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Organize an Engineers Week Committee with your
office, college or professional society chapter. |
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Visit the National Engineers Week Internet site
www.eweek.org to find out what's
new. |
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Enter news of your local activities on the
www.eweek.org database and enter
your name as a local contact. |
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Volunteer to help a local middle school participating
in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition. Or, you can
help sponsor a prize or judge a local contest. You may even win a
trip to Washington, D.C. Visit
www.futurecity.org. |
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Introduce a girl to engineering! Thursday of E-week
is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. There's a separate
booklet available to help prepare you to reach out to this
underrepresented group in engineering. |
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As part of the Discover E program, contact a teacher
or principal to speak at a local elementary, middle or high school
and provide hands-on experiments relevant to engineering and
careers. |
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Visit Internet sites of your professional or
technical organizations to see what they are doing for Engineers
Week. If they don't show anything, help create ideas and suggest
they link to
www.eweek.org. |
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Contact National Engineers Week headquarters to see
if there is an Engineers Week organization in your area or check at
www.eweek.org.
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Present awards to outstanding engineers, employers,
teachers or students. |
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Contact the Junior Engineering Technical Society at
www.jets.org
to request guidance brochures for various engineering disciplines
and explore high school programs. |
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Open your college engineering lab for public tours.
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Help local boy and girl scouts with their engineering
badges. |
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Present a demonstration for high school science and
math clubs. |
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Create special exhibits in public spaces at your
office. |
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Contact your employers or college's internal
communications staff and let them know when Engineers Week will
occur. Present ideas for ways to celebrate the company's
achievements. |
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Visit
www.discoverengineering.org and
promote their site to middle school students. |
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Contact middle or high school and offer to have a
student shadow you on the job or around campus. |
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Work with other engineering groups to host an
Engineers Week expo at a local shopping mall. |
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Sponsor a banquet with an exciting speaker and
program. |
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Write a letter to your local newspaper editor letting
him/her know about the importance of engineering to your community.
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Plan a special recognition luncheon in your office
and invite the CEO or chief technical officer to participate.
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Order Engineers Week materials that can help with
your programs. |
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Visit
www.greatachievements.org for
useful information about great engineering achievements of the past
100 years. |
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Donate books, posters, and bookmarks to a local
public or school library for an Engineers Week corner. Or, host a
story hour. Check out age-appropriate books at
www.eweek.org.
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Purchase a postage slug saying "Proud Supporter of
National Engineers Week" for your office postage meter. (Contact
your local post office to have a slug made.) |
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Request an Engineers Week proclamation from your
mayor or city council. For a sample proclamation visit
www.eweek.org.
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Write and test hands-on engineering activities to
interest students and send your ideas to Engineers Week
headquarters. |
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Visit
www.nae.edu/awards to learn about
the Charles Stark Draper Prize, the "Nobel Prize" of engineering.
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Organize an extracurricular program for young
students, such as a tour or competition. Build spaghetti bridges,
race boats, or design and build Rube Goldberg-like machines.
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Contact a local speakers bureau (try the Chamber of
Commerce) and offer to speak before local civic and business groups.
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Develop and maintain a directory of engineering
societies or company engineers willing to visit schools, and tell
schools this list is available. |
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Recruit a local class to participate in the Discover
Engineering interactive telecast. Be sure to stay with the class
during the telecast to provide your perspective. Learn more at
www.eweek.org.
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Organize a walking or bus tour of interesting
engineering achievements in your community. |
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Sponsor a workshop to help teachers understand what
engineers do. |
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Host a program at a local boys and girls club.
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Suggest ideas for E-week. Write to National Engineers
Week Headquarters, 1420 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
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Work with local newspapers to prepare an engineers
supplement. |
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Participate in an engineering fair at a local
college. Many colleges host such fairs during Engineers Week.
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Work with local groups to host a film festival
featuring movies that touch on issues of engineering and technology.
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Enter a contest at
www.eweek.org. |
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Suggest a contest at
www.eweek.org. |
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Place Engineers Week tent cards on tables in the
company or college cafeteria. |
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Offer to create an Engineers Week Internet site for a
local committee. |
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Order Engineers Week note cards for informal
correspondence. |
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Volunteer to serve as a judge for a school science or
technology fair. |
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Wear an Engineers Week t-shirt or cap. |
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Send an Engineers Week mug or mouse pad to clients or
your children's teacher. |
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Take information from the Engineers Week Internet
site on the engineering of chocolate, potato chips and other
little-known engineering connections and pass it along to your
company newsletter, local newspaper or local school. |
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Help with a local MATHCOUNTS competition that occurs
during Engineers Week. Check out the CA MATHCOUNTS web page for
Chapter Coordinator contact info at
www.mathcounts-ca.org.
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Contact a high school guidance counselor. Offer to
talk with students and provide Engineering and You brochures or an
Engineers Week video for the guidance office. |
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Organize an essay contest for a local class.
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Contact a local science center. Provide bookmarks and
posters or offer to run a hands-on demo. |
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Work with community television to provide Engineers
Week videos, engineering movies and public service announcements.
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Order a National Engineers Week banner from a local
sign store and display it at your workplace entrance. |
