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Please sign up now and join ATE Central for a free webinar designed to help ATE grantees and others understand the importance of digital archiving for the ATE community. On September 19, 2017 at 2pm EDT, ATE Central's Kendra Bouda and Rachael Bower will discuss what digital archiving is, why archiving benefits ATE, and how ATE Central can help with your project or center’s archiving efforts. Whether you’re just getting started with ATE and want to learn how to meet the new NSF ATE archiving requirement or you've been part of the community for a while, join us to learn more about sustaining and sharing your project deliverables beyond the life of your ATE funding.

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In a recent press release by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), it was announced that eleven new colleges have been selected to participate in MentorLinks though ATE with funding from the National Science Foundation. A team of eleven community colleges and eleven individual mentors were selected through a competitive peer review process and represent innovative projects in advanced manufacturing, engineering technology, environmental technology, information technologies, agricultural technology and cybersecurity.

To learn more about the newly selected community college mentors, please visit the press release on AACC’s website.

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Just a reminder to those in the ATE Community that the 2017 ATE PI Conference is coming up in just a couple of months - October 23-25 in Washington DC.  If you are attending and would like to share the exciting impacts and deliverables of your project or center work, now is the time to submit your session proposal - the deadline is August 24th. And of course, don't forget to register for the conference and get your hotel room in place too.  We look forward to seeing you there in October!!

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Thinking about writing an ATE proposal?  Want to learn more about the new ATE solicitation?  If you're headed to HI-TEC next week it's a great opportunity to learn more about the program and the community.  Visit the exhibit hall to meet ATE project and center PIs and staff (ATE Central is at booth #104) or join ATE's lead program officer Celeste Carter (pictured here) at the one of several sessions to deepen your understanding of ATE and other NSF funding opportunities.  Check out the HI-TEC conference program to learn more!

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The 2017 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) will take place July 17-20th in Salt Lake City, Utah. This esteemed conference provides an opportunity for educators, technicians, industry professionals, and workforce development advocates to update their knowledge about new skills and emerging technologies. A variety of scientific disciplines will be discussed and attendees will have the option to customize their experience by choosing from a selection of pre-conference workshops and site tours.

Advance conference registration will be open until July 5th, with the possibility of onsite registration during the event. For more information or to register please visit: http://www.highimpact-tec.org

We hope to see you there – ATE Central will be at Booth #104!

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The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recently announced a new Request for Proposals for MentorLinks Colleges and a Request for Applications for Mentors for the 2017-2019 cohort. The MentorLinks program, developed with the support of the National Science Foundation, is designed to help colleges develop or strengthen technician training programs in STEM fields through mentoring, professional development opportunities, and technical assistance. The deadline to apply is April 28, 2017.

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy released the 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. According to this report, the Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors of the U.S. economy currently employ approximately 6.4 million Americans. This reflects a nearly 5% increase in 2016 and an addition of over 300,000 jobs. The report analyzes employment by industry (electric power generation and fuels, energy efficiency, motor vehicles, as well as transmission, distribution, and storage) and provides detailed demographic, fiscal, and logistical information for each sector.

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ATE Central is pleased to announce our third annual set of sustainability webinars. This series of live webinars, created in conjunction with Ithaka S&R, offers participants a framework for thinking strategically about increasing the impact of their work and sustaining that work over time. Each session will feature a leader of a current ATE Center, who will share both the “big picture” of how they approach their work, as well as the nuts-and bolts- of how they arrived at the tactics that work for them. This spring's schedule includes: 

Webinar 1: Who is our Audience? Structuring Successful Partnerships. (1/31/17)

Webinar 2: Home Sweet Home: The Benefits and Challenges of Institutional Support.(2/28/17)

Webinar 3: Show me the Money: Is Revenue Generation possible for ATE projects and Centers? (3/28/17) 

For more information click here. 

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A new survey of more than 11,000 college graduates reveals that effective career counseling greatly contributes to student satisfaction with their college experience. The Gallup-Purdue Index Report 2016 also shows that many students do not visit their college's career services office; in fact, only 51 percent of students reported that they did so. However, the survey does suggest that college guidance services are becoming increasingly popular. Students who graduated from college between 2010-2016 were more likely to have sought out career services than those who graduated prior. This study is part of a larger, multi-year initiative by Gallup, Purdue University, and the Lumina Foundation to explore how well four-year colleges are preparing students for life after graduation.