HI-TEC Award Winners Announced

The HI-TEC conference is pleased to announce winners of three awards to be presented at the HI-TEC awards luncheon on July 21. The awards and winners are:

• HI-TEC Educator of the Year: Michael Qaissaunee, Brookdale Community College
  
• HI-TEC Industry Recognition: Bart Aslin, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation
  
• HI-TEC Innovative Program: The GeoTech Center's Two-to-Four-Year Articulation Program in Geographic Information Systems. Accepting the award will be Kenneth Yanow and Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou.

Click here to read about the awards and their recipients. A press release about each award is included. Feel free to circulate these releases.

There are a few spots remaining in some of the preconference tours and sessions on July 19-20. Click here to check out the preconference and main conference (July 21-22) programs.

If you have not yet registered, you can still SAVE $50 if you register by the end of today, Friday, July 10. Click here to register now!!

After this Friday, registration will be open only onsite at the Fairmont in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Hotel reservations will be accepted at the conference rate as long as rooms are available.

Hope to see you in Scottsdale!

Preregistration discount extended to July 10th!

The preregistration discount has been extended to July 10th. Register today and save $50!

NEW! The HI-TEC conference program is now available online!
The conference program contains descriptions and presenter information for all 22 preconference workshops (including three industry tours) and 35 main conference presentations. You will also find three keynote sessions, an award presentation luncheon, and descriptions of 37 exhibitors in the Technology Showcase. Click here to view the conference program now!

If you have not yet discovered HI-TEC, here is just a sampling of the technologies that will be represented in the main conference: information and communication, nano, micro, geospatial, biofuel, automotive, manufacturing, "green," bioMEMS, mechatronics, energy, and photonics. In addition, there will be sessions on learning, recruiting, retaining, obtaining funding, and other administrative issues. There will be sessions for faculty, administrators, technicians, industry professionals, counselors, and workforce development advocates.

REMINDER: The discounted group rate for the hotel ends TODAY - July 2nd! Reservation requests made after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis at the group rate, if available. Click here to make your reservations today!

Don't miss this great opportunity for some summer professional development and networking! See you there!

Contact Sheila Wilson at swilson@cord.org if you have questions or need assistance.