Posts Tagged ‘Do Good’
In Utah, Young Women Engineers Are Building the AI Tech of the Future
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Each year, seven bright young women at three of Utah’s universities in the Wasatch Front are beneficiaries of the XANT scholarship for Excellence in Engineering in 2019, a program put together to support women pursuing a career in computer science. The students will be meeting with XANT…
Read MoreXANT Employees Continue Tradition of Sending Gifts to Women’s Shelter
XANT employees in 2018 continued the tradition of sponsoring families in the Center for Women and Children in Crisis (CWCIC), by purchasing Christmas gifts for the women and children in the Center. Employees put on their Santa Claus hats and tried their best to respond to the requests of families in need at the shelter.…
Read MoreXANT Teaches Coding in Support of Women in Technology
In July, 43 girls, ages 8-12, descended on XANT’s Provo campus to learn how to code. XANT hosted its annual Girls Code — an event designed to introduce young girls to computer programming and get them excited about the possibilities of technology. In true princess fashion, the girls were welcomed to the coding camp by…
Read MoreXANT Donates Technology to Accelerate Boy Scouts Fundraising
The XANT Do Good Foundation is helping the Boy Scouts of America accelerate its fundraising efforts by donating industry-leading sales acceleration technology. XANT has been a longtime supporter of the Boy Scouts. A number of employees have volunteered for the organization, including Ken Krogue, co-founder of XANT, who sits on the board of the Utah…
Read MoreXANT Promotes STEM Learning With LEGO League Competition
Most tech companies will tell you there is a major shortage of software engineers in the United States. Our dependence on technology has accelerated the need for skilled coders, yet there aren’t enough graduates to fill these positions. A shortage of talent According to a 2013 article on Forbes, at the college level, only 2 percent of…
Read MoreCracking the Girl Code: XANT Supports Women in Technology
Last week, some special guests brightened the XANT headquarters with their love of learning and infectious enthusiasm. Pink water bottles, drawstring bags, tulle and pigtails filled a conference room as 37 girls, ages 7 to 14, hunched over laptops, creating code that moved a zombie through a digital labyrinth toward a flower. As 10-year-old Sloan…
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