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Organizers have several goals for the conference, including:

• Engage the high school students in some fun and interesting activities to spur their interest in engineering and engineering technology
• Provide some motivation for better high school study habits by linking the technical activities to math and science
• Inform students of the degree options available at Purdue’s College of Technology at South Bend and expose them to each discipline, to help them decide what they may want to pursue
• Introduce them to the Indiana University-South Bend campus, where their Purdue classes would be held, so they can see what college is like
• Link the necessity for a college degree to jobs in local industries

The conference activities are being designed by South Bend Statewide Technology faculty in cooperation with PLTW high school teachers to insure that the activities planned meet the interest level and ability of the students. There will be four activities running in parallel during each session: a computer graphics technology (CGT) project, an electrical and computer engineering technology (ECET) project, a mechanical engineering technology (MET) project, and a tour of the IUSB campus.

The award was one of seven grants awarded through Operation Diploma, a Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) initiative launched through a $5.8 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc. Operation Diploma empowers Indiana’s higher education institutions and Student Veterans Organizations to better serve student service members, veterans entering college for the first time, and those re-entering college after extended service or deployment.

The Student Veteran and Military Club of Columbus includes students from the Purdue’s College of Technology, IUPUC and Ivy Tech Community College, all in Columubs. The students support each other, other student veterans and their families through various projects.

“We are mindful of all those who supported us, so we want to help others,” said Jim Wolfe, president of the SVMA. “We support the USO at Camp Atterbury, and thanks to a donation from IUPUC, we installed 12 computer desks at there.” SVMA will use the Operation Diploma grant to enhance their position on the campus and build on their earlier successes on projects.

“I am very pleased with what these students have accomplished,” said Jack Head, assistant director of Purdue College of Technology location in Columbus. “With the assistance of the MFRI, Operation Diploma and this grant, the students will continue to build a strong support organization that will help new students feel more comfortable as they transition from military life to civilian and college life.”

Read the full University news release.

Employers can register online for the 12th annual High Tech Job Fair for Indiana Companies at http://www.purdue.edu/jobfair. The event, offered by Purdue's Technical Assistance Program for in-state jobs only, will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union ballrooms.

The W. Edwards Deming Institute Fall Conference will be Oct. 10-11 in Purdue's Stewart Center.

The Yellow Ribbon Program, which is an enhancement of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, will be available Aug. 1. The program lowers tuition costs that would not be fully covered by the GI Bill. Assistance will be awarded to the first 50 Purdue undergraduate, graduate or professional students who qualify. Purdue will contribute $2,000 per academic year, and the Department of Veterans Affairs will match that amount.

Antonia Munguia, the College of Technology's director of diversity, said the goal of the camps is to help students, especially women and minorities, learn more about academic pathways in technical careers.

John J. Benish, David R. Bozell, John H. Dickey, Daniel E. Dimond, Ken Harness, Edwina Fuller Lenz, Donald W. Malackowski and Anthony Michael Najem are being honored for their professional and personal success across the spectrum of technology fields.

The event will be 7-10 a.m. April 17 at the New Albany location at the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana on Charlestown Road just southeast of I-265. Counselors from Borden, Eastern, Floyd Central, Henryville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, North Harrison, Providence, Silver Creek, and Oldham County (Ky.) high schools will attend.