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Our Talent Dividend

More than 500 Promise Scholars have earned bachelor’s degrees. And more than 150 will join their ranks each year. Can a business afford not to tap into this pipeline?

Tap Into The Pipeline

“This internship program is a great strategy for strengthening the core of the city. We have the opportunity to have the first crack at that dynamic talent that other cities, such as Boston or New York, try to attract away.” — Patricia Melton, New Haven Promise PresidentContinue reading “Tap Into The Pipeline”

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What Can Internships Do For You?

3 Jan 20203 Jan 2020
As the seventh New Haven Promise Internship Fair quickly approaches, two of the scholars who have benefitted from the initiative sat down to tell the tale of how they took…
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At Home in the Arts

14 Aug 201917 Sep 2019
The Eli Award — established in 2018 — is presented to a person or department at Yale University involved in the expansive New Haven Promise internship program, a principal partner…
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Reminders of Long Ago

7 Aug 201917 Sep 2019
While the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library draws researchers and visitors from around the world, New Haven Promise scholars are committed to making it relevant to a new generation…
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Improving the Health of the City

5 Jun 201917 Sep 2019
The opportunity for an affordable education continues to grow in New Haven with more than 1,000 Promise qualifiers in the last three years alone. And with that growth, more and…
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Fostering An Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem

30 May 201917 Sep 2019
New Haven Promise scholars are projected to have earned a 
total of $2 million in revenue through the summer of 2019. Two scholars adding to that number are Justin Gomez-Stafford…
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Turning College Into Career

13 Jul 201823 Sep 2019
Downloadable document Patricia Melton’s first summer at the helm at New Haven Promise was enlightening. As she talked to student after student, she made it a point to ask what…
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The Solution In The City

12 May 201817 Sep 2019
Business leaders in Connecticut often bemoan: “The sky is
 falling. All the kids are leaving the state.” While there may be
 a sector of generation next eager to flee their…
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Imagining A Greater New Haven

28 Oct 201717 Sep 2019
Shortly after I graduated from college, I landed a sales position in corporate America — a large telecommunication company — making more money than I could ever imagine. As any…
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Starting In My Hometown

22 Jun 201717 Sep 2019
Mom moved with a purpose, choosing our apartment on Edwards Street specifically for my education. The following autumn I started kindergarten
at the local public school, Worthington Hooker, where I met…
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The Fastest Transition

9 Jun 201717 Sep 2019
On May 20, I graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a degree in business management. And while many of my classmates were moving into a world of struggling to…

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Who’s Been Hired?

BY THE NUMBERS
100% made in New Haven
95% met with college success
87% attend in-state college
90% students of color
71% from households under $60k
70% first-generation to college
43% from most distressed neighborhoods
38% from households under $30k

Internship Fair

The New Haven Promise Career & Internship Fair will take place on the afternoon of Thursday, January 13, 2022. If you are interested in hosting New Haven Promise scholars in paid internships, please complete this form. Here is a printable overview of the internship fair.

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As the only university-funded Promise program in the country, New Haven Promise has established the Promise Institute with the mission of sharing practice and results of the incentive-based model. To learn more, please click here.

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