among others, our Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives. We employ 319,000 people across 84 countries with annual sales of US $196 billion. To discover more, please visit our official website at www.samsung.com and our official blog at global.samsungtomorrow.com.
