Chevron's University Partnership Program (UPP) works with colleges and universities around the world to provide scholarships, grants and departmental support. UPP funds faculty positions, builds labs, and helps its partners attract and develop talented students and teachers.
Our partnerships include an emphasis on engineering programs at schools such as the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where Jim Davis, president of Chevron Energy Solutions Co., serves on the board of the university's Energy Efficiency Center. In addition to yearly support reaching up to $500,000, Chevron also provided a $2.5 million endowment for a permanent energy efficiency chair to run the center.
"Chevron has been a critical partner in helping UC Davis attract and retain more students in STEM fields," said Enrique Lavernia, dean of UC Davis College of Engineering. "They provide internship and job opportunities for our graduates. Their staff make frequent visits to campus, participating in employment and professional development opportunities, helping our students recognize the real-world potential of their academic work."
In the past five years, Chevron has hired 500 full-time employees and another 500 interns from California universities. Eighty percent of those hires were in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math—the STEM subjects. For us, supporting STEM is a business imperative.
Updated: May 2012