CNX Academy Returns to PIT as Students Explore Careers
Visit underscores airport’s innovative approach to workforce, partnerships
By Matt Neistein
Published November 13, 2023
Read Time: 3 mins
With about 6,000 employees, from engineers to pilots to carpenters to police officers, spread across the Pittsburgh International Airport campus, it’s an ideal location to talk about a wide variety of careers.
That’s one of the primary draws for CNX’s Mentorship Academy, which provides greater opportunities for high school students from historically marginalized communities in the region who do not plan to immediately attend a four-year college.
On Thursday, the Academy returned to PIT for the second time this year to give more than four dozen young men and women a look at some of the many careers available at the airport and connect with staff in those fields.
“We’re trying to do as much as we can to let people know about the opportunities out here,” said PIT CEO Christina Cassotis during welcoming remarks at the Hyatt Regency hotel at the airport.
Cassotis noted that two previous participants of the Academy enrolled in the airport