Toro Announces Five-Year Commitment To Dual Degree Engineering Program

fund scholarships for engineering students from the member institutions. The grant includes financial assistance for tuition and indirect costs associated with student scholarships. In addition to scholarships, Toro will provide paid internship opportunities for DDEP students to gain deeper experiences across its many businesses.

“As we seek to create new partnerships and opportunities to help shape the future of our workforce, we are very excited to partner with the AUCC and support students pursuing degrees in the engineering field,” says Dr. Carliss Miller, Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The Toro Co.

This investment and partnership comes as the demand for jobs in the area of STEM are projected to rise due to an increasing number of people who are transferring to other occupations or exiting the workforce. It also aligns with the Toro’s strategic commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and goal to increase the number of women and racial and ethnic minorities in leadership positions by at least 20% by fiscal 2025 as compared to fiscal 2021.

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Continuing a long-standing commitment to furthering education and advancing diversity in the industries it operates in, The Toro Co. is joining with the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) and its Dual Degree Engineering Program (DDEP) to expand opportunities for Black students to pursue careers in engineering.

Over the next five years, Toro has committed $375,000 to

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