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Greenville Engineering Explorer post
Lee Stogner
On Tuesday, November 20 we will be having a very special Piedmont Section Meeting that will give our organization a chance to give important career advice to students here in the upstate of South Carolina. We will be having a joint meeting with the Greenville Engineering Explorer Post. This post is made up of High School Students from the local area that are thinking about a career in Engineering. Today Scouting is not just about camping and Merit Badges, it's also about making strategic decisions that can affect the rest of a young person's life. In the Greenville area, a number of career oriented Explorer Posts have been created. The Engineering Explorer Post was started this year and has already had a series of meetings and tours that benefit prospective engineers. The Post's monthly schedule consists of a joint meeting and a tour meeting. Each month the students get to hear engineers of a different discipline talk about their specialty and what they do. November is Electrical Engineering Month.
On November 6, the students will get a tour of the KEMET Fountain Inn facility courtesy of Allen Thomas and his dedicated volunteers. On November 20 we will have the joint meeting where we "all" will get the chance to show off our work and our careers. We'll begin with a short video introducing Electrical Engineering and the IEEE. Then I would like to turn things over to you the membership to talk about your projects at work. To make this possible, please bring something from your work whether it is a product or "thing" that you have created using your Electrical Engineering skills. It can be hardware or software or ?. Think of this as "show and tell" but with the important goal of intriguing and inspiring a young mind. You never know what will grow from the seed you will plant on November 20.
The meeting place will be the Fluor cafeteria. Dress is casual and food will be provided. We'll be expecting to see you there.
Date: November 20, 2001 Place: Fluor Cafeteria (The Round Building next to the lake) on the Fluor campus behind the Haywood Mall Time: 6:30 PM Topic: Greenville Engineering Explorer Post / Piedmont Section of the IEEE Joint Meeting
Please email Lee Stogner with any questions (and for directions): {address is below}
As usual, I will be at the Ramada in Clemson at around 5:30pm to take anyone who wants/needs a ride over (and back). -Mark Stokes
Dinner is free for all IEEE members and students. Guest dinners will be $5. Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 17, 2001 to me {address is below}.
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