Engineers Week, a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to our quality of life. Engineers Week promotes recognition among parents, teachers and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math, science, and technology literacy, and motivates youths to pursue engineering careers in order to provide a diverse, vigorous and informed engineering workforce. Each year Engineers Week reaches thousands of schools, businesses, and community groups across the United States. Engineers Week programs and materials are accessible to those outside the U.S. as well. Engineers Week 2006 is co-chaired by the Society of Women Engineers and Northrop Grumman Corporation.

SNAME, with members throughout the country and the world, can make an important contribution to Engineers Week by getting involved. SNAME Members can provide an important contribution to this effort just by lending their expertise to their local communities. Just add your name to the national Engineering Contacts list, maintained by the Engineering Week nonprofit organization.

By adding your name to the Engineering Contacts list, you are making engineering and your expertise available to your community. Your participation will help uncloak the "stealth profession" and could inspire hundreds of people in your community to learn more about engineering and the impact it has on their daily lives. You should expect to receive calls from other engineers looking to broaden the reach of their planned events, as well as calls from teachers looking for volunteers to come into classrooms, and everything in between.

Click here to add your name to the Engineering Contacts list, and help promote your profession to your community. If you would like more information about National Engineers Week, visit www.eweek.org.

Excerpts of material retrieved from www.eweek.org 12/06/05.