DETROIT (AP) - Rocket Mortgage is working with a nonprofit to prepare students at a half-dozen historically Black colleges and universities to access traditionally underrepresented employment fields.
The program was announced Thursday and is part of the Detroit-based mortgage company’s collaboration with HomeFree-USA’s Center for Financial Advancement which provides financial education and career programming to students on HBCU campuses.
The center introduces students at Fisk University in Tennessee, North Carolina A&T State University, Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Bowie State and Morgan State universities in Maryland, and North Carolina Central University to the mortgage and real estate finance industry as career opportunities.
The partnership works to diversify talent in corporate America, according to Marcia Griffin, president and chief executive of the Riverdale, Maryland-based HomeFree-USA.
The expanded partnership allows Rocket Mortgage and other Rocket companies to develop a diverse employee pipeline with the schools.
The program will “provide Black and other students of color with financial education programming and training, as well as allow them to access meaningful opportunities to join our organization in whatever role best suits their talents and skillsets,” said Trina Scott, Rocket Companies chief diversity officer.
Rocket Companies said it will hire 10% its future interns from HBCU schools.
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