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Below are Pdf's of press releases and articles about BEC current activities.

Release/
Print date
Content
May 2010 Business Education Compact Names New Director
- Press Release
Feb 2010 BPA Engineers Send Woodlawn Elementary Students Into Overdrive
- Press Release
Feb 2010 Forest Engineer “Connects” via Bridge with Franklin High School Students
- Press Release
Feb 2010

NEM 2010: BPA NEM volunteers Brian Scott and Aimee Fahey visit Woodstock Elementary
- You Tube Video

Feb 2010

NEM 2010: Engineers bring "Aha!" moments to classrooms around the state
- ODOT News
- You Tube Video of "Aha!" moment

Feb 2010 NEM 2010: TriQuint Scientist “Solar-gizes” Meadow Park Middle School Students!
- Press Release
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: OFRI Forestry Engineer Visits Madison High School
- Press Release
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: ODOT helps Burnt River students try their hand at Engineering
- Baker City Herald
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: Intel Rock Stars Talk Engineering Careers at Tualatin High School
- Press Release
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: Daimler Engineer “Puzzles” Century High School Students
- Press Release
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: BPA Engineer Makes Science Come Alive for Heritage High School Students
- Press Release
Feb 2010 NEM 2010: Intel Celebrates National Engineer and Technicians Month
- TV commercial - You Tube Video
Feb 2010 Paul G Allen Family Foundation Awards Funding to BEC for Proficiency Work
- Press Release
Feb 2010 Wave of Engineers Sweep into Oregon Classrooms
- Press Release
Jan 2010 M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Awards Funding to BEC for Technology Transformation
- Press Release
July 2009 The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded a 2nd year grant of $40k to the BEC
- Press Release
April 2009 BEC honored by OEA as Education Citizen of the Year
- Press Release
Feb 2009 Engineers Inspire 23,000+ Oregon students during National Engineers Month
- Press Release
Feb 2009

Governor's National Engineer Month Proclamation
- Office of the Governor

Oct. 2008

2009 NW Weather Calendar
- Press Release

May & June 2008 TechnoScience Supersite ad
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The Oregonian
July 2007

School's out: How students are spending their summer
- The Oregonian
BEC Intern, David Fishback

May & June 2007 TechnoScience Supersite ad
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The Oregonian
May 2007

Motivating Children to Become Engineers
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IEEE BEEEP e-newsletter article

April 2007 Engineers, Educators Partner to Expand Young Minds
- Press Release
April 2007 BEC Names New Director
- Press Release
March 2007

Group Engineering a Brighter Future
- The Tigard Times

February 2007 Industry Tries to Build the Engineers of the Future
- The Daily Journal of Commerce
Jan 2007 BEC Grows National Engineers Month In Its 13th Consecutive Year
- Press Release
Oct 2006 BEC Hosted World-renowned Author, Speaker and Educator Charlotte Danielson
- Press Release
Sept 2006 Rising to the Workforce Development Challenge
by Stephanie Lambert - SAO Newsletter
June 2006 Internships: Many Perspectives -- Unlimited Benefits!
by Stephanie Lambert - SAO Newsletter
May 2006 Creating Internship Opportunities — It’s Easier Than You May Think
by Stephanie Lambert - SAO Newsletter
April 11, 2006 Internships Demystified: from One Who Knows
by Mark Lawler, CTO at ProSight - SAO newsletter
March 15, 2006 Intel engineer Skip Gaudreau visits students via video in Pendleton
by Kathy Aney of the East Oregonian
March 14, 2006 Workforce Development Initiative Responds to SAO Members’ #1 Priority
by Stephanie Lambert
March 3, 2006 Portland General Electric (PGE) engineer Steve Higgins made learning real for scores of students at Forest Grove High Schools during National Engireers Month.
Feb. 24, 2006

Tom Peterson, Chief Engineer at Port of Portland demonstrates the distribution route of a pair of tennis shoes to Gladstone High School students during National Engineers Month

Feb. 24, 2006

PGE's Steve Higgins introduces Forest Grove High School students to energy generation and consumption during a National Engineers Month presentation

Feb. 23, 2006

The Software Association of Oregon and the Business Education Compact are pleased to announce an exciting, strategic partnership.

Feb. 23, 2006

SAO AND BEC partner to support Oregons future workforce
- SAO Press Release

Feb 2006

SAO Partners with Business Education Compact on National Engineers Month
by Mary Beth Horton - SAO Newsletter

Jan. 30, 2006

Business Education Compact kicks off National Engineers Month February 1st
- Press Release

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