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November 2010  | Volume 32  |  11.28.10

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25th Anniversary Black Engineeer of the Year Awards | Host Chapter: BDPA Washington, D.C.
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Recent News & Events from Host Chapters...


BDPA Orlando* -
I/ITSEC Mod & Sim  Expo | NOV 29th - DEC 2nd

NBDPA -  NSA Stokes Scholarship Program applications Due | Nov 30th

All Chapters - Update 2011 Event Calendars by Nov 30th for new site

BDPA Philadelphia - Annual Awards Gala | DEC 4th

BDPA DC/NoVA - CCG/BEYA Cyber Security Symposium | DEC 6th

BDPA St. Louis - Holiday Celebration Hosted by Microsoft | DEC 15th

NBDPA - Oracle Scholarship Applications Due | DEC 17th

BDPA Chicago - Chapter Holiday Celebration | DEC 17th
BDPA Los Angeles - Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon | DEC 18th

BDPA West Region - 2011 Intl Consumer Electronics Show | JAN 6-9th

BDPA DC/NoVA* - 25th Annual BEYA/STEM Awards | FEB 17-19th

BDPA DC/NoVA - 2011 Federal OSDBU Procurement Expo | APR 21st

BDPA West Region - INTEROP 2011 | May 8-12th

BDPA DC/Hampton Roads - Student UAS Competition PAX| JUN 15-19

BDPA DC/NoVA* - Regional HSCC/ITSC @ Bowie State | JUN 24-25th

BDPA DC/NoVA* - FOSE | Federal Cyber and STEM Expo | JUL 19-21st

BDPA Chicago* -  NBDPA Technology Conference | AUG 3rd-6th

BDPA DC/NoVA* - CBCF Annual Legislative Conference | SEP 21-24th

BDPA Atlanta* - NMSDC Business Opportunity Fair | OCT 30 - NOV 2nd

BDPA Dallas* - 16th Women of Color STEM Conference | NOV 3rd-5th

BDPA DC/NoVA - Scholarship & HSCC Awards Banquet | NOV 9th [TBD]

BDPA NY - Annual Scholarship & Awards Banquet | NOV 10th [TBD]

BDPA NJ - Annual Scholarship & Awards Banquet | NOV 11th [TBD]

BDPA Northern Delaware - Scholarship Banquet | NOV 12th [TBD}

BDPA Northwest Region* - Supercomputing 2011 (SC11) | NOV 12-18th

BDPA Southeast Region - I/ITSEC (2011) | NOV 28th - DEC 1st

BDPA Philadelphia - Annual Awards Gala (2011) | DEC 3rd [TBD]

 

 

 

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BETF - The American Honda Foundation approved a $25,000 grant proposal this quarter submitted by the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) for NBDPA's SITES Program. In an email received late last week paraphrased by R. Wayne Hicks, BETF's Executive Director, "...American Honda Foundation's Board of Directors has decided to partner with NBDPA in its efforts of making a difference in the lives of our youth. In fact, the SITES program ranked number one out of the top 15 finalists! Not to mention there were over 500 other proposals we had to review for consideration this quarter..." For more information about these and other pending awards, subscribe to the Technology [BETF] Foundation's blog. For more photographs or news from this year's conference, visit NBDPA's home page, Facebook, and other NBDPA Social Network Groupsites now enhanced by:

 

 

 A 2010 Washington, D.C. Chapter 
 Technical Sponsor of the Year

 

 

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Updated   BDPA Oracle Scholarship Announcement

Largo, Maryland--National BDPA, a organization dedicated to bridging the digital divide and advancing careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), is extending the BDPA-Oracle college scholarship application deadline to December 17, 2010.

BDPA student members may submit applications to win one of ten (10) $5,000 BDPA-Oracle college scholarships. College undergraduates with a STEM related major or students entering their undergraduate freshman year in 2011 are encouraged to apply.


The new application deadline is 11:59 PM EST, Friday December 17th, 2010. Students will directly be notified regarding the status of their applications. Oracle representatives will select each winner. The scholarship announcement is posted on the National BDPA website with a direct link to the scholarship details page.

The application process and eligibility rules are posted on the link provided below.
http://www.bdpa.org/DOCS/Oracle_BDPA_Scholarships_2010.pdf

National BDPA encourages all eligible BDPA Student Members to apply.

Monique F. Berry
Vice President Business Management
National BDPA
vpbm@bdpa.org
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Photo: BDPA-DC High School Computer Competition (HSCC) Team Captains, Francisco Nunez and TurKenya Herring were among NBDPA's Oracle Scholarship finalists last year. BDPA student members and local HSCC teams from across America will meet again during next year's annual National BDPA Technology Conference, Career Fair, and National HSCC in Chicago, IL..

Where are they now?  View the latest chapter annual Scholarship and HSCC Awards Banquet event photos on Find us on Facebook Facebook. Discover these and other success stories during your local BDPA Chapter's Annual Scholarship Awards Gala or your next BDPA Chapter Holiday Event .
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