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class="jsx-1455114264 content"><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-1732119777 block block--headline-text flex--center"><div class="jsx-1732119777"><div class="jsx-1732119777 headline"><h3 class="jsx-3467050146 headline--s text-m">Launchpad is a leadership academy at聽<a href="https://www.clayton.edu/" target="_blank">Clayton State University</a>聽that helps students and faculty adapt to technical, social, and business expectations of the 21st century workforce.聽</h3><p></p></div><p>Joe Uhl, our Chief architect and VP of Operations, has served as an advisor to the university鈥檚 Computer and Mathematical Sciences Department (CIMS) since 2016, so we were able to effectively design this program from the inside out. Through Launchpad, Mailchimp is investing $300,000 over 3 years to support dozens of Clayton State students as they grow their careers.</p><p></p></div></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-1256814503 block--extended-image block"><div class="jsx-3287187449 image"><picture class="jsx-3287187449"><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/2IhwmRvukIxQaRofUQedks/0187994479839ad0f8ae86f5ceff3b6f/LaunchPad_2019_Presentations-8791.jpeg?w=800&q=90&fm=webp" media="(max-width: 799px)" class="jsx-3287187449"/><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/2IhwmRvukIxQaRofUQedks/0187994479839ad0f8ae86f5ceff3b6f/LaunchPad_2019_Presentations-8791.jpeg?w=1600&q=90&fm=webp" media="(min-width: 800px)" class="jsx-3287187449"/><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/2IhwmRvukIxQaRofUQedks/0187994479839ad0f8ae86f5ceff3b6f/LaunchPad_2019_Presentations-8791.jpeg?w=800&q=90&fm=webp" alt="" class="jsx-3287187449"/></picture></div><h6 class="jsx-3731904874 text-xs caption">Final student presentations at Mailchimp headquarters</h6></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-1732119777 block block--headline-text flex--center"><div class="jsx-1732119777"><div class="jsx-1732119777 headline"><h3 class="jsx-3467050146 headline--s text-m">Clayton State proudly serves a student body that reflects the local community: about 40% of its students are the first in their families to attend college, and a significant number are over the age of 25 when they matriculate.</h3><p></p></div><p>Our company purpose is about empowering the underdog, so knowing that programs like Launchpad tend to arise at internationally renowned institutions with huge alumni networks, Clayton State felt like a perfect fit. Talent comes from everywhere, but metro-Atlanta鈥檚 under-tapped southside stands in stark contrast to the opportunity-rich communities north of I-20.</p></div></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-1256814503 block--extended-image block"><div class="jsx-3287187449 image"><picture class="jsx-3287187449"><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4Uvyyx66aMiQA3vGrLz1JT/4da1c09dc49880e9d7cb06e9ac313ed3/Mailchip_at_Clayton_State_-1850.jpeg?w=800&q=90&fm=webp" media="(max-width: 799px)" class="jsx-3287187449"/><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4Uvyyx66aMiQA3vGrLz1JT/4da1c09dc49880e9d7cb06e9ac313ed3/Mailchip_at_Clayton_State_-1850.jpeg?w=1600&q=90&fm=webp" media="(min-width: 800px)" class="jsx-3287187449"/><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4Uvyyx66aMiQA3vGrLz1JT/4da1c09dc49880e9d7cb06e9ac313ed3/Mailchip_at_Clayton_State_-1850.jpeg?w=800&q=90&fm=webp" alt="" class="jsx-3287187449"/></picture></div><h6 class="jsx-3731904874 text-xs caption">A Launchpad student</h6></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-3946373031 block block--centered-text flex--center"><div class="jsx-3946373031 text-section"><h3 class="jsx-3467050146 headline--s text-m">First, we spent the summer of 2018 getting a better understanding of what students and faculty wanted from our time together. We arranged for the class to hear from senior company leaders, shadow our staff, and visit one of our data centers.</h3><p></p></div></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-3960110732 block block--half-text-half-image"><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section-layout"><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section flex--center"><div class="jsx-1196472869"><div class="jsx-3960110732 half-section-image"><div class="jsx-197708372 image"><picture class="jsx-197708372"><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4elSlcbJgsK2QOyhRX5ifa/08a7039774037acc20eb38f441e1d9d6/Abu_Hassan-8407.jpeg?w=600&q=85&fm=webp" media="(max-width: 799px)" class="jsx-197708372"/><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4elSlcbJgsK2QOyhRX5ifa/08a7039774037acc20eb38f441e1d9d6/Abu_Hassan-8407.jpeg?w=1200&q=85&fm=webp" media="(min-width: 800px)" class="jsx-197708372"/><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4elSlcbJgsK2QOyhRX5ifa/08a7039774037acc20eb38f441e1d9d6/Abu_Hassan-8407.jpeg?w=600&q=85&fm=webp" alt="" class="jsx-197708372"/></picture></div><h6 class="jsx-3731904874 text-xs caption">Abu Hassan</h6></div></div></div><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section flex--center"><div class="jsx-1196472869"><p>The students asked for more opportunities to apply their technical knowledge to a business environment and for deeper exposure to teams they weren鈥檛 familiar with.聽With this feedback in mind, we helped the CIMS faculty design an experiential course for the fall semester. The final product blended classroom instruction from university faculty, primary source learning from Mailchimp employees, and project-based learning.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jsx-1077011844 anim-block"><div class="jsx-3960110732 block block--half-text-half-image"><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section-layout"><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section flex--center"><div class="jsx-1196472869"><p>Eight student leaders enrolled in the pilot and spent the Fall 2018 semester applying what they鈥檇 learned in their classes to the environment of a quickly growing software company. We hired 3 summer interns from our first class, and hired each of them back for a fall internship, too.</p><p></p></div></div><div class="jsx-1196472869 half-section flex--center"><div class="jsx-1196472869"><div class="jsx-3960110732 half-section-image"><div class="jsx-197708372 image"><picture class="jsx-197708372"><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4wxJwHlOBcmzspkcgyVEue/7655e57f6d9b7440695081f076321afc/Bonnie_Williams-8460.jpeg?w=600&q=85&fm=webp" media="(max-width: 799px)" class="jsx-197708372"/><source srcset="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4wxJwHlOBcmzspkcgyVEue/7655e57f6d9b7440695081f076321afc/Bonnie_Williams-8460.jpeg?w=1200&q=85&fm=webp" media="(min-width: 800px)" class="jsx-197708372"/><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/6sizcg8sfada/4wxJwHlOBcmzspkcgyVEue/7655e57f6d9b7440695081f076321afc/Bonnie_Williams-8460.jpeg?w=600&q=85&fm=webp" alt="" class="jsx-197708372"/></picture></div><h6 class="jsx-3731904874 text-xs caption">Bonnie 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