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FALL 2013 COVER STORY 26 CHAPTERS OF THE YEAR Sustaining the Flame The Prairie View A&M, University of Miami and Louisiana Tech chapters claim top honors in 2013 By Cindy Atoji Features 30 The Chevrolet Cruze Diesel ‘Victory’ Tour Officers of NSBE’s National Chapters of the Year take a VIP trip, courtesy of General Motors 32 Leading the Way Introducing the 2013–14 National Executive Board 34 Boeing Leads Again! The “elite 10” stay at the top, and government agencies move up, in NSBE’s Annual Employer Preference Survey – By Andrea Bizarro, University of Connecticut, and Peter D. Bachiochi, Ph.D., Eastern Connecticut State University For an interactive look at this year’s NSBE 50 results, visit www.nsbe.org/nsbe50. 40 SEEK Soars in 2013 Unprecedented funding, a record number of locations, VIP attendees, more participants than ever: NSBE’s Summer Engineering Experience for Kids reached new heights in July and August! 45 Prodigies at Penn Two NSBE members achieve Academic Excellence before their time – By Donna M. Owens News 9 See You in Nashville! Why you should attend NSBE’s 40th Annual Convention By Anthony O. Awojoodu, Public Relations Chair, NSBE 2014 Convention Planning Committee 16 REGIONAL NEWS Chapters report from Regions II, III and IV! 25 NSBE Calendar Columns 6 A Cause to Celebrate NSBE National Chair Sossena Wood says vision and effort will bring big gains for the Society this program year 8 Working Together for Gender Parity NSBE National Publications Chair Shuffarel Bonaparte says closing engineering’s gender gap is not just women’s work 20 Engineering Motivation NSBE National Finance Chair Gabriel Draper says the 2010 Annual Convention spurred him toward a doctorate 47 Women Excelling in Nuclear A talented trio goes from NSBE Jr. to college, and a lucrative field of engineering By James Michael Brodie 2 • NSBE MAGAZINE • FALL 2013 FOLLOW NSBE ON www.nsbe.org http://www.nsbe.org/nsbe50 http://www.nsbe.org

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