Discover "E" Program (Jan-25, Feb-1)Volunteer orientations (fwd)

[Jennifer Davis]

For people interested in volunteering and helping guide young people 
towards the exciting field of system administration :)

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:23:02 -0800
From: Elise Engelhardt <engelhardte at asme.org>
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Subject: [SVEvents] Discover "E" Program (Jan-25, Feb-1)Volunteer orientations

Discover "E" (E for engineering) is a nationwide student outreach
program to expose elementary, junior and senior high school students to
engineering and cultivate their interest in math, science, and
engineering. This outreach program takes place annually in Silicon
Valley from the beginning of National Engineers Week until the end of
March. The Discover "E" program was initiated in 1990. Thousands of
engineers throughout the United States participate in the program every
year. The Discover "E" outreach effort in the South Bay area has been
coordinated by the Silicon Valley Engineering Council since 1992.

Although engineering is second only to teaching in the number of
professional practitioners, there is an astounding level of ignorance of
what it is that engineers do, even among children of engineers. The
engineers participating in the Discover "E" program help to address this
deficiency. They serve as role models and illustrate the importance of
education in math and science, not only for a career in engineering, but
simply as preparation for living in our increasingly complex world. This
program welcomes new volunteers to articipate in this outreach effort.
Even if you have never done anything like this before, you can take
advantage of orientation sessions and be provided with materials to take
with you into the classroom. For more information, contact David
Levinson at david.levinson at lmco.com or at (650) 424-2658.

The Lockheed Martin session is scheduled for Wed, Jan. 25, in the
Building 157 cafeteria in Sunnyvale, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
You must contact Dave Licata (dave.licata at lmco.com) in advance to ensure
that you will be admitted through building security.

The IBM session is on February 1, from 2:30-4:00pm
The contact is Lynn Guest, lguest at us.ibm.com
Her phone number is 408-463-3076 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
408-256-3977 on Wednesday and Friday

The session being coordinated by SWE is also on Wed, Feb. 1,
from 6:30-8:00 pm.  It will be held at:   NVIDIA Corp. 2800 Scott Blvd.
Santa Clara  95050

While the first two sessions will primarily entail the distribution of
teacher requests, the SWE session will involve training of volunteers on
how to do outreach.  As a result, attendance for this is limited and
volunteers must contact(lucy_hsu at yahoo.com) in advance to ensure that
you will be admitted through building security.


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