ALUMNI TECH SKILLS FELLOWSHIPS

Open to all students who have completed AOT's high school programs

ABOUT  ALUMNI TECH SKILLS FELLOWSHIPS

The Alumni Tech Skills Fellowship program gives AOT alumni who are interested in pursuing a technology career the chance to gain training that prepares them for opportunities in their desired field, the professional development skills needed to break into these fields successfully, and provides avenues to participate in desired internship opportunities that help reinforce their job prospects.
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AOT’s goal is to execute an educational program in partnership with corporations for specific skill verticals specific skill verticals. Student learning is centered on the following topics:
  • Product Management 
  • Data Science
  • Digital Marketing
  • Cybersecurity
  • UX Design

AOT’s Alumni Tech Skills Fellowships are designed to:
  • Introduce the basic concepts and hands-on practice of key skills within their particular subject matter and focus
  • Enable participants to create individual portfolios to be shared with prospective employers
  • Provide access to industry professionals for general networking as well as for internships and full-time entry-level opportunities in the tech sector

​Fellows receive a $500 stipend upon successful completion of the fellowship.

THE 2024 - 2025 FELLOWSHIP CYCLE

Fellowship instructional sessions meet once a week (Monday or Tuesday) from 4-5:30pm EST and workshops with corporate partners also meet once a week (Wednesday or Thursday) from 4-5pm EST. All sessions are held virtually. 
​Fellowship Program:
Time Frame:
Corporate Partner:
Data Science
Fall 2024 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
in partnership with: NBCUniversal
UX Design
Fall 2024 - Mondays and Wednesdays
in partnership with: Blackstone
Digital Marketing
Winter 2025
Self-guided
Product Management
Spring 2025 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
in partnership with: FactSet
Cybersecurity
Spring 2025 - Mondays and Wednesdays
in partnership with: NBCUniversal

PAST ALUMNI TECH SKILLS
​FELLOWSHIP PARTICIPANTS

MAKENNA NOEL
AOT ALUM AND AOT CYBERSECURITY FELLOW
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
​Class of 2024, Computer Science and Computer Engineering Major
I was interested in joining America On Tech x NBCU's Cybersecurity Fellowship to learn how to protect the systems I create as a computer systems engineering student. I was among many passionate students in the program given the opportunity to learn the basics of networking and cybersecurity. One highlights of the experience was completing the tabletop exercise about the SolarWinds attack towards the end of the course, where we applied and presented the principles we learned. I received an offer to work as an intern at Boeing. As an intern on Boeing's BCA Cybersecurity Team, I could apply the knowledge I learned from America On Tech's Cybersecurity Fellowship, my courses at school, and the passion projects I worked on to real-world issues.

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

FALL 2024 APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

SPRING 2025 ​APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM

DEVELOP
NETWORK
MENTOR
ACCESS
Learn technical skills on platforms like Jupyter Notebooks, SQL and Figma that will allow you to tap into the high demand for technology professionals
Join the AOT student network of more than 5,000 students interested in pursuing degrees and/or careers in tech 
Connect with members of AOT's professional network of tech professionals working with AOT students via our programs​
Gain access to technology career pathways as well as future AOT programs and opportunities 

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