NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK 19-25 February 2012

IEEE-USA needs your help to make National Engineers Week a success.   In addition to supporting programs and activities during the upcoming EWeek 2012 and EWeek 2013 celebrations, IEEE-USA will be the lead engineering society sponsor for EWeek 2014.

LEARN MORE ABOUT E-WEEK

National Engineers Week is a week-long celebration of all-things engineering, which features the Discover-E program, a year-long educational outreach program for engineer volunteers to communicate how "Engineers Make a World of Difference."  A handy toolkit is available, which includes suggestions for outreach opportunities, graphics to include on your websites or in print announcements, postcards, and posters; and much more.  An estimated 45,000 engineers work with five and a half million students and teachers in elementary through secondary school each year through classroom visits and extracurricular programs, using educational materials provided by E-Week.

Volunteer to help a local middle school participating in the E-Week Future City Competition™. Or, you can help sponsor a prize or judge a local contest. You may even win a trip to the national finals, which will be held during E-Week in Washington, DC!   IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee will be presenting a $1,000 prize to the Future City Team that offers the best communications system.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is a year long effort, culminating on 18 Feb., to identify volunteers who are mentors and role models for young women to build and sustain their interest in engineering careers.

Next February, thousands of kids and their parents will descend on the National Building Museum in Washington, DC for the IEEE-USA-sponsored E-Week Family Day, a full day of hands-on activities and demonstrations designed to introduce kids to the excitement of engineering.

The Global Marathon for, by and about Women in Engineering in Technology is a 24-hour “conversation,” done through a combination of live Internet chats, webcasts, teleconferences and pre-recorded sessions on issues for, by and about women in engineering and technology, which are accessible to a worldwide audience.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Get Involved by organizing an event designed to celebrating engineers and their achievements or raise awareness of the profession and technology in your local community, place of work or IEEE section.
   
• Volunteer to help IEEE-USA support national E-Week programs.  Contact Chris McManes for details.
   
• Make a tax deductible gift through the IEEE Foundation to the IEEE-USA E-Week Fund to financially support our EWeek Activities.