Engineers Week 2008 will be celebrated February 17 – 23, and is co-chaired by the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)–USA and IBM Corporation. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.

Contents:
1. Introduce a Girl Today
2. Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering

1. Introduce a Girl Today
Today, February 21, is the eighth annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!  "Girl Day," as it's known among engineers, is the only outreach of its kind aimed at and organized by a single profession. Today and in programs throughout the year, women engineers and their male counterparts will reach as many as one million girls with workshops, tours, on-line discussions, and a host of hands-on activities that showcase engineering as an important career option for everyone.

"There are countless television shows featuring doctors, lawyers, police and other professions, so a child readily grasps that these may be career paths," explains Terry Lincoln, Global Signature Programs Manager at Agilent Technologies. "Unless we directly reach these girls with engineering, they won't get it, and we will miss up to half of all potential engineers. It's not just the right thing to do, it's crucial to the success of our company and to our country." Agilent Technologies, Inc. and the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation are lead sponsors for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, with additional funding from the Motorola Foundation. 

Dozens of local Girl Day events are posted on our website.  

2. Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering
Following February's Girl Day engineering women take on the world with the fourth annual "Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering." The marathon is being planned by leaders in six regions: China, India, North America, Mexico and South America, the United Kingdom and Europe, and Africa with the Middle East.  Make your own global connections and participate in virtual planning committees, building audiences or making presentations. This is a global event connecting those who care about the future of engineering.  Click here to see more.   

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Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week (February 18-24, 2007) 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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