As NACME’s largest fundraiser, the dinner is expected to raise more than
$4 million that will go directly toward providing scholarship support for
African American men, American Indian and Latino students in engineering.
This year’s theme, Changing Lives, Changing America, speaks to NACME’s
dual role of changing lives through involvement in K-12 and higher
education, and its ability to change America through its leadership and
policy advocacy to produce a graduating engineering class that looks like
America.
The NACME 35th Anniversary Awards Dinner & Celebration will also honor
NACME and partners who have demonstrated significant commitment and
dedication to increasing the representation of underrepresented minority
students in engineering careers.
NACME’s honorees are:
- Merck, Inc. – Corporate Citizenship Award
- New Jersey Institute of
Technology—University Rising Star Award
- Dr. Herb Schroeder (University of
Alaska)– Reginald Jones Award
- Ted Greenwood (Sloan Foundation) – Diversity
Vision Award
- Dr. Darryll Pines (University of Maryland, College Park) –
Alumni Circle Award
- Dr. John Brooks Slaughter (Outgoing CEO and president)
– Special Honoree/NACME Board Award
“This is an exciting time for NACME,” said Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail,
NACME president & CEO. “It is not only a time for rejoicing, but, also, a
time for renewing our commitment to service. Not only are we celebrating a
milestone in our history of providing support to underrepresented minority
youth, we are also a experiencing a transition in leadership.”
McPhail was recently named NACME’s sixth President and CEO, replacing Dr.
John Brooks Slaughter, who retired August 31.
More than 500 engineering industry leaders, educators and partners are
slated to attend. Featured entertainment includes The Constant Trio, a jazz
band, and a special appearance by Bill Cosby. Two raffle contests will also
be held featuring such prizes as one 52” Toshiba LCD TV, one 37” Sony LCD
TV, one Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II and three specialty wine baskets.
Event sponsors include Bristol Myers Squibb, EMC Corporation, General
Electric Company, IBM, Marathon Oil Company, Merck & Co., Inc., and Northrop
Grumman Corporation. (A complete list of sponsors is available online.)
The NACME 35th Anniversary Awards Dinner and Celebration takes place
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 6:30 p.m.– Midnight at the Waldorf=Astoria,
located at 301 Park Avenue in New York City. To purchase tickets or for more
information, please visit
www.nacme.org/dinner or call 914.539.4010.
About NACME
NACME works with America’s leading corporations to sustain and increase
the pool of underrepresented minority students pursuing careers in
engineering. Since 1974, the National Action Council for Minorities in
Engineering (NACME) has spent more than $120 million in scholarship and
support services for more than 22,000 African American, American Indian and
Latino students at 160 colleges and universities nationwide.
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Stephenetta Harmon
Program Manager, Communications
