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To Dedicate the Week of February 19 - 25, 2017 as Engineers Week in the City of Columbus.
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WHEREAS, Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a bright and diverse future for the engineering workforce, and advocates and educates on behalf of the profession; and
WHEREAS, Engineers Week is a coalition of over seventy engineering, education, and cultural societies, and over fifty corporations and government agencies, coming together to promote a career in engineering; and
WHEREAS, Engineers Week works to provide graduating high school students and students enrolled in collegiate engineering programs scholarships to help further their education in engineering; and
WHEREAS, Engineers Weeks celebrates the importance of engineers and the positive contributions that the profession has made in our world, and increases public discourse around the vocation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus recognizes Engineers Week for the lasting impact and contributions it has made to our community; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate the Week of February 19 - 25, 2017 as Engineers Week in the City of Columbus.