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DESCRIPTION:The Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy at Austin Community C
 ollege gives students a path to success at a quality engineering school wh
 ile starting close to home. The Engineering Academy program is the first e
 ngineering transition program of its kind in the United States. Engineerin
 g academies students are co-enrolled with Texas A&M and partner community 
 colleges across the state. After one to two years\, students transition to
  Texas A&M to complete their bachelor's degree in any of the 22 majors off
 ered in the College of Engineering.\n\nThe Texas Workforce Commission proj
 ects the need for engineers in the central Texas region to grow by 25% in 
 the next decade. The rising costs of education and limited family resource
 s cause a need for many students to start at a community college before mo
 ving to a university. However\, access to a premier university and getting
  accepted into an engineering school is a daunting task.\n\nThe Engineerin
 g Academy model addresses these affordability\, access\, and inclusion pro
 blems head-on and provides qualified students with an organized and afford
 able pathway to success as an engineering student. This talk will give an 
 overview of the program and the success that has been achieved in the firs
 t few years of this new and innovative program.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE C
 entral Texas Consultants Network \n\nSpeaker(s): Shana Shaw \, \n\nAgenda:
  \n5:45 to 5:49 PM - open for participants to enter and network\, suggest 
 next topic and speakers.\n6:00 to 6:10 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meet
 ing and to introduce speaker.\n6:10 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n
 \nWeb Ex Meeting Platform\, Austin\, \, Texas\, United States\, Virtual: h
 ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/237071
LOCATION:Web Ex Meeting Platform\, Austin\, \, Texas\, United States\, Virt
 ual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/237071
ORGANIZER:kaiwong@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:IEEE CTS LIFE MEMBER And CTCN Aug 18 Joint Meeting - A New Pathway 
 to a Premier Engineering Degree
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/237071
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Texas A&amp\;M-Chevron Engineering Aca
 demy at Austin Community College gives students a path to success at a qua
 lity engineering school while starting close to home. The Engineering Acad
 emy program is the first engineering transition program of its kind in the
  United States. Engineering academies students are co-enrolled with Texas 
 A&amp\;M and partner community colleges across the state. After one to two
  years\, students transition to Texas A&amp\;M to complete their bachelor'
 s degree in any of the 22 majors offered in the College of Engineering.&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br /> <br /> The Texas Workforce Commission projects th
 e need for engineers in the central Texas region to grow by 25% in the nex
 t decade.&nbsp\;The rising costs of education&nbsp\;and limited family res
 ources cause a need for many students&nbsp\;to start at a community colleg
 e before moving to a university. However\, access to a premier university 
 and getting accepted into an engineering school is a daunting task.&nbsp\;
 <br /> <br /> The Engineering Academy model addresses these affordability\
 , access\, and inclusion problems head-on and provides qualified students 
 with an organized and affordable pathway to success as an engineering stud
 ent. This talk will give an overview of the program and the success that h
 as been achieved in the first few years of this new and innovative program
 .</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">5:45 to 
 5:49 PM - open for participants to enter and network\, suggest next topic 
 and speakers.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:00 to 6:1
 0 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.</div>\n
 <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:10 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&
 amp\;A.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">&nbsp\;</div>
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