{"id":13891,"date":"2010-09-30T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=13891"},"modified":"2010-09-30T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T23:25:29","slug":"indiana-regional-future-city-competition-recruiting-10-cities-for-tenth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2010\/09\/30\/indiana-regional-future-city-competition-recruiting-10-cities-for-tenth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition recruiting 10 cities for tenth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Future_City.jpg\" alt=\"Indiana Regional Future City Competition logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Press release from IPFW:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition Recruiting 10 Cities for Tenth Anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over the past 10 years, 3,000 Indiana middle school students, teachers, and mentors have worked in teams to create an amazing array of cities as participants in the  Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition.<\/p>\n<p>To help celebrate the tenth anniversary, Indiana is striving to reach the goal of having one or more middle schools from 10 Indiana cities represent their community at the Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition, and 10 companies to support the competition through funding, special awards, or working as engineer mentors. The mayor or town official from each Indiana city will receive a letter announcing their school&#8217;s participation and an invitation to attend. Students are encouraged to add a distinctive landmark to their future city model representing their real city.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition is a national program sponsored by the engineering community that fosters an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), through project-based learning and real-world applications. The competition is calling for more schools to participate in the tenth anniversary event. It is open to all public, private, parochial, and home schools for grades 6-8. The deadline for schools to register for Future City\u00c2\u00ae is Oct. 30, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Future City\u00c2\u00ae challenges students to work as a team on designing their vision of an outstanding future city with a teacher or home school parent and an engineer mentor or related professional. They imagine a project that is a creative mix of artistry, problem solving, and the engineering design process. Students design a SimCity computer map; build a model; explore and write about this year&#8217;s theme, which focuses on health products and virtual medicine; and present their entire project to a panel of judges at the competition. Innovative, forward-thinking ideas for Indiana cities come from middle school students participating in the Future City\u00c2\u00ae challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The 2010 competition will be held at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The First-place team in the regional competition receives a trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national competition in February. Stepping forward in support of science, technology, engineering, and math, Indiana Michigan Power is the final awards sponsor for this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<p>For information, school registration, or to volunteer in the Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition, visit the National Future City\u00c2\u00ae Web site <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/main\/external-weblinks\/78-special\/215-national-future-city\">www.futurecity.org<\/span> or the Indiana Regional Web site at\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/main\/external-weblinks\/62-festivals\/216-indiana-future-city\">www.etcs.ipfw.edu\/fcc<\/span>,  or contact Carol Dostal, Indiana Regional Future City\u00c2\u00ae coordinator, at 260-481-6905 or <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"mailto:dostalc@ipfw.edu\">dostalc@ipfw.edu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition<\/strong><br \/>\nThe nineteenth Annual Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition, for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, is held from September, 2010 through February, 2011. The National Future City\u00c2\u00ae Competition is sponsored in part by National Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations. Major funding comes from Bentley Systems, Incorporated and Shell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Engineers Week<\/strong><br \/>\nThe National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers&#8217; contributions to society. Founded in 1951, it is among the oldest of America&#8217;s professional outreach efforts. Co-chairs for 2011 are Raytheon and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.eweek.org.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/100203.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"IPFW float in the Three Rivers Festival Parade on July 11, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='2654adaf027443aee0e2f13ea280b6ef' data-image-id=\"3246\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/100203.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_100203.jpg\" data-title=\"IPFW float\" data-description=\"IPFW float in the Three Rivers Festival Parade on July 11, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"IPFW float\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"IPFW float\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3246\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_100203.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/dailydish.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Daily Dish screen capture from Fort Wayne, Indiana. 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Photo taken June 18, 2005.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11165\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_08326.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/08331.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don, created by Julia Meek.  This was the start of her, &quot;Share the Experience&quot; series of art works.  Photo taken June 18, 2005.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='2654adaf027443aee0e2f13ea280b6ef' data-image-id=\"11166\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/08331.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_08331.jpg\" data-title=\"Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don\" data-description=\"The Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don, created by Julia Meek.  This was the start of her, &quot;Share the Experience&quot; series of art works.  Photo taken June 18, 2005.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11166\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_08331.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/10936.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don Mini-Don (second from the right), created by Julia Meek.  This was the part of her, &quot;Share the Experience&quot; series of art works.  Photo taken October 10, 2005.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='2654adaf027443aee0e2f13ea280b6ef' data-image-id=\"11167\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/10936.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_10936.jpg\" data-title=\"Mini-Dons\" data-description=\"The Fort Wayne Mag-A-Don Mini-Don (second from the right), created by Julia Meek.  This was the part of her, &quot;Share the Experience&quot; series of art works.  Photo taken October 10, 2005.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Mini-Dons\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Mini-Dons\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11167\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ipfw-mastodons-on-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_10936.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/debra_boggs.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Debra Boggs has been named as the new director of IPFW alumni relations.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='2654adaf027443aee0e2f13ea280b6ef' data-image-id=\"11531\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/debra_boggs.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/thumbs\/thumbs_debra_boggs.jpg\" data-title=\"Debra Boggs\" data-description=\"Debra Boggs has been named as the new director of IPFW alumni relations.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Debra Boggs\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Debra Boggs\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11531\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/thumbs\/thumbs_debra_boggs.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/justin_busch.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Justin Busch has been named IPFWs new director of alumni relations. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='2654adaf027443aee0e2f13ea280b6ef' data-image-id=\"11571\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/justin_busch.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/thumbs\/thumbs_justin_busch.jpg\" data-title=\"Justin Busch\" data-description=\"Justin Busch has been named IPFWs new director of alumni relations. 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