2004 NAMEPA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDA, FLA.



Amber Marek                                                            
                                                     Feb. 9, 2004
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
(Phone: 321-867-2468)



Release: 04-04



2004 NAMEPA National Conference in Orlanda, Fla.



NASA/KSC is a sponsor of the 2004 National Association of Minority 
Engineering Program Administrators, Inc. (NAMEPA) National Conference 
on February 11-14 in Orlando, Fla. This year's theme is "Beyond the 
Margin: Innovative Strategies for Diversity, Collaboration and 
Results."



Since 1979, NAMEPA has served to raise the value of educators, 
corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations. The 
group is dedicated to offering a complete overview of the total 
effort and challenges essential in developing a minority engineer.



On February 12, the luncheon keynote speaker is KSC Deputy Director 
Dr. Woodrow Whitlow. He is discussing the conference theme as it 
relates to leadership. He is also speaking about the similar goals of 
NAMEPA and NASA, to increase the quantity and quality of our nation's 
engineering workforce. On February 13, Astronaut Leland Melvin is 
addressing the student participants.



For more information on NAMEPA, please visit:



http://www.namepa.org

	
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