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New mentor program between Boeing and Southern University

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 1:55 p.m.

b'NASA has signed its newest mentor-prot\\xe9g\\xe9 agreement. The latest arrangement is between Boeing and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Under the 18-month program, the historically black university will get new expertise on how to win federal contracts. And Boeing will get a pipeline of engineering students to help fill jobs at the nearby Michoud Assembly Facility, where it\\u2019s helping to build NASA\\u2019s new Space Launch System. For more on how the partnership will work, I talked with Samuel Washington. He\\u2019s the director of Southern University\\u2019s Office of Governmental Contracting Services.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'