Rensselaer Hosts Eighth Annual Black Family Technology Awareness Day
Troy, N.Y. — More than 450 area students and their families came to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today to participate in the eighth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Day. The workshops, designed to spur young people’s interest in pursuing careers in science and engineering, were hosted by Rensselaer’s Office of Institute Diversity. Rensselaer’s Black Family Technology Awareness Day is part of a nationally celebrated week of the same name. The theme for 2006 is “Preserving Our Legacy Through Technology.”