Samsung Austin Semiconductor spotlights workforce, education partnerships at community eve – KEYE

Samsung Austin Semiconductor spotlights workforce, education partnerships at community eve  KEYE

As construction ramps up at Samsung Austin Semiconductor’s new plant in Taylor, the company is making investments it says are already shaping lives and communities in Central Texas. The company announced $22.84 million in new investments focused on education, job training and community growth, with much of that money going directly to local schools and organizations. Samsung Austin Semiconductor’s paid high school and college internship pipeline is a key part of the effort. Two students, one from the University of Texas at Austin and another from Texas A&M University, shared how the programs have shaped their futures during an event at the new Taylor campus. Jett Van Brocklin started with Samsung as an intern while at Taylor High School.

That first summer in the innovation department sparked a passion for engineering that followed him to UT Austin, where he is now a senior studying electrical and computer engineering. He described how returning for a college internship with Samsung brought his story full circle. “I had the privilege of interning in the innovation department, an experience that fundamentally shifted my trajectory. Now as a senior at the University of Texas at Austin studying electrical and computer engineering, I’ve had the opportunity to see that journey come full circle returning this past summer in the college internship program,” Van Brocklin said. He