TALLAHASSEE, FL – Google Gemini and HBCU Rise Summit partnered to host panel discussions, breakout sessions and AI demonstrations at Florida A&M University.
HBCU Rise Summit is a hands-on event tour visiting HBCU’S to help students and faculty build real-world AI and Gemini skills.
The goal is to bring corporate partners to educate students for the next modern era of AI education. Ensuring that students are AI literate and use the tool responsibly.
Darryl Scriven is the executive director of centers and institutes at FAMU. He sees the positive impact that this collaboration will have on students and faculty.
“To have a partner of their status means we have access to tools and resources that elevate the learning experience for our students.” said Scriven.
Scriven believes that these tools are necessary for students to be competitive in their job market.
“We’re going to integrate discipline-specific AI tools across curriculum so that whatever major you’re going into you’re going to have access to a collection of tools.” said Scriven.
Leon Prosper is a professor that teaches Control Systems Communication and other technological classes that AI would be advantageous in.
“Once you learn how it works, you can take advantage of it, in the sense that you know how to better direct your students in how to use it and do research” said Prosper.
Brian Joseph is a third-year computer science major, and student ambassador for the HBCU Rise Summit. He feels that this partnership is beneficial to complete his degree.
“I feel like it’s definitely imperative, as a computer science scholar to be knowledgeable about AI, because that’s where AI came from,” said Joseph.
With fast growing AI systems and a competitive job market, FAMU and Google Gemini is trying to secure students’ future in the job market.
