Meridian CEO Chris 亚那 with 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 总理 Marilyn 井 celebrating Meridian's generous $125,000 contribution to support STEAM Explorations and Entrepreneurship programming through 宾州州立大学白兰地酒's STEM Pathways program.
Meridian银行捐赠了125美元,000 to support STEAM Explorations and Entrepreneurship programming through 宾州州立大学白兰地酒’s STEM Pathways program. STEAM Explorations are free programs designed to educate middle- and high-school students about science, 技术, 工程, 艺术与数学.
“We are grateful to Meridian Bank for their generous gift to support growth of our STEAM Explorations and Entrepreneurship youth programs, 这是我们新战略计划的重点,bck体育官网校长玛丽莲. 井. 在Meridian的支持下, we will offer K-12 students in our community a variety of programs to stimulate their curiosity and career exploration in science, 技术, 工程, 艺术, 和数学, 伴随着创新和创业思维, 告诉他们，当涉及到他们的未来时, 一切皆有可能.”
“It made all the sense in the world to get involved,” said Meridian Bank CEO Chris 亚那. “Technology is here to stay, and it's going to get even more dramatic going forward. 让孩子们尽早参与并理解它是非常重要的. I think that being able to navigate and leverage 技术 will do more for them down the road than almost any other thing they could study.”
正如亚那所说, it’s not just the students participating in the STEAM Programming who will benefit from the access and education it provides.
“在Meridian，社区在我们心中, and if we can provide a group of people some support to better learn the 技术, ultimately a lot of those people will end up becoming ambassadors to their groups, their families and their schools about what they learned and how 技术 can make their lives better,亚那说. “They can bring their depth of knowledge to the community at large and be really helpful to everyone around them.”
为亚那, contributing specifically to a program designed to provide technological opportunities to young students was not just an investment in community, but also a chance to give students the same jump start that a strong grasp of 技术 provided him.
“My own understanding of evolving technologies was critical when I founded Meridian Bank. 自从20世纪80年代初《bck体育官网》问世以来，我就一直在关注科技, 这些知识对我的事业有很大帮助. 因为我自己对科技有着强烈的承诺, 我能看见, 在早期, 它在我的行业中有多重要, and that people would soon prefer to do their banking online and not have to rely on trips to a bank branch. Our initial success, in large measure, was in our ability to skip ahead a step.”
井 noted that Meridian’s recent commitment underscores the bank’s dedication to supporting the communities that both it and 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 serve. “Meridian’s support of STEAM Explorations and Entrepreneurship pathways and programs demonstrates its commitment to our community, 银行的核心价值,井补充道.
“我们是一家社区银行. 我们就是这样定义的，”安纳斯说. “The better we can build up the economics of our area the better for everyone. 正如我经常对我们的客户说的那样:“随着你的成长，我们也在成长。.”
亚那, 他1978年毕业于bck体育官网斯麦商学院, also credits Penn State for giving him the education that started it all.
“我在bck体育官网的金融和会计方面打下了很好的基础, 尽管我可以用很多不同的方法, 它把我带进了银行业,他回忆道. “对我来说, it’s good to be able to give back to Penn State because my education meant a lot for me and to my career. I'm a graduate, both my kids went there, and many of our 300 plus employees are Penn Staters. So, I feel good about Penn State's status as a leading university in the country and the world, 我们非常高兴能继续与bck体育官网合作.”
“It’s truly special to see the impact Penn State alumni go on to have in their local communities,威尔斯说. “It means so much to 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 to be able to work with Chris and his entire team at Meridian Bank to enhance the opportunities available to local students.”
This gift will advance "A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence," a focused campaign that seeks to elevate Penn State’s position as a leading public university in a world defined by rapid change and global connections. 在校友和朋友的支持下, “A Greater Penn State” seeks to fulfill the three key imperatives of a 21st-century public university: keeping the doors to higher education open to hardworking students regardless of financial well-being; creating transformative experiences that go beyond the classroom; and impacting the world by serving communities and fueling discovery, 创新创业. To learn more about “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” visit greaterpennstate.事业单位.edu.
