INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER NEWS

摘要

Dr. Vince Patton, director of the AFCEA International Educational Foundation, paid a visit to the January luncheon, where the chapter was honoring its selection of 2015 Teaching Tools grant recipients. Pat-ton delivered a heartfelt and insightful presentation on the efforts AFCEA International is undertaking to further the tenets of the organization, including its focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) grants and scholarships. He also emphasized how the local chapters influence the direction of the next generation of U.S. Defense Department and government professionals. The chapter annually disperses Teaching Tools grants to deserving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-focused teachers in the Atlanta metro area during the January chapter luncheon held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. For 2015, the chapter awarded $1,000 grants to five teachers: Cathrine Nolan, Central Educational Center of Coweta County; Maria Brown, Washington Park Elementary of Fulton County; Carla Vashaw and Chas Harsh, North Gwinnett Middle School of Gwinnett County; and Bobby Bur-ford, Loganville Middle School of Walton County. These well-deserved and much-needed funds assist the teachers in procuring STEM-related goods and/ or services to keep students from grade school through high school interested in STEM education.