{"id":58906,"date":"2025-12-02T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58906\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:31:08","slug":"santander-invests-nearly-500k-in-fordham-experiential-learning-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58906\/","title":{"rendered":"Santander Invests Nearly $500K in Fordham Experiential Learning Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fordham has received a grant of nearly half a million dollars from Santander US<\/a> to expand study abroad scholarships and support paid internships and green job creation in the Bronx over the next two years.<\/p>\n

The grant will support Fordham\u2019s study abroad program in Granada<\/a>, Spain; Serving the City<\/a>, a paid internship program; and the forthcoming Bronx Green Jobs Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collaborating with Industry Leaders\u00a0<\/p>\n

Holly Curtis<\/a>, Fordham\u2019s assistant provost for corporate relations, said the partnership exemplifies Fordham\u2019s growing commitment to collaborating with industry leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe areas they\u2019re funding are mission-aligned with both Fordham and Santander, and because it\u2019s been such a collaborative process with the Santander team, it feels like we\u2019re building a longer-term partnership,\u201d said Curtis, who assumed her newly created position last year and has been looking to partner with organizations that share Fordham\u2019s commitment to experiential learning and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

The $495,800 grant was received in October. For study abroad, it will provide $6,000 scholarships to roughly 35 students over a two-year period in the Granada program. For Serving the City, it will provide 26 students with $3,300 stipends over the same timeframe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bronx Green Jobs Center, set to open in 2026, will receive $200,000 in the second year of the grant. The funds will be allocated to the center\u2019s \u201cFirst Check\u201d Entrepreneurship Support program, which will award checks ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to local entrepreneurs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A rendering of the Bronx Green Jobs Center<\/p>\n

A Focus on Future Leaders<\/p>\n

The grant is part of Santander\u2019s recent $25 million commitment<\/a> to support education, employability, and entrepreneurship. That includes over $10 million in university grants and national scholarship funding through the Santander Universities program.<\/p>\n

Leah Daly, Santander\u2019s head of corporate responsibility and sustainability, lauded Fordham\u2019s \u201cprofound focus on preparing our next generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

She noted that the Serving the City program complements Santander\u2019s efforts to stimulate career advancement, while the study abroad program offers a powerful learning experience that connects to the bank\u2019s global reach. The Green Jobs Center combines a focus on workforce development with supporting the transition to a lower-carbon economy, both of which are priorities for Santander, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Fordham, Santander is excited to have found a willing partner to commit the necessary resources to cultivating a future workforce prepared for an evolving economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santander has been an active partner of Fordham\u2019s in the past, supporting career services and the Center for Community Engaged Learning in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Online Resources for Students\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of the new grant agreement, all Fordham students will be invited to open an account on Santander\u2019s e-learning platform, Open Academy<\/a>. The site offers courses and content ranging from data science and AI prompting to effective communication and leadership skills, which students can utilize to enhance their career prospects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curtis said the academy is another example of how Santander is investing in student success.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another resource for students to take advantage of that complements their coursework and directly supports their employability prospects,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fordham has received a grant of nearly half a million dollars from Santander US to expand study abroad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,2932,31736,2933,9,24,63,31737,31738,17785,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-58906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-green-jobs-center","tag-holly-curtis","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-santander","tag-serving-the-city","tag-study-abroad","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}