Gardening to Give Back
Sometimes you learn something about your colleagues that is so pleasantly surprising, it just makes you smile. Perhaps they volunteer in a meaningful way in the community. Maybe they’ve had a remarkable career, or maybe they grow their own food and share it with their neighbors and coworkers. In Wade Nelson, we found all three!
Mindfulness and Self-Care With The “Ghetto Guru”
Abilities in Motion (AIM) recently sponsored a Mindfulness and Self-Care workshop and invited Ebony Smith of Yoga N Da Hood to lead our group through guided meditation and chair yoga…
Celanese Exceeds Expectations and Looks to the Future (2011-2018)
As we come to the end of this 10 decade blog series, what stands out quite prominently is that this is only the beginning of the Story of Celanese. Our…
Celanese Ready To Take On The New Millennium As A Truly Global Enterprise (2000-2010)
The world celebrated the turn of the millennium, as the dreaded Y2K bug never materialized. The internet contributed to globalization allowing faster communication among people around the world. Following the…
A Focus on Pharmaceuticals and Hoechst De-Merger (1990-1999)
The 1990s were known as the last hurrah of the 20th-century, featuring relatively peaceful prosperity. The Cold War had ended, the Berlin Wall had fallen and Bill Clinton, the first…
Advanced Technologies, Diversification and The Hoechst Years (1980-1989)
The 1980s was a time of political conservatism, advanced technologies and a pop culture that featured MTV and a new generation of blockbuster movies in the U.S. The eighties brought…
Global Expansion, Product Diversification and Social Change (1970-1979)
The 1970s was a time of tremendous social change, such as increased political awareness and an emphasis on women’s rights. Women were making their way out of the home and…
Joint Ventures and New Frontiers (1960-1969)
Following the diversification of the 1950s, Celanese spent most of the ‘60s building new manufacturing facilities and entering into joint ventures to increase our market share and competitive edge. Read…
Innovation and Exploration: A New Era For Celanese (1950-1959)
The 1950s was an exciting time at Celanese. Read below to learn how we continued to grow by optimizing market opportunities and diversifying to satisfy consumer needs. By the early…
Celanese Thrives Through Diversification: The Third Decade (1940-1949)
Continue with us on our journey of 100 Years of Celanese, as we explore our third decade and discover the 1940s. As the pressure of the Great Depression finally subsided…
Weathering the Great Depression: The Second Decade of Celanese (1930-1939)
Enjoy our second blog in a 10-part series on the history of our remarkable company, as we celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Celanese. The 1930s brought a multitude…
In The Beginning – The Early Years of Celanese (1912-1929)
Take a walk with me through the hundred year history of Celanese. Over the last year or so, I’ve been reading every scrap of information I could find to learn…
Post-Holiday Blues
I’ve recently diagnosed myself with “PHSD” – Post-Holiday Stress Disorder. My holiday party didn’t go exactly as planned, and a few close relationships caused some disappointment.
I know things happen, and everybody has holiday challenges, but I kind of hate to start the year off in a funk. So, I’m doing some things I hope will boost my spirits and send me on my way to a joyful and productive 2018…
A Perspective On Female Engineers At Celanese
Celanese’s University Recruiting Team recently attended the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. At this World’s Largest Conference for Women Engineers, our recruitment team sought out talented college students, recent graduates and female engineering professionals to introduce them to, and educate them on, the many benefits of working for Celanese. The opportunity to gain valuable engineering experience with a global Fortune 500 company; the culture of diversity and inclusion; and the opportunity to make a difference in the world through our many volunteer initiatives, differentiate Celanese from other companies in the chemicals and materials industry.
We interviewed a few of Celanese’s own talented engineers, including Sarah Abrego, Trinity Hale and Lauren Moore, to gain insight into why they chose Celanese as the place to begin their careers…
Being B.O.L.D.
In a Ted Talk video featured at the launch of the Dallas chapter of B.O.L.D. (Blacks Organized for Leadership Development), Verna Myers said,
“We can’t just decide not to see color. The problem was never that we saw color; it’s what we did when we saw color.” She went on to say, “While we’re busy pretending not to see, we are not being aware of the ways in which racial difference is changing people’s possibilities.”
I think we’d all like to believe we’re color-blind when it comes to racial diversity, but unfortunately, we’ve got a long way to go toward making equality the rule rather than the exception…
A Lesson In Gratitude
I had the privilege this month to serve as “nap buddy” at Vogel Alcove, an education center for homeless children of Dallas. I must admit, I was mildly disappointed to learn that being a nap buddy did not involve a nap for me . . . I love a good nap. But 10 minutes into our tour of the school, I was hopelessly devoted to helping make a difference to these precious children with no homes, if only for a few hours.
Who would have ever guessed that Dallas, Texas has the highest child poverty rate in the country among cities with more than one million people, or that 30-percent of Dallas children grow up in poverty? As a mother, this tore at my heart strings.