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Greetings,
Have you made your reservaton for our premier social
event? Our Awards Night is May 25th and offers the
best opportunity of the year to network with your
peers from across the region's technology sector.
Don't miss it!
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Tech Fair 5.12 |
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This Friday, CVCC and the Tech Council will
host its annual Technology Fair on the CVCC
campus. This event brings together over 300
technology students from regional high
schools in a series of projects and
competitions in the area of design and
drafting. Projects focus on applications
from architectural, civil and mechanical
design. As part of this event, we are
inviting regional industries to participate
by hosting a display and/or demonstration of
your company’s work. This display would be
from 9:00 – 11:00 AM the morning of May 12.
We also need individual volunteers to serve
as tour guides. Please contact Jonathan
Whitt at 847-1447 or by email at jwhitt@region2000.org
to sign-up.
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Awards Night 5.25 |
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You are invited to join the Region 2000
Technology Council for a gala evening at the
Kirkley Hotel in Lynchburg on May 25, 2006
as you network with the region's foremost
entrepreneurs, innovators, educators and
economic developers.
The night begins with a networking reception
at 6:00PM. Dinner will be served at 7:00PM
followed by the awards presentation and
keynote address by Viriginia's Secretary of
Technology, Aneesh Chopra. Reserve your
seats now.
Each year, we honor our corporate sponsors
and the achievements in entrepreneurship,
innovation, advocacy and education.
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Summer Academies |
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During the week of August 7-11, 2006, the
Region 2000 Technology Council will team up
with CVCC to once again offer a series of
career academies for the region’s middle
school students. These academies are
high-quality career exploration events
designed to expose middle school students to
a variety of technology careers. This summer
the following technology areas will be
offered:
- Nuclear energy
- Information technology
- Advanced manufacturing
- Health care
- Aviation
- Women in Science and Technology
- Building technology
- Criminal Justice/Forensics (NEW!)
We are in need of corporate sponsors for
each of the academies. If your company would
like sponsorship information please contact
Jonathan Whitt at 847- 1447 or by email at
jwhitt@region2000.org.
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