Media Alert - U.S. Army Partners with 2014 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Global Competitiveness Conference
What: For nearly 10 years, the U.S. Army has supported the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) as a sponsor of their Global Competitiveness Conference. The conference attracts the top-performing high school and HBCU college students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and recognizes the top African-American influencers in those fields. The U.S. Army partnered with BEYA to increase awareness about the Army’s educational initiatives among African Americans, particularly in the STEM fields. BEYA provides an opportunity for the Army to demonstrate what our Nation’s