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News September 1, 2022

Per Scholas Holds Inaugural Alumni Day of Giving Fundraising Event

Per Scholas hosted our inaugural Alumni Day of Giving fundraising event to celebrate our alumni’s successes. We are proud to announce that our Alumni Day of Giving campaign raised more than $40,000, to support future cohorts for tuition-free tech training!

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News September 1, 2022

Per Scholas Philadelphia Awarded Grant from The Lenfest Foundation

We are grateful to receive a $450k grant over the next three years from such an important foundation, rooted in Philly. The Lenfest Foundation grant will support our efforts to successfully prepare participants for thriving wage careers.

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News August 24, 2022

Per Scholas North Carolina Featured in Local News and Television

Per Scholas North Carolina was featured in a local news piece about our partnership with NC Tech Paths and Wilkes Community College, discussing our tuition-free tech training as we prepare our learners to advance their careers in tech. Additionally, Per Scholas North Carolina Managing Director Mike Terrell interviewed with WBTV in Charlotte to discuss our training as well.

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News August 15, 2022

Per Scholas Chicago Managing Director Speaks on CompTIA Panel

Per Scholas Chicago Managing Director Andi Drileck was a panelist for CompTIA’s Partner Welcome discussion, The Keys to Success. This discussion was among various panels at CompTIA’s Partner Summit.

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Plinio Ayala on Inspire Change panel discussion via Zoom

News August 1, 2022

Plinio Ayala Featured on NFL Foundation’s Inspire Change Panel

The panel discussion, NFL Presents: Advancing a More Equitable Workforce, featured Plinio Ayala and Anti-Recidivism Coalition’s (ARC) Sam Lewis as panelists with retired NFL players, Warrick Dunn and Jason McCourty.

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News August 1, 2022

The Allstate Fellows Program Partners with Per Scholas

The Allstate Fellows program is a skills-based volunteer initiative designed to strengthen the nonprofit community and invest in the professional development of Allstate employees that helped Per Scholas on strategy and cross-functional projects.

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News August 1, 2022

Diverse by Design and Per Scholas Chicago Host DEI&B Event

This event highlighted the recently-released documentary, The Road Up. The documentary served as the springboard for conversation about the power of tech skills training, along with the importance of getting Black and Brown talent in the door at companies across the country.

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Per Scholas partners with Apollo with three men discussing a resume

News August 1, 2022

Per Scholas Partners with Apollo for In-Person Volunteer Event

Per Scholas recently partnered with Apollo for an enriching and valuable volunteer event in New York that featured resume reviews, mock interviews, and a Q&A session.

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Per Scholas learners in our inaugural St. Louis cohort

News August 1, 2022

St. Louis and Orlando Campuses Launch Inaugural Cohorts

In July, we launched our inaugural in-person training in Orlando and St. Louis, Per Scholas’s newest campus sites! We are thrilled to enter into these new markets to advance IT careers across the nation.

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Press Coverage July 29, 2022

Per Scholas Pittsburgh Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania

Per Scholas Pittsburgh has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania to launch a tech training program. The program will collaborate to connect underrepresented individuals to information technology (IT) careers, eliminate barriers to employment in this growing field, and enable learners from diverse backgrounds to pursue living wage careers in the Pittsburgh region.

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Per Scholas Chicago Managing Director Speaks on CompTIA Panel

Plinio Ayala Featured on NFL Foundation’s Inspire Change Panel

The Allstate Fellows Program Partners with Per Scholas

Diverse by Design and Per Scholas Chicago Host DEI&B Event

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Per Scholas Chicago Managing Director Speaks on CompTIA Panel

Plinio Ayala Featured on NFL Foundation’s Inspire Change Panel

The Allstate Fellows Program Partners with Per Scholas

Diverse by Design and Per Scholas Chicago Host DEI&B Event

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