REMINDER/Georgia Tech to Host 550 SECME Educators, Students for Institute, ''Silver Celebration''.Business Editors REMINDER...for Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , June 18, through Thursday, June 29 --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHO: 550 K-12 educators/students (16 states, District of Columbia) plus 200 SECME SECME Southeastern Consortium of Minorities in Engineering SECME Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics, and Enrichment university/industry/government partners. 400 Teachers, Counselors, School Administrators 150 Student Competition Finalists, Scholars WHAT: 12-day Summer Institute for professional development, hosted by Georgia Tech. 25th Anniversary Celebration Student Competition and Scholar Awards "Teacher of the Year" Award "Empowering Parents To Parent" Program Science, Math, Technology, Internet Training Leadership Academy/Principals Forum Sponsors include NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , U.S. Department of Energy, Semiconductor Industry Association, school systems, member universities, and corporations such as National Semiconductor Corporation, Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. and Intel as major financial, in-kind sponsors. WHEN: Sunday, June 18, through Thursday, June 29, 2000. WHERE: Midtown Atlanta  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. , on Georgia Tech campus (North Ave.) and Sheraton Colony Square Hotel, 14th and Peachtree Streets Peachtree Street is the main north-south street of Atlanta, Georgia. The city grew up around this one street, and many of its historical and municipal buildings are or were located along it. , NE, (Atlanta, Georgia) WHY: Introduce new technical content, innovative, inquiry-based teaching strategies. Continue professional growth, development, and renewal through: "hands-on" learning by doing, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and technology tools for more effective teaching. CONTACT: Please contact Ed Aebischer, SECME, 404/894-6552 or ed.aebischer@coe.gatech.edu for additional program details and schedule of events. SECME: Established (1975) by Engineering Deans at seven Southeastern universities For the Florida institution, see . Southeastern University has a total enrollment of about 867. About 77% are locally based[4], and a majority are female, but there is also a significant international enrollment consisting of students from over 50 countries, including West , now nation's largest pre-college alliance. School-university-industry partnership links 108 school systems (900 K-12 schools), 40 universities, 70 corporate and government investors across the country. SECME's mission is to increase the pool of under-represented students prepared to enter and complete post-secondary study in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. To date, 60,000 SECME seniors have graduated from high school. Surveys show 90 percent go on to four-year college/university -- three-fourths to pursue majors in engineering, science, education, and related disciplines. SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor : The Semiconductor Industry Association is the forum in which semiconductor companies work collectively to advance the competitiveness of the $76.6 billion U.S. industry, a leading contributor to the nation's economy. The SIA is the premier trade association representing the semiconductor industry, with member companies comprising more than 90 percent of U.S.-based semiconductor production. Collectively, the chip industry employs a domestic workforce of more than 284,000 people. For further Summer Institute and SECME information: www.secme.org. For additional information on the SIA, go to: www.semichips.org. |
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