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In addition to monthly meetings, the Capital District Chapter of NYSSPE annually participates in the following:

EWEEK PACKET
SEMINARS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED FOR PDHS,
BUT ALL WILL BE APPROVED

E-Week Event Notification…

Basic Schedule - Engineers Week 2008
Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany
THURSDAY, February 14, 2008: Albany Marriott
Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered - 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
High School Bridge Competition

Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Keynote & Award Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Robert A. Dennison, III, PE, Chief Engineer - NYSDOT

4:00 – 5:30 pm Order of the Engineer – (VIEW)
A “Ring Ceremony” during which engineers accept
the “obligation of an Engineer” to serve the public.

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FRIDAY, February 15, 2008: Albany Marriott
Full Day of Seminars with PDHs offered – 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M

Keynote Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Keynote Speaker:
George Leveille – Director of Economic Development & Planning

Followed by a Reception - 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 - In the Empire Room

Attached is the E-Week seminar schedule along with a registration form.

We are still review courses for PDHs, but all should be approved by the end of January.

Thank you for your time and we hope to see you at Engineers Week 2008!

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EWEEK PACKET

Reply to: The Foundation for Engineering Education
385 Jordan Road
Troy, New York 12180-7620
518-283-7490 • fax 518-283-7495

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Mathcounts

Mathcounts Chapter Competition held on Saturday, February 2, 2008

On February 2, 2008 a team of 6th, 7th and 8th grade Mathletes® from the Home Educators Enrichment Group won the Capital District Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition contest. Members of the winning team are Matthew Babbitt, Wyatt Smith, Preston Law and Amanda Kettell. The top individual scorer of the morning competition was Matthew Babbitt from the Home Educators Enrichment Group.

The second place and third place teams are Iroquois Middle School in the Niskayuna School District and Farnsworth Middle School in the Guilderland School District, respectively. Greg Hickey from the Shaker Junior High School and Eric Wu from the Acadia Middle School were the top two individuals not on one of the winning teams. The top three teams and the two individuals will now move on to the State Mathcounts Competition scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.

The event was hosted at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna. Eighteen schools attended this year’s Chapter Competition and more than 120 students participated in the event. Preparations for the competition began in September at each local school, and ended with the rigorous Chapter Competition. During the month of February Chapter Competitions are held throughout the nation.

Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, MATHCOUNTS is one of the country's largest and most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors and students. It is designed to increase interest and involvement in mathematics among all U.S. middle school students. The mission of MATHCOUNTS is to encourage the development of mathematic skills while having fun and instill an interest in the students to eventually become engineers and/or scientists. Volunteers included employees from the GE Global Research Center, GE Volunteers, various engineering consultants and members and friends of the Capital District Chapter of NYSSPE. Members are encouraged to volunteer to help score the State Competition.

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Future City Competition

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