Engineering and Construction Camps

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Engineering and Construction Camps

• Presentation to Post Leaders
• by
• COL Ron Brown, CPC, USA (Ret),
• Chair, SAME EC Camp Committee

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Purpose

• Experience advantages of studying engineering
• Excite students about military and private sector
  engineering in support of DoD
• Encourage entering a service academy or ROTC
• In concert with the K-12 Outreach Committee,
  Develop an effective outreach to organizations
  that promote K-12 engineering career development
• Promote the objectives of the Society

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Organization
COL Ron Brown, CPC, USA (Ret) Chair
LTC Scott Prosuch, USA (Ret) Vice Chair
Col Greg Seeley, PhD, USAF Director USAFA
Camp
CAPT Frank Aucremanne, USN Director
Seabee Camp
Jimmy Waddle Director Army
Camp
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Objectives

• SAME offers high school sophomores, juniors and
  selected seniors the opportunity to attend a one
  week camp. They learn leadership, engineering and
  construction skills, and exchange ideas with
  students from around the world !
• Committee Objectives
• Develop strong partnerships with Posts
• to encourage high school students to pursue
  military engineering careers through Camp
  participation
• Increase sustaining member firm participation in
  the Engineering Construction Camps
• Encourage Camp participants to attend a service
  academy
• Support the strategic objectives of the Society

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SAME-US Army Engineering Construction Camp/
Vicksburg, MS, June 10-16, 2007

• 40 Student Campers
• 8 Team Pilots/First Mates, Mentors

• 6 SAME Post Sponsors
• 1 ASCE Sponsorship

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SAME-USAFA Engineering Construction Camp/
Colorado Springs, CO, July 5-11, 2007

• 60 Student Campers
• 7 Cadet Flight Leaders
• 50 SAME Post Sponsors

• 11 Mentors
• Head Mentor COL (Ret.) Kurt Ubbelohde

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SAME-Seabee Engineering Construction Camp/ Port
Hueneme, CA, July 29-August 4, 2007

• 40 Student Campers
• 8 Squad Leaders
• 38 SAME Post Sponsors

• 8 Mentors
• Head Mentor CAPT (Ret.) Roger Fauenfelder
• 1 Learning for Life Sponsorship

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2007, Another Successful Year!

• All Camps Have Met Their Individual Enrollment
  Objectives for 2007

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SAME USAFA and Seabees Long Term Tracking

• Contracted out to Erin Ingersoll of Meeting
  Visions, LLC.
• Conducted two e-mail campaigns and one regular
  mail campaign over the course of 2 ½ months.
• Out of 493 students, 162 responded (33).

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SAME USAFA and Seabees Long Term Tracking
One student is serving in Iraq with the 557th
Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron and plans to
attend college when he returns.