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Newport News Shipbuilding Opens Doors for Area Students

Newport News, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division hosted 50 students and faculty from area high schools as part of Heritage High School's Engineering and Technology Magnet Program Seniors Internship and Newport News Public Schools' "Spring Break: Make It Work" job shadowing program. Both programs focus on the benefits of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in the workplace. "It is inspiring to see so much enthusiasm and initiative among our young people in Newport News," said John Shifflett, NNS' director of leadership, technical and professional development. "These programs do a great job of helping students connect the dots between what they are learning in the classroom and how it will apply in the workplace.