Le Moyne College Joins Higher Education Semiconductor Network
Le Moyne College has joined the Northeast University Semiconductor Network, a partnership comprised of more than 20 higher education institutions of higher education collectively focused on the development of the next generation of the U.S. semiconductor industry’s workforce. The network was formed in 2023 by Micron Technology, the first of three university networks Micron launched and announced last year.
“We are proud to join this network and partner with Micron and an incredible list of institutions who, like Le Moyne, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to workforce issues, particularly as it relates to access and opportunity for everyone,” said Le Moyne President Linda LeMura. “We have been at the forefront of creating pathways to enable underrepresented people to work towards careers in technology since the 2017 founding of our ERIE21 initiative.”
Bill Brower, special assistant to the president for strategic partnerships, noted the growing relationship Le Moyne is building with Micron including the College’s service on Micron’s Future Ready Working Force Innovation Consortium and its plan to embed Micron’s Chip Camp in its residential ERIE21 Quantitative Thinking Village, Micron’s first-ever residential chip camp. Le Moyne and Micron also plan to offer two Girls Going Tech programs to Syracuse City School District students on its campus, with one offered in Swahili and one in Arabic.
The Northeast University Semiconductor Network will help to expand and prepare the next generation of talent for the U.S. semiconductor industry, a focus of Micron’s as the leading memory manufacturer advances its plans to bring leading-edge memory manufacturing to Central New York. Micron’s planned state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facility in New York is expected to create up to 9,000 Micron jobs, 4,500 construction jobs and 40,000 indirect jobs the next 20-plus years, furthering American innovation and competition for years to come.
Combining the reach of traditional and nontraditional pathways into the semiconductor industry, the Northeast University Semiconductor Network will expand and prepare the next generation of talent through a framework centered on collaboration, innovation, and problem solving. Micron, in partnership with the network institutions, will champion efforts to modernize and enhance curriculum by sharing industry-backed technical content, expanding experiential learning programs for greater access to cleanrooms and teaching labs, and bolstering research opportunities for students. In all these efforts, the Northeast University Semiconductor Network will work to reach more underrepresented students.
Other partners in the Northeast University Semiconductor Network include the entire State University of New York and City University of New York systems, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Clarkson University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Hofstra University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Penn State University, Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech.
