2010 Moms Night Out

2010 Iowa Moms Night Out

to Raise STEM Awareness

Event Purpose: A fun night that will inspire and educate moms/parents about the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and the vital role they play with their children.
*Note: Free childcare (ages 2 and up) will be provided with advanced registration

Location:
Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre
1717 W. 12th Street
Davenport, Iowa

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Date: This coming Monday!

October 18, 2010
7:00 – 8:30 PM

Register:

On-line at (preferred method):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D2N8LZB

For further information for Moms Night Out at the Putnam:
Phone number 563-324-1933

Keynote Speaker:
Joanne Howard, Manager Energy & Climate Strategy at John Deere, who will be discussing the importance of the STEM courses and how those lessons are used around the world.

Event Sponsor:

The state-wide sponsor for Moms Night Out for STEM is John Deere with generous support from Iowa Public Television and Hy-Vee.

The Moms Night Out satellite event is part of numerous other events scheduled across the nation during October in celebration of the first USA Science and Engineering Festival, to be held in Washington D.C. on October 23-24, 2010. The Moms Night Out event is being held on October 18 simultaneously at 20 locations in Iowa including Muscatine, Ottumwa, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Des Moines, Ankeny, and Iowa City. You can register free for any of the sites per the link above.

Further Information on Mom’s Night Out for STEM:

Flyer for Moms Night Out Event at Putnam:

http://www.qcesc.org/MomsNightOut-putnam5.pdf

Moms Night Out on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Moms-Night-Out-for-STEM-IOWA/126911334024570

Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership (IMSEP):
http://www.iowamathscience.org/moms_night_out/

USA Science & Engineering Festival:
http://www.usasciencefestival.org/

Quad Cities FIRST Lego League Challenge

There was a FIRST Lego League regional meet at the Putnam Museum on Saturday. Quite a good turnout, with a couple hundred kids (aged 9-14), parents and teachers from the region. The event was co-sposored by the Quad Cities Engineering and Science Council and Iowa State University. To learn more about FIRST programs, like this, visit http://www.usfirst.org.

[ Article from QC Times ]

The 47th Annual QCESC Engineers Week Banquet

Tonight is the 47th Annual QCESC Engineers Week Banquet (http://www.qcesc.org/banquet.htm) being held in conjunction with the Henry Farnum Dinner this year. We should have a couple hundred attendees for a talk on the completion of lock and dam 15 at Rock Island, on the Mississippi River. In addition, the Quad Cities Engineering and Science Council will be presenting Jr./Sr. Scientist and Engineer of the Year awards, a Lifetime Achievement award and student scholarships. QCESC is composed of a number of area engineering and science organizations, including the IEEE section that I was chair of last year.

If you decide to come at the last minute, we should have a couple extra places saved, and there may be snow tonight which will lead to some no-shows. Please DO COME if you have an interest. It will be a wonderful presentation, and the banquet is served by the Radisson in downtown Davenport. An excellent event, for only $40.

The award recipients already know who they are, and their biographies will be published in the brochure, so I'm not revealing too much prematurely to share that I've been selected as the Sr. Scientist of the Year. It is an honor to know that the community values engineering and science, and is willing to promote activities like this.