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A day in Hanover with Building STEPS
Ciena hosted a group of high school students from Building STEPS at our office in Hanover to show them what it can look like to h ...
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Collecting toys for children in need at annual To ...
Our people in London got together and volunteered in the Toy Fair's Trolley Dash to support KidsOut, a charity helping children a ...
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and one year ...
Read how we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month and the one year mark of our Latinx employee resource group at Ciena.
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Creating an inclusive workplace for all
Pragya Gupta, an Embedded Software Engineer, shares her story of joining Ciena and the tools we created to support her in her rol ...
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Bharti Foundation and Ciena partner to facilitate ...
Ciena and Bharti Foundation inaugurated ‘Advanced Technology Labs’ at Satya Bharti Senior Secondary School, Chogawan.
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Student perspectives – Ciena interns share their ...
Internships and student programs offer early professionals the opportunity to apply their knowledge and gain valuable work experi ...
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Employee-run annual golf tournament is making an ...
On August 16, 2022, after a two-year hiatus, our people came together at the Greensmere Golf and Country Club in Ottawa for the a ...
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Our Global Sales and Marketing teams come togethe ...
In this video, our Sales and Marketing teams came together to help make a difference in our communities around the globe. Check o ...
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Recognizing our heroes
In honor of World Humanitarian Day, we share the stories from some of our Ciena heroes who helped those in need in India during t ...
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Reaching your career potential
As an experienced leader and professional, Kailem Anderson, VP, Portfolio and Engineering, reflects on his career journey and pro ...
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Women at Ciena explore leadership styles at annua ...
Our Women at Ciena employee resource group held its annual networking event with our partners and customers in London
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Our Ottawa team members reconnecting again
In this video, see how our team members in Ottawa reconnected at our office reopening BBQ.
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Celebrating our families
Ray Gabriel, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, shares his story of starting a family through surrogacy and what it meant to h ...
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Leading as your true self
In honor of Pride Month, Nicky Martin reflects on being a role model for others by being her true self at work and in every aspec ...
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Our Global Products & Services team doing goo ...
From park clean-up events to helping local food banks, Ciena was on the ground making a positive impact in their local communitie ...
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Our people making a difference on Earth Day
For Earth Day this year, our people demonstrated their passion for helping the planet through volunteer events across the globe a ...
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Empowering underserved students with digital skil ...
Ciena has committed $10 million over five years towards initiatives that aim to unlock new opportunities through its Digital Incl ...
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A reflection of Ciena life in 2021
If we had to choose a word to describe 2021, it would be resilience. Collectively, our people came together with passion and inno ...
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CienaLife: Dear Young Ramona – Be proud of who yo ...
Ramona Jackson, an IT leader and member of Ciena’s D&I Council and Pride Group, recently presented at a company-wide meeting to s ...
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Ciena moms on balancing caregiving and careers
Employee. Mother. Leader. Caregiver. How do women continue to find balance when faced with so many responsibilities? To find out, ...
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Looking back: Life at Ciena in 2020
Ciena's Molly Winans takes a look back at a few bright spots from the Ciena team during a year of virtual connectedness.
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What we can all be grateful for
Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager for the Americas, Bruce Hembree, reflects on what he is thankful for and how his team ...
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Our mission: to expand opportunities for students ...
Ciena's Sam Paone explains why partnership is critical to progress.