LARGO, Maryland—BDPA™ is excited to announce the 2024 BDPA Robotics Academy sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.   This year’s Academy is a 4-week hybrid program designed to teach students the fundamentals of robotics and precision robotics, specifically with an emphasis on robotics across the industry’s medical and surgical realms. There are no costs to participate in this unique opportunity with BDPA™, and the Association currently invites interested students to join them for these and other transformative I.T. and STEM career experiences.

Program Details for 2024:

• Dates: June 27th – July 16th, 2024
• Format: BDPA Robotics Academy is virtual on pre-scheduled dates.  In-person technical training is also coordinated through participating local BDPA™ Chapters and participating STEM organizations.
• Location: In-person sessions are held with BDPA Chapters selected in registration forms.
• Target Audience: College Freshmen – Graduating Seniors interested in Robotics from HBCUs across the USA.  Virtual components are available nationally.
  

BDPA™ seeks enthusiastic participants from HBCUs and other colleges or universities, especially those matriculating in the nation’s northeast region. Students from all levels in the fields of information technology, computer science, and related STEM fields are highly encouraged to join BDPA in partnership with Johnson & Johnson to participate in this Academy.

To secure reservations within this year’s Academy, select here to register for invitations to available sessions. Sessions are listed below in the Eastern time zone and are currently scheduled for the following days.

• Thursday, June 27, 2024 – 5:30 pm EDT Program Kick-Off
• Tuesday, July 2, 2024 –  5:30pm EDT
• Tuesday, July 9, 2024 –  5:30pm EDT
• Tuesday, July 16, 2024 –  5:30pm EDT
• Tuesday, July 23, 2024 –  5:30pm EDT
• Thursday, August 1-3, 2024 –  BDPACON24 in Atlanta, GA
  

Share this and other unique career development opportunities provided by BDPA™ and Industry with interns, classmates, and other students you may know who are interested in STEM and available. For questions and additional information, directly contact the Robotics Academy’s leadership team at roboticsacademy@bdpa.org. 

The Association looks forward to increasing student and instructor participation in 2024 BDPA Robotics Academy sessions, BDPA™ Student I.T. Education & Scholarship (SITES) Programs, and onto BDPACON24 Tech & Career expo events next month in Atlanta for the annual robotics challenge and related events. Sign-up before July 9, 2024.

About BDPA™

Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BDPA™ (bdpa.org) has enabled the upward mobility of African Americans, minorities, and underserved communities across Information Technology (IT) and STEM fields since 1975. Through its professional and industrial networks of local community chapters in major cities across the United States, BDPA™ has been at the forefront of promoting community engagements while embracing a very strong tech-inclusion agenda within our IT profession for 50 years.

BDPA™ has been a community leader and industry pioneer in technology and STEM training for IT professionals and high school students since 1986. This year, the Association launches BDPACON24, its 46^th annual technology conference, in Atlanta from July 31^st to August 3^rd, 2024, as BDPACON25 will soon embrace the Association’s historic Golden Anniversary.

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