{"id":55002,"date":"2018-05-31T20:10:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/?p=55002"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:08:57","slug":"travelers-companies-inc-travelers-edge-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/2018\/05\/31\/travelers-companies-inc-travelers-edge-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Travelers Companies, Inc. &#8211; Travelers Edge Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg\u00a0University is a <strong>Travelers Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment (EDGE)<\/strong> partner institution and has been awarded a substantial grant to support the following goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the pipeline of underrepresented students to the\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Help students from underrepresented communities complete a bachelor\u2019s degree<\/li>\n<li>Build awareness of careers in the insurance and financial services industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Travelers EDGE\u00ae supports a cohort of students at Augsburg each year with professional development opportunities and scholarships of up to $12,500.<\/p>\n<p>We are not currently accepting applications for Travelers EDGE, please check back in December\u00a0 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT TRAVELERS EDGE<\/h2>\n<p>As the company\u2019s\u00a0signature education program, Travelers EDGE provides a holistic approach to education through partnerships with colleges and universities, as well as community-based programs, to increase the pipeline of underrepresented students who complete bachelor\u2019s degrees and prepare them for a career at Travelers or in the insurance and financial services industry.<\/p>\n<p>Travelers EDGE Scholars benefit from a broad range of support services including financial support, career and business advice from Travelers employees, internships and job shadowing, and professional development workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Programming for the scholars has included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mentorship with a Travelers employee<\/li>\n<li>Events at Travelers (job shadowing, Professional Development Institute)<\/li>\n<li>Financial literacy programming<\/li>\n<li>Career exploration focused on the insurance and financial services industry, in which scholars work on resume development, skills assessments, informational interviews, networking, etc.<\/li>\n<li>One-on-one meetings with career coaches in the Strommen Career and Internship Services office<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to give back to the community and share personal stories with St. Paul youth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg\u00a0University is a Travelers Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment (EDGE) partner institution and has been awarded a substantial grant &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[19,20,21],"class_list":["post-55002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-partnerships","tag-employer-partnerships","tag-pipeline-programs","tag-travelers-edge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55002"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55642,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55002\/revisions\/55642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}