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EWeek 2008 ENews #26 – July 10, 2008
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. Final Report Online 2. Join Engineer Your Life Members of the Engineer Your Life coalition know it's not that girls aren't interested in engineering, but that they don't know what it is. It's time to make a change. The Engineer Your Life (EYL) campaign has developed messages, resources, and training modules you can use to show girls what engineering is and reposition the field as an exciting and rewarding career choice. When engineering universities, corporations, and associations adjust communication messages to focus on how creative, collaborative, lucrative, and flexible an engineering career can be, we will begin to attract more girls to the field. Invigorate your ongoing outreach and diversity efforts by aligning them with the EYL messages. Become a coalition member and start making a difference. EYL will help you make the most of its resources and yours. We offer message training for you and your colleagues, print and online materials, and more. (All coalition members will be featured with a link at www.EngineerYourLife.org.) Working together, we can transform the image of engineering for girls, their parents, and school counselors. If your organization would like to explore how to join EYL, please email feedback@engineeryourlife.org. 3. Awards for Engineering TV On Friday, June 13, 2008, Design Squad director and senior producer Dorothy Dickie took home a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series." The show received three additional Daytime Emmy nominations, including "Outstanding Children's Series," "Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography (Film or Electronic)," and "Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing." Following the Emmy win, Design Squad producers accepted the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award on Monday, June 16, 2008. The award - considered to be one of the highest honors in electronic media - was presented in a ceremony hosted by 60 Minutes co-editor and correspondent Lesley Stahl, at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. As the Peabody Board noted: "Design Squad is a true delight - educational television in the best sense of the term. This series, directed at viewers ages 12 to 17, works because it recognizes and appreciates the intelligence of its intended audience." Rounding out the show's latest triumphs is a 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for the "Design Squad Educator's Guide." Created by WGBH's Educational Outreach team, the guide provides educators with everything they need to bring engineering alive in their after-school programs. 4. Engineering Is Elementary ----------------------------------------- To submit content or comments, or to be added to our email distribution list, please e-mail eweek@nspe.org. All suggestions will be considered. 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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