Educational Outreach

An Introduction to Engineering course at a local high school in Corvallis, Oregon, presents its students with a real-life engineering challenge and then gives them three months to do the calculations, develop an engineering plan, and present the plan to CH2M HILL engineers. The 2009 project focuses on the Panama Canal Expansion, scheduled for completion in 2014 for the 100th anniversary of the opening of the original canal. Learn more by reading an article on the program in the Corvallis Gazette-Times.

The CH Caribe San Juan, Puerto Rico, office joined with their community partner—the Juan B. Miranda middle school in Guaynabo—and its Sciences and Mathematics Club—to celebrate Earth Day 2008. Engineers Teresa Ruiz, Javier Rivera, and Victor Vega served as judges in the competition and were impressed by the quality of the projects presented. CH Caribe donated the trophies to be given in each of the 10 categories and participated in the award ceremony...

For the past five years CH2M HILL's Houston office has partnered with Holbrook Elementary School. Each year employees participate in activities such as the Partner's in Education Mentoring Program, Christmas Bike Giveaway, Engineers Week and a variety of other initiatives. Each year mentors from CH2M HILL arrive at Holbrook with optimism, love and a desire to build a rewarding relationship with their mentee...

CH2M HILL's Milwaukee office is a strong supporter of the Future City youth engineering program. The Future City program allows middle school students to design and build a city of the future, using engineering concepts to solve some of the major problems facing cities today. CH2M HILL sponsors Future City through National Engineers Week both locally and nationally...

CH2M HILL co-created the sySTEM Now! (Strengthening our Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Now) initiative in Milwaukee with the intent to bring awareness, efficiency, and synergy to existing student outreach programs. As an umbrella organization, it serves as a "clearinghouse" to bring representatives from local businesses, public schools, colleges and universities, and elected officials together for the purpose of addressing the decline...

Created in June 2006 by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, CH2M HILL, and Avaya, the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Coalition (STEM-EC), is a dynamic group of committed business leaders, educators, and community advocates working together to better connect industry and the K-16 academic community...

CH2M HILL's Anchorage office offers a paid drafting apprenticeship program for local high school students. The program introduces students with an interest in a drafting or engineering career to a multi -client, multi-discipline drafting environment. The program was initiated in 2006. High school students are nominated to participate by their career resource center or academic advisors...