Contact:
Cheryl Van Tessier, PR Specialist
608-467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net
Darin Tessier, Marketing Manager
608-210-2701, darin.tessier@mastergraphics.com
MADISON, Wis. — MasterGraphics, design process experts and leading Midwest supplier of design data solutions for the manufacturing, building and civil engineering industries, has pledged to donate a total of $14,000 at six area student competitions.
The scholarship donations, which are made possible through the assistance of Autodesk, include:
• Skills USA WI competition— $2,500
Feb. 26-27, University of Wisconsin – Stout, Menomonie, Wis.
• Skills USA MN competition — $2,500
March 27-29, Sheraton Hotel, Bloomington, Minn.
• Minnesota Technology Challenge — $1,000
May 6, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, Minn.
• Minnesota Supermileage competition — $2,500
May 18 & 19, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minn.
• Wisconsin Supermileage competitions — $2,500
April 16 & 17, University of Wisconsin – Stout, Menomonie, Wis.
April 26 & 27, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
May 1 and 2, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wis.
• Illinois Drafting Educators Association Drafting/CAD competition — $3,000
April 18, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.
Strengthening tomorrow’s workforce through today’s education, the competitions give area middle- and high-school students in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin the opportunity to explore careers and talents in engineering and design through a real-world hands-on challenge — designing, building and testing a fully-functional fuel efficient vehicle.
MasterGraphics and Autodesk are committed to inspiring the next generation of innovators through the support of Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of pre-engineering instruction for middle- and high-school students. Participating schools place an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education with dynamic pre-engineering courses that employ rigorous project-based curricula. The program currently boasts over 1,800 participating schools in the United States and District of Columbia, reaching an estimated 175,000 students in grades six through twelve.
For more information, please visit:
• Skills USA Wisconsin: http://www.skillsusa-wi.org/
• Skills USA Minnesota: http://www.mnskillsusa.org/
• Minnesota Technology Challenge: http://www.mtea.net/TechChallenge/Challenge.htm
• Minnesota (MTEA) Supermileage Challenge: http://www.mtea.net/supermileage
• Wisconsin Supermileage Challenge: http://www.challengewisconsin.org/
• Illinois Drafting Educators Association Drafting/CAD competition: http://www.idea-online.org/competitions.php
• Autodesk: http://www.autodesk.com/
About MasterGraphics Inc.:
MasterGraphics is an Autodesk® Premier Solutions Provider (PSP) for the manufacturing, architecture and education communities and is headquartered in Madison, Wis., with offices in Milwaukee, Appleton, Chicago and Minneapolis. Serving as a trusted advisor to its clients, MasterGraphics helps to streamline the design process and utilization of CAD data through an integrated mix of software, hardware, professional services and digital imaging and distribution offerings. MasterGraphics celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2009. For more information, please visit www.mastergraphics.com.
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