Accenture Supports Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Global Consulting Company Also Offers Scholarship Program for American Indians.WASHINGTON -- As part of its global corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while program, Accenture(a) will act as a management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and information technology services advisor to the new Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian National Museum of the American Indian, institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the Smithsonian Institution. (NMAI NMAI National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian) NMAI National Museum of American Illustration (Newport Rhode, Island) ). In addition, Accenture has made a financial contribution to the museum. NMAI will open on September 21, 2004 on the last available museum space on the National Mall National Mall: see National Parks and Monuments (table). , between the National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums. It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. NMAI is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history and arts of Native Americans, and the first national museum to present all exhibitions from a Native viewpoint. Approximately 7,000 objects from the museum's permanent collection will be on view when the museum opens to the public. Three major exhibitions will be complemented by a contemporary art exhibit and landmark works of art -- historic and contemporary -- placed throughout the building. NMAI projects the museum will have up to four million visitors annually. "Accenture is pleased to be a sponsor of this important cultural landmark," said Kedrick Adkins, Accenture's Global Chief Diversity Officer and U.S. Managing Director. "The museum fills an important void in our history and as a company committed to diversity we're proud to be associated with such a strong symbol of U.S. history and contemporary society." In addition to Accenture's financial contribution and its role as a management consulting and information technology services advisor to the museum, the company is also offering a scholarship program for American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. students. The program is comprised of the following programs: 1. Accenture Scholars - three undergraduate scholarships of $20,000 each for students pursuing a four-year program 2. Accenture Fellows - three graduate scholarships of $10,000 each for students pursuing a two-year program with an emphasis on business or technical degrees 3. Finalist Scholarships - two undergraduate scholarships of $2,000 per year for four years and one graduate scholarship of $1,000 per year for two years About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 100,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$11.8 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2003. Its home page is www.accenture.com. About National Museum of the American Indian Established in 1989, through an Act of Congress, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is an institution of living cultures dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. . The museum includes the new National Museum of the American Indian opening on the National Mall; the George Gustav Heye George Gustav Heye (1874 – January 21, 1957) was a collector of Native American artifacts. His collection became the core of the National Museum of the American Indian. Center, a permanent museum in lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North ; and the Cultural Resources Center, a research and collections facility in Suitland, Md. (a) References to Accenture include Accenture Ltd and its subsidiaries as well as independent charitable organizations that bear the Accenture name. |
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