The 18th Annual Future City Competition, for seventh and eighth grade students, is held from September, 2009 through February, 2010. The National Future City Competition is sponsored in part by the National Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations.

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NIU’s STEM Outreach offers outreach programming in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math for schools and communities in northern Illinois. Examples include demonstration programs, hands-on inquiry experiences, summer camps, professional development for teachers, family STEM nights, and more.

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Get WISE (Women In Step with Engineering), sponsored by Northern Illinois University’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, is a program dedicated to helping young women in middle school and high school explore the exciting and rewarding field of engineering. Weekly clubs are offered at area middle and high schools and the summer residential engineering camps are open to all students.

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Engaging Youth in Engineering (EYE) is a K-12 economic and workforce development initiative being piloted in 9 schools in the Mobile [AL] County Public School System. The purpose of EYE is to produce more high school graduates eager and able to pursue post-secondary careers and academics requiring a strong STEM background.

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In respect to the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to the future economic well-being of the nation, and the declining numbers of students (US citizens) choosing STEM professions, the Department of Defense (DOD) through the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) has initiated programs to develop and implement strategies to further enhance STEM education efforts in various geographic areas across our nation.

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