E-Week Events Scheduled in New York State:
Feb. 13 – Long Island E-Week Celebration with Engineers Joint Committee of Long Island
Feb. 14 & 15 – Capital District E-Week Celebration
Feb. 18 – New York City – PE’s in Construction E-Week Celebration & Association of Towns Celebration
Feb. 20 – Rockland E-Week Celebration
Feb. 21 – Westchester/Putnam Engineers Week Awards Event
Feb. 22 – Erie/Niagara E-Week Celebration
Feb. 26 – Orange/Sullivan Chapter Engineers Week Banquet
History of National Engineers Week
The engineering community celebrated Engineers Week beginning in 1951, when the National Society of Professional Engineers initiated it. For the next several decades Engineers Week programs were local, disconnected, and mostly focused within the profession.
In 1990, the Foundation and Bechtel Group launched “DiscoverE,” the first formal national call to engineer volunteers for engagement in K-12 education, partly in response to government studies showing future shortages in engineering talent. DiscoverE became the Foundation’s K-12 umbrella volunteer outreach movement.
The DiscoverE mission is to sustain and grow a dynamic engineering profession through outreach, education, celebration, and volunteerism. DiscoverE helps stakeholders expand community and educational outreach by:
• Providing resources and turnkey programs for employees and volunteers
• Supporting strong workforce diversity initiatives
• Promoting positive visibility within the engineering and technology communities, including college students and the public-at-large [Read more…]