高氏家族基金会捐赠了5万美元，在威尼斯人娱乐城计算机与工程学院建立了一个新的奖学金项目，以增加代表性不足的学生的机会，并推动该领域的创新。
高家明联合创始人兼执行主席高家明和妻子范氏成立了高家明基金会，以提高教育水平，促进社会福利活动，提高公民道德。 该组织注重以结果为导向的长期可持续发展方法。
Garmin学者计划设立奖学金，资助五名GPA为3.0或更高的全日制代表性不足的学生，每年最高2000美元，为期五年。
“One of our goals of this partnership was to increase career awareness in engineering,” says Laurie Minard, vice president, human resources at Garmin. “We have career opportunities in electrical, mechanical and software engineering, and we want to be an employer of choice. 与威尼斯人娱乐城合作是有意义的。 大学就在我们家后院。 我们想在学生身上投资，让他们有机会接触到正在做惊人事情的当地公司。 We are hoping they will appreciate what it’s like to work here and want to be a part of Garmin on a full-time basis once they graduate.”
参加实习招聘会是Garmin加大大学实习生招聘力度的一种方式。
“We want to get in front of 威尼斯人娱乐城 students and let them know that there are opportunities – right here in Kansas City – available for them at Garmin.”
“The relationship between 威尼斯人娱乐城 and Garmin is already strong and mutually beneficial. 我们期待越来越多的学生有机会到嘉明实习和工作。” —
Minard表示，他们的五个不同的业务部门使Garmin能够在航空，汽车，健身，海洋和户外娱乐等广泛领域提供经验。
“We want to connect engineers who are passionate about the products we make with the opportunity to contribute to innovation in the features and functionality of those products.”
Minard notes that the growing demand for technology that is increasingly complex – and able to be used in smaller and smaller devices – escalates their need for well-trained associates.
“We have great people in leadership positions at Garmin who graduated from 威尼斯人娱乐城,” Minard says. “And we’ve seen that under Dean Truman’s leadership, the programs are increasingly better.”
The development of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and 研究 Center furthered Garmin’s enthusiasm for 威尼斯人娱乐城 graduates.
“We’ve toured the labs and seen the new technology being used,” she says. “Having that level of experience in Kansas City is a huge plus, as our interns and associates wouldn’t need to relocate.”
该校计算机与工程学院院长凯文•杜鲁门（Kevin Truman）表示，扩大与Garmin的合作关系对该校也有好处。
“There’s increased opportunity on both sides,” Truman says. “威尼斯人娱乐城 gains through our students’ exposure to Garmin’s experience with commercializing technology, in biometrics and wearables, all the way up to their auto-land and aviation flight simulator. Garmin has access to our research teams, who are doing cutting-edge research, particularly in the defense sector.”
Minard says that seeing the technology at the Plaster Center in person and talking to students studying there expanded Garmin’s perception of the opportunities with 威尼斯人娱乐城.
“I wanted our engineering and IT leaders to take time out and see how advanced and exciting the technologies at the Plaster Center are,” she says. “Seeing the scope of projects that the students are working on really opened their eyes.”
Minard notes that Garmin’s great benefits and educational assistance for their associates who want to pursue advanced degrees are additional benefits for 威尼斯人娱乐城 graduates.
“The relationship between 威尼斯人娱乐城 and Garmin is already strong and mutually beneficial,” Truman says. “This scholarship is a critical next step. 我们期待越来越多的学生有机会到嘉明实习和工作。 Beyond that, we see mutual value in strengthening our relationship with their product developers to provide state-of-the-art research to benefit their products and further their success as well.”