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internAtionAl NEwS Ghanaian Schools Vie in Science, Math Contest (at left) the Adisadel college team receives first place honors at the nsbe– ghana science and Math Quiz in Koforidua, ghana: (left to right) tsagli Kwasi bright; Asant richard; Abdulai Imoro, executive Director, nsbe–ghana; Acheampong Kwabena Williams; Azuh emmanuel Mensah; and victor Klevor, Quiz Master and nsbe Accra girls PcI chapter Advisor (below) the nsbe Accra High school PcI team ponders a question The Science and Math Quiz initiative is designed to help students develop a positive attitude toward Academic Excellence and to stimulate disadel College has been crowned champions in the first-ever National Society of Black enthusiasm Engineers–Ghana Science and Math Quiz, at the annual leadership conference of NSBE–Ghana. about STEM. The conference was held at Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, last August. Adisadel, a Central A Region-based, second-cycle (senior high school) institute bagged 72 points to beat the Koforidua Senior High Technical School, which placed second with 66 points. Accra High School came in third with 52 points, while Tarkwa Senior High School placed fourth with 48 points. The students were rewarded with science books and science and educational materials to stock their libraries, as well as certificates of participation and souvenirs of NSBE–GHANA. The Science and Math Quiz initiative is designed to help students develop a positive attitude toward Academic Excellence and to stimulate enthusiasm about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The program also seeks to encourage senior high students to pursue degree courses in engineering and other technical fields, as well as create awareness of NSBE–Ghana among students. The country executive director of NSBE–Ghana, Imoro Abdulai, lauded the students for being extremely talented at this tender stage of their lives and urged them not to relent in their pursuit of science courses in school. Abdulai said NSBE–Ghana would do all it could to make the study of science and its related courses a high item on the national agenda. ■ 12 • nsbe magazine • convention 2013 www.nsbe.org http://www.nsbe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2013 Convention

2013 Convention
Contents
Your 4.0…Guaranteed!
My Academic Comeback
THE PROGRAMS ZONE
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Inga Brathwaite: Empowered at Toyota
Jerome Brown: Stoking the Engines at Aerojet
Christina Barker: On Track at PGW
Leveling Up
SEEK 2013 Update!
Back to Indiana
NSBE Calendar
Honoring Our Past, Driving Our Community Forward
Passing the Golden Torch
The Professional’s Perspective
Trailblazers
Petroleum Engineering Digs Deep for Talent
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