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MSPE at the Annual Engineers Week Banquet
You are invited to the 46th
Annual Engineers Week Awards and Recognition Banquet!
Join your peers for an evening of celebration and
recognition of outstanding engineering, educational and
personal achievements.
The banquet will be held
Friday, Feb. 19 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in
Chaska. The evening will begin at 5:30 with a networking
social and silent auction to benefit our engineering
scholarships and MATHCOUNTS program, followed by
individual awards and scholarship recognitions, dinner,
and the annual Seven Wonders of Engineering Awards
presentation. We hope you can join us for what is one of
the highlights of the MSPE year!
Directions to the MN Landscape Arboretum
Click here for a copy of the banquet invitation
Register Now for PE, FE Exam Review Courses
MSPE is again sponsoring
review courses for the PE civil, PE mechanical and
Fundamentals of Engineering exams that will take place
in April 2010. Courses are taught by licensed PEs with
background and expertise in the various subject areas.
If you dont pass the exam after taking the
course, we guarantee that you may attend a second MSPE-sponsored
review course FREE, provided you attend at least 80% of
the classes and complete at least 80% of the homework.
Courses will be offered live in the Twin Cities,
with live Webinar options available for each course.
Registration information and deadlines, Webinar system
requirements, online discounts for books and additional
details can be found at
http://www.mnspe.org/professional_dev/pe_review.shtml.
Basic details for each
course are noted below:
PE Civil
- Mostly Tues. and Thurs. evenings between Feb. 23
and April 6 for the live course and between Feb. 23
and April 8 for the Webinar course. C
lasses
meet from 6-9 p.m.
The cost is $600 + books (MSPE/NSPE member) and
$850 + books (non-member). Individual
sessions are also available.
The live course site will be the office of
American Engineering Testing, 550 Cleveland Ave.
North in St. Paul.
PE Mechanical
- Mostly Mon. and Wed.
evenings between
Feb. 17 and April 7 for the live course and between
Feb. 15 and April 9 for the Webinar course. Classes
meet from 6-9 p.m.
The cost is $600 + books (MSPE/NSPE member) and
$850 + books (non-member). Individual
sessions are also available.
The live course site will be MSPE office, 20 E.
Thompson Ave. #206 in West St. Paul.
Fundamentals of Engineering
- Mostly Tues. and Thurs. evenings between Feb. 16
and April 6 for the live course and between Feb. 15
and April 8 for the Webinar course. Classes will
meet from 6-9 p.m.
The cost is $350 + books (MSPE/NSPE member) and
$550 + books (non-member).
The live course site in the Twin Cities is TBD.
Check back soon for a location update.
All classes will utilize books
published by Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI),
provider of the popular Lindeburg books. When you order
your review materials through MSPE, you save 15% on
selected PPI products. Questions? Contact
Mary at MSPE.
Sponsors Sought for Engineers Week Banquet
You are invited to help
support the 46th Annual Engineers Week Awards
and Recognition Banquet on February 19 at the Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum by serving as an event sponsor. All
sponsors receive a brief description of their
products/services in the banquet program, listing on
tent cards placed on each table, a sponsor slide with
company name and logo during a looped dinner
presentation, a thank you by our Master of Ceremonies
and inclusion on sponsor signs by the registration table
and in the reception area.
Five sponsorship levels are
available: Exclusive Title Sponsor ($1500), Platinum
($750), Gold ($500), Silver ($250) and Bronze ($100).
The Engineers Week Banquet,
attended by about 225 people, recognizes participants of
the MSPE Seven Wonders of Engineering Awards Competition
and honors practicing professionals and engineering
students who have exhibited outstanding performance in
their profession or studies.
If you are interested in
serving as a 2010 banquet sponsor, please contact
Mary at
MSPE by Friday,
Jan. 29.
Engineers Week Banquet to Feature Silent Auction
Auction Items are Needed!
The February 19, 2010
Engineers Week Banquet will feature a silent auction to
benefit the Minnesota Professional Engineers Foundation
(MPEF) scholarship program and Minnesota MATHCOUNTS
programs. The silent auction will take place during the
social, beginning at 5:30 at the Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum in Chaska.
We are hoping for lots of
participation in this new event and are now seeking
your donation of a silent auction item to help support
and encourage potential future engineers!
Any item of any value is
welcome. Gift certificates for services, getaways or
activities; tickets for events; themed gift baskets; and
fun or practical individual items are some ideas.
If you can help, please
contact
Mary at
MSPE by Friday,
January 29 with a description of your auction item and
the approximate monetary value. Please also provide us
your name, company and contact information. Thank you in
advance for your contributions!
New Officers, Board Members for Minnesota Professional
Engineers Foundation
The Minnesota Professional
Engineers Foundation (MPEF), the foundation of MSPE, has
new officers and board members for 2010. They are:
Chair Clyde Terwey, PE
Adolfson & Peterson
Vice Chair John Blackstone, PE St. Paul Regional
Water Service
Treasurer Dan Jesberg, EIT Midwest Reliability
Organization
Secretary Randy Riebel, PE Delta Airlines
Two new board members have joined the leadership team
for 2010:
Brad Forester, PE with American Ductile Iron Pipe; and
Jim Sharrow, PE with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
They join continuing board
members:
Philip Guldberg, PE Qwest Communications
Chet Harrison, PE TranSystems Corp.
Dennis Luoto, PE Retired
Mac McCalla, PE W.T. McCalla, PE
Charlie Melcher, PE Terracon Consultants
Frank Pengal, PE Noramco Engineering Corp.
Finally, thank you to outgoing
board members Ralph Bertz, PE (retired) and Jake
Saulsbury, PE (Bolton & Menk) for their service over the
past years!
