Black Men in Tech Program Reaches

the End of its Pilot Year – The Best is Yet to Come!

CCI’sBlack Men in Tech(BMIT) program reached the end of its pilot year. The program, led by PI and Faculty Researcher Dr. Faye Jones, Co-PI and Associate Dean Ebe Randeree, and lead instructor and award-winning faculty member Dr. Christy Chatmon, served to connect young Black men in local high schools to FSU alumni mentors, technology training, technology careers, and FSU students. The program worked with CTE teachers at Amos P. Godby High School, James S. Rickards High School, Florida State University School (FSUS), and the Florida A&M University Developmental Research School and was funded by the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP).Students accepted in the program were rising high school young Black men that worked in small innovation hubs in each of the four schools.