• Students rub shoulders with engineers at TI summer institute

     Thirty African-American middle school students learned about how coding is used in high-tech companies and daily life while attending a Summer Science Institute recently at TI’s Santa Clara, Calif., site.

    TI partnered with the Frank Greene Scholars Program to offer the annual, hands-on learning event designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among the hand-picked, high…

  • TI volunteers fill a need in the community

     TI volunteers from the company’s Technology Manufacturing Group, New Employee Initiative, Christian Values, and the Jewish and Muslim Initiatives all stepped up to volunteer and fill a need with CitySquare recently. The community service project to address issues of hunger and homelessness was the second in the series of Nine for 90 volunteer projects, sponsored by TI, to celebrate United Way Metropolitan Dallas…

  • Engineering a better community: a new employee takes on volunteerism

    "If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way."

    Buddha may have said these words, but the staff and volunteers at the CitySquare Opportunity Center in downtown Dallas, Texas carried them out.

    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of helping serve meals to more than 70 neighbors of the community as part of United Way’s “Nine for 90”…

  • TI Shanghai employees "Protect the Earth"

     Nearly 250 TI volunteers and their families went out to Shanghai Oriental Land recently and planted 62 trees. With a theme of ‘Protect the Earth’, small green games were developed to introduce more fun knowledge on environmental protection to all volunteers.

    Julie Zhu, TI Asia Human Resources Director on behalf on the China leadership team, joined the tree planting activity. Volunteers teamed up and planted…

  • TI Foundation grant helps launch college readiness program

    Thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Texas Instruments Foundation, the Garland Independent School District will partner with the National Math and Science Initiative to implement a new three-year College Readiness Program. The program includes content-focused teacher training, ongoing support, Advanced Placement test preparation, practice exams and administration fees.

    Read more about the program here.

  • TI volunteers renovate local shelter as part of "Nine for 90" series

    TI employees stepped up to make a tremendous impact in the Dallas community recently, kicking off the series of Nine for 90 volunteer projects. The series,  sponsored by TI, celebrates United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ 90th anniversary and the company’s long relationship with United Way. 

    More than 60 employees from TI and Alliance Data hung shutters and painted offices and apartments to enhance the Family…

  • TI issues its latest Corporate Citizenship Report

    Texas Instruments published its eighth-annual Corporate Citizenship Report (CCR) today, outlining the company’s social and environmental performance for CCR 2013 Cover2013. The report is available online at www.ti.com/ccr

    “We’re in the business of engineering a better tomorrow. It starts with understanding the world’s greatest challenges. Then we go to work; designing and manufacturing the right game-changing solutions – in…

  • TI names 17 Junkins Scholars

    Seventeen outstanding students from across the U.S. were named as recipients of the 2014 Jerry R. Junkins Memorial National Merit Scholarships®  at a luncheon at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas recently.

    2014 Junkins Scholars:  (front row, left to right) Asma Fares, Plano East Senior High School; Katherine Xiu, Plano Senior High School; James Clynes of Allen High School; Eshan Dabak…

  • TI Maine recognized for sustainability contributions

     TI was among four Maine organizations that was recognized recently for their contributions to environmental sustainability.

    Gov. Paul LePage and the commissioner of the state's Department of Environmental Protection, Patricia Aho, announced the award recipients which included Texas Instruments, Allagash Brewing Company, the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority and the Maine Water Environment Association…

  • TI joins 25 other corporate leaders in STEM commitment

    TI signed on to Change the Equation’s (CTEq) Commitment to Excellence in STEM, joining a collective chorus of business leaders in championing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy.  In signing the Commitment,TI, a member of CTEq, has reaffirmed the value it places on STEM literacy for all young people in the U.S.  TI and other Commitment signatories were recognized at an event on May…

  • 10 TI employees, 5 teams win 2014 TI Founders volunteer awards

     For the fifth consecutive year, TI Founders Community Service Award winners have been selected by an independent panel of outside judges for their outstanding community service efforts and contributions toward building a better future for the communities where TI operates.

    “I’m very proud of the meaningful contributions made by all of this year’s winners and nominees,” said Trisha Cunningham, TI's chief citizenship officer…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Biking for education

    Before taking his 18-year-old daughter on a bike tour from Tibet to Yunnan in July 2013, TI employee Weil Cheng decided to make the experience more meaningful. He embedded his passion for serving the community, along with TI's dedication for supporting education, into the journey by partnering with the Xinhua Compassion Education Foundation to support the Pearl Retrieval Project. This project helps students from poor…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Developing new engineers

    To support Tucson, Ariz., as a community and develop a new core of engineers originating from the area, the Tucson STEM Committee has been heightening awareness around the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Over the past year, committee members have facilitated nine major efforts to ignite student interest and success in STEM education. These efforts involved more than 50 TI volunteers…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Improving lives in the community

    The members of TI Philippines’ (TIPI) Community Service Representative (CSR) Council are committed to improving the lives of people who live in Baguio and nearby communities. As the main organization responsible for organizing and promoting TIPI’s community-related activities, the CSR team supports area education, safety, environment, health and nutrition programs.  

    The members of TI Philippines’ Community…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Helping patients in need

    For the past 10 years, TI India Dhwani team volunteers have supported an annual, two-day music festival called Dhwani. Dhwani is organized by the Bangalore Kidney Foundation (BKF) to raise funds for their “one free dialysis a day” program, which supports needy patients suffering from chronic kidney disease.

    TI India Dhwani team members (standing left to right) Ashwin Kamath, Praful Parakh, Vipul…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Improving the lives of children

    Suzette Kelly, who works in Global Communications for TI’s Embedded Processing business in Stafford, Texas, is a passionate supporter of children in crisis situations. Since 2011, she has served as a guardian ad litem for Child Advocates, Inc., where she is assigned by a judge to represent the best interests of a child or sibling group in foster care. Each case runs about one-and-a-half years and Suzette is working…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Supporting the community

    Shumsur Rahman, an ion implant engineer working at TI's Sherman Fab, is a long-time community volunteer. Over the past 10 years, he has devoted a great deal of his free time working as a volunteer with the Islamic Association of Collin County (IACC). As an IACC board member, Shumsur was instrumental in the board’s decision to open the IACC Food Pantry and weekly Dental Clinic.

    Shumsur Rahman is…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Helping disadvantaged children

    As a lead volunteer for TI Israel’s involvement in Ra’anana with the Shiur Acher program, TI employee Ram Amrani is expanding opportunities for disadvantaged children in the Israeli public school system. Ram and his team of 30 volunteers have been providing enrichment classes to eighth grade students at Ort Yad Leibowitz in Netanya for the past two years. During this time, 133 students have benefited from four enrichment…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Teaching math and science

    After realizing the TI Motor Drivers team had a lot of cool toys, like Vex robots, LEGOs and motor kits, TI employees jumped into action. They teamed with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District to support “The Art of Student Success” program for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Stockard Middle School in South Dallas. 

    (From left to right) TI employees…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Exposing students to engineering

    As a board member and key volunteer for North Texas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) and Dallas BEST Robotics, TI employee Mary Helmick has enabled the organization to reach a greater number of students each year. Since North Texas BEST’s inception in 1993, the organization has grown from one local hub that sponsored about 20 teams to almost 50 hubs with more than 900 teams located across Texas and…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Helping orphaned children

    Helping orphaned children in the U.S. and around the world became a mission for TI employee Mark Russell after volunteering at a malnutrition center outside of Antigua, Guatemala in 2008. Upon his return to the U.S., Mark realized that he and his family needed to make a significant impact in the lives of children.  

    Mark Russell raises funds that provide safe homes for people in the U.S. and around the world…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Inspiring others to get involved

    While attending the One Young World conference in 2012, TI employee Laura Shuey was inspired by the testimonials of other young leaders. After the conference, she developed a volunteer plan to involve TI employees at the Sunnyvale Sales Office in their local community. In 2013, Laura launched the volunteer program, which involved inviting her co-workers to a volunteer project followed by a Friday afternoon social once…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Educating and mentoring

    TI employee Kim Smith is a catalyst for change and a personal change agent. As an unwavering advocate and mentor for girls and women, Kim is personally invested in encouraging young women to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in college and careers. She has mentored more than 100 girls and women through Big Brothers and Sisters, Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, Women’s Crisis Shelter and at TI…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Giving low-income families a home

    TI employee Greg Thomas gives low-income families in Grayson County, Texas, the ability to own a home. As a Habitat for Humanity volunteer, he has helped build 21 homes over the last 13 years. These homes have benefited more than 150 people. As a crew chief, Greg teaches homeowners and volunteers how to maintain a home and build new homes for other Habitat families. For the past three-and-a-half years, he has also served…

  • 2014 TI Founders Award: Making volunteering accessible

    With time in mind, the Bay Area Regional Sales team makes volunteering easy and accessible for TI employees in the Sunnyvale Sales and Silicon Valley Analog offices. The team offers employees the opportunity to spend a couple of hours volunteering at a local nonprofit on a monthly basis, then attend a social event afterward.

     

    Bay Area Regional Sales Team members (Clockwise from top left) Jennifer Wang…