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EWeek 2005 ENews #9– January 12, 2005

National Engineers Week 2005 will be celebrated February 20-26. This is the ninth in a series of e-newsletters that will inform you of products and programs. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.

Contents
1. President Bush Sends Message
2. Take EWeek to the office
3. Problem Child
4. Visioneering 2005: Entertainment of Tomorrow
5. Future Cities in Your Town
6. News You Can Use

1. President Bush Sends Message
“I applaud America ’s engineers for your hard work and ingenuity. Your efforts set an example for others and help advance America ’s legacy of innovation and technological achievement.” President George W. Bush has sent a message to the nation’s engineers. See the full text in the media section.

2. Take EWeek to the office
It’s easy to create an Engineers Week presence at your office. Place Engineers Week tent cards on tables in the company cafeteria or posters on bulletin boards. Order Engineers Week notecards for informal correspondence. Take information from the eweek.org media sectionon the engineering of chocolate, potato chips, and other little-known engineering connections and pass it along to your company newsletter or Website. Wear an Engineers Weekt-shirt or cap. Beyond the office, send an Engineers Week modem cord winder or water bottle to clients or your children's teachers. All are available in the online product catalog.

3. Problem Child
Engineers are problem-solvers and the problems they solve, and how they solve them, can be fascinating to children. You can introduce children ages 6-12 to engineering with a ZOOM Into Engineering toolkit developed by WGBH television specifically for Engineers Week volunteers. If you don’t have time to spend in a classroom or with a scouts group, consider donating books with an engineering connection, posters, and bookmarks to a local public or school library for an Engineers Week "corner." Materials are available at www.eweek.org

4. Visioneering 2005: Entertainment of Tomorrow
On February 19 it’s engineering in a rock concert atmosphere! “Visioneering” brings together students, working engineers, innovators, and noted national figures to celebrate the ways engineering makes a difference in the world around us. Now in its fifth year, Visioneering has grown from a local live event reaching 250 Dallas-Fort Worth area middle school students to a national event and TV show that reaches more than 8 million students.

New for 2005! Visioneering will include a live webcast reaching up to 100 streams plus an archived Webcast available after the event. Join us as we excite tomorrow’s engineers about math, science, engineering, and technology!

Here’s how it works. Bring students, teachers, and parents to your site for a day of engineering activities. “Visioneering” provides the Opening Rally and Closing Celebration for your National EWeek kick-off event. Start the day in your venue and participate in the Opening Rally webcast – hear from high-energy speakers and participate in a Q&A with the speakers. Then, break out and participate in activities of your choice led by your people. Finally, cap off the day as you join us again for a concert featuring a current Disney artist popular with students. For more information and registration, click on “Visioneering” at www.eweek.org.

5. Future Cities in Your Town
The National Engineers Week Future City Competitions in Albany, New York, Miami, Florida, Boise, Idaho, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, take place on January 15. Students compete in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 14th. Learn more at www.futurecity.org.

6. News You Can Use
The 26th annual Engineers Week Dinner sponsored by the Engineering Societies of Southwest Michigan is February 22 in Kalamazoo. The featured speaker is Professor Bernard Amadei, founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA . His topic is "Engineering for the Developing World: Challenges and Opportunities." Western Michigan University ’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Kalamazoo is hosting an informational program on career opportunities in engineering for local high school students prior to the dinner. Contact David Van Doren at dave.vandoren@alcoa.com or visit www.SPEwestmichigan.org/engineersweek

In conjunction with “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” ads will appear in the following movie theaters. ACEC Colorado will advertise at UATC Continental Theater 6 in Denver, Rockwell Collins ads will run in Cedar Rapids at the Wynnsong, and Westinghouse will advertise in Pittsburgh (PA) at Loews Waterfront 22, West Homestead. The IEEE-USA screens will include theaters in Los Angeles/Long Beach (26 screens); Chicago/Lincolnshire (20); Philadelphia/King of Prussia (15); Boston/Bellingham (14); San Francisco/Hacienda Crossings (20); Dallas/Fossil Creek (11); Washington, DC/Gallery Place (14); and Atlanta/Hollywood (24). The audience for the IEEE ads will be in the millions.

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Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week (February 20-26, 2005) is celebrated annually by thousands of engineers, engineering students, teachers, and leaders in government and business. In 1988, the National Engineers Week consortium expanded its scope and now includes more than 100 engineering, scientific, and education societies and major corporations dedicated to enhancing the public understanding of the engineering profession and to promoting pre-college interest in math, science, and engineering as a career option.

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