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SPE Sections host Engineers Week activities

Golden Gate Section San Francisco, CA USA
22 February	“Diversity of Engineering Fields” presentation—SPE will give a presentation to students at San Ramon Valley high school, focusing on the range of engineering professions available in the oil industry. For more information, email gnalla@chevron.com.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day—SPE will host the fourth annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at Midland College where local high school sophomore, junior, and senior girls can lean what engineering is all about and win great prizes. For more information, contact Chad Brown at +1.432.699.7100 or view the Girl Day flyer.

Oklahoma City Section Oklahoma City, OK USA
18-22 February	“Engineer for a Day”—high-school students have an opportunity to go to work as a petroleum engineer, as energy companies (Devon, High Mount, Linn Energy, Chesapeake, and BJ Services) host a one-day mentorship program. For more information, contact Curtis Huff at +1.405.917.3900.
21 February	Joint Engineering Society Banquet—the reception and dinner for all the engineering societies with guest speaker Tom Landers, Dean of the College of Engineering at Oklahoma University, will be held in the Gaylord University Center on the Oklahoma Christian University campus at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are USD 15. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation at +1.405.528.1435.
19 February	OEF Engineering Fair—SPE will have a booth at the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation (OEF) Engineering Fair with games, prizes and career brochures. For more information, contact David Ferris at +1.405.232.9700.

Engineers Day at Kern County Museum—high-school students in the greater Bakersfield area, who are enrolled in a college-preparatory program for math or science, are invited to attend a one-day event where they can meet engineers at exhibit booths, listen to career and industry-related presentations, see live demonstrations, tour the world-class Black Gold Oil Museum, and eat a barbeque lunch sponsored by Halliburton. For more information, contact John Kaiser at +1.661.391.6142.

East Texas Section Tyler, TX USA
21 February	Annual Engineers Week Banquet—SPE will be in charge of registration for the banquet and have a booth for high-school and college students with flyers and demonstration materials. For more information, contact Terry Bates at TBates@tyler.oilfield.slb.com.

Young Engineers Award Recognition Dinner—SPE Gulf Coast Section Young Engineer of the Year Nominee Rey Saludares will be honored at the dinner. Rey is a first-generation college graduate, a native Houstonian, and a former SPE Gulf Coast Section scholarship award winner. Rey will be featured in the special Engineers Week Houston Business Journal supplement, distributed on 9 February. The dinner will be held at the Glass Palace at 7 p.m. (social hour at 6 p.m.). Tickets are USD 35. For more information, visit houstonengineersweek.org or email jvasquez@huitt-zollars.com.

Billings Petroleum Section Billings, MT USA
16 February	“Chicks Dig Science”—SPE will have a booth at the event where engineers will share about the industry. “Chicks Dig Science,” offered by Montana State University-Billings, is a one-day event designed for girls in grades 4 through 8 to learn about science and high-tech jobs. For more information, visit MSU-Billings Outreach Programs. or call +1.406.896.5890 (registration is closed)