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Education & Mentoring Quick Links:
GKC Post Pages:
Scholarship
PE Refresher

SAME Nationals:
Mentoring
Summer Camps

K-12 Outreach
Mathcounts
Learning for Life
West Point Bridge Design Contest
 
 
Education & Mentoring is one of the primary missions for the Society.  The Greater KC Post has historically been very active in education and mentoring through scholarships, camps, youth education programs and mentoring for our membership. 
Committee Chair: Tom Poer, HNTB

Scholarship Subcommittee
The Post annually awards at least $15,000 to as many as 15 applicants.
Annual Schedule: Applications in the spring, award at June meeting.
Subcommittee Chair: Ted Hartsig, Applied Ecological Solutions
For more details on this program Click here.

PE Refresher
Since 2001, the Greater KC Post has provided financial support to our membership to participate in live and online preparation courses for the Professional Engineers test.  The post has supported over 100 members in this program!
Annual Schedule: Support for the spring and fall tests.
Lead:
Jason Meyers, Booker Willis Ratliff
For more details on this program Click here.

Engineering and Construction Summer Camps
Annually, the Post sponsors students to attend the Society of American Military Engineers / U.S. Navy Seabees Camp and the Society of American Military Engineers / U.S. Air Force Academy Camp.
  2004 Summer Camp Announcement
  2005 Summer Camp Announcement
  2006 Summer Camp Announcement
Annual Schedule: Applications in the spring, camps in July.
Lead: Volunteer needed
For more details on this program Click here to access the page on same.org.

Mentoring Subcommittee
The post has provided formal and informal mentoring of our young members and other members for many years.  The Mentoring Subcommittee works in conjunction with the Post's Fellows.
Annual Schedule: Year-round.
Subcommittee Chair: Volunteer needed
For more details on this program Click here to access the page on same.org.

K-12 Outreach Subcommittee
The Post has either funded and\or participated in many local education related events. 
For more details on this program Click here to access the page on same.org.
Subcommittee Chair: Clyde Hutchison, Black & Veatch

Mathcounts
Mathcounts is a program supported by SAME Nationals.
For more details on this program Click here to access the page on same.org.
Annual Schedule: KC Mathcounts in January; National Mathcounts in May.
Lead: Clyde Hutchison, Black & Veatch & Young Members Chair, Greg Butler, Shaw

Middle School Design Build Competition
Annual Schedule: TBD
Lead: Volunteer needed

 

For info on past events, see the newsletter library.