Poets new CEO is on the BoD of SRC.

https://www.src.org/calendar/e005660/#tab-registrants

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Semiconductor Research Corporation Announce New Scholarship for Undergraduate Engineering Students.

“Building a pipeline of highly skilled talent is essential to our business and to the competitiveness of the entire semiconductor industry,” said Suresh Venkatesan, senior vice president of technology development, GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “SRC connects companies with the top universities, which results in exciting research and educational opportunities for the best and the brightest students. The GLOBALFOUNDRIES Undergraduate Research Scholarship gives us the opportunity to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and help develop the technical leaders who will continue to drive innovation in the semiconductor industry in the future.”

http://globalfoundries.com/newsroom/press-releases/2014/09/09/globalfoundries-and-semiconductor-research-corporation-announce-new-scholarship-for-undergraduate-engineering-students

At TECHCON 2014(SRC organized) in September 2014, Ajit Manocha, Strategic Advisor to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, finished Monday evening by addressing students and sharing his experiences during his talk entitled "From Class Room to Clean Room to the Board Room".

https://www.src.org/calendar/e004684/banquet-keynote/

All good stuff!