EWeek 2006 ENews #24 – March 13, 2006
National Engineers Week 2005 will be celebrated February 20-26. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.
1. Future City Team Meets with U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Our Lady Help of Christians School from the Philadelphia region of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition® gave an impressive presentation before U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and local business leaders at the Bentley Systems headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania, on March 10. Our Lady was the second place winner at the 2006 Future City National Finals in Washington, D.C., during Engineers Week. Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley is the Honorary Chairman of the National Engineers Week Future City Leadership Council. Bentley Systems is a major sponsor of the Future City finals in Washington, D.C.
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2. Inspiration, Information on Schedule for Global Marathon
The 2006 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering will provide valuable inspiration, information, and recognition for presenters and audiences alike. For example, learn about the value of having a mentor or of being one. Are you a volunteer interested in working with Girl Scouts but don't know where to start? Maybe you're a college student wondering how to make the most of an internship or wondering what life is really like in the workplace. If you're a volunteer working with high school girls, maybe they'd like to talk with an engineer from The Gap, Inc.- certainly a brand name they will know - or learn how an engineering degree can be used in medicine or law. Click here for the latest topics and schedules for the marathon running March 23-24.
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3. Mentornet Expands Outreach
MentorNet, the global award-winning e-mentoring network linking college and graduate students with professionals for email-based mentoring relationships in engineering and related sciences, is expanding its outreach activities to focus on all those underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 15,000 one-on-one mentoring pairs, most of which to date have involved women studying engineering and related sciences. "Repeated requests from interested organizations and results from evaluation research showed us that our e-mentoring network has much to offer to anyone seeking a degree in engineering and related disciplines," explains Carol B. Muller, Ph.D., MentorNet's CEO and founder.
As a result of this new outreach, MentorNet is exhibiting its programs at the upcoming National Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 28 - April 1. "We are looking forward to being at the conference and talking with those attending about our programs," says Muller, who will represent MentorNet at the convention.
In an effort to build greater awareness of its programs and results, MentorNet is reaching out to a broader range of organizations. "We hope to encourage involvement, create partnerships, and learn how we can do an even better job of creating and supporting valuable mentoring relationships that enable individuals to excel academically and professionally," Muller says.
For more information about becoming a mentor or protege, involving a specific college, university, corporation, government lab, or professional society, or how MentorNet's programs work, please click here or stop by MentorNet's booth at the upcoming 2006 NSBE National Convention. MentorNet is exhibiting at the Career and Graduate School Fairs.
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4. In Local News
During Engineers Week 2006, Nicholas Donofrio, IBM Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, and a team of IBM volunteers, went to JFK Magnet Elementary School in Port Chester, New York, and carried out the "Puffmobile Challenge" with students. Puffmobile is an activity from the ZOOM Into Engineering toolkit. The magnet program in Port Chester is based on a belief that children from diverse backgrounds can share and grow together and profit from each others' unique identities. For this event, 10 IBM volunteers worked with 120 fourth-grade students divided into 5 classes. Students were provided with materials to construct puffmobiles, and winners were selected for speed and design. Donofrio and his volunteers from sites in Westchester (New York) County have more Engineers Week visits scheduled for the 2006 EWeek campaign to schools in the Bronx and Manhattan, as well as in Westchester.
The University of Houston (Texas) Engineering Alumni Association hosted an Engineers Week reception to celebrate how engineers make a difference, and to support University of Houston engineering students who will be the future engineers to continue the legacy. About 200 engineering alumni, faculty, staff, students, and supporters enjoyed the reception where 39 UH engineering students and 3 student organizations received cash awards from local companies, including ExxonMobil, FMC Technologies, Bayer, Grant Prideco, Kalsi Engineering Inc, Reliant Energy, BP, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates Inc, INTEC Engineering, Shell Oil Company, TCB, and Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. Awards were also presented by the UH Engineering Alumni Association, and local engineering organizations. The "Who Wants to Be an ENGINEER" performance (spin-off of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" TV show) was performed by alumni and students. The UH-SWE student organization was selected to assist at the reception. Contact is Cynthia Oliver Coleman at pengrococ@cs.com.
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