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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today
announced sponsorship of a grant for Middle and High Schools focusing on
science, technology or mathematics through a proposed hands-on project with
students.
Administered through the company's speaker's bureau, N-Vision, the grant
is designed to encourage both teachers and students to think of a creative
project based on energy, math, science, or technology in the context of
worldwide political, economic and environmental realities.
The contest is open to all U.S. middle and high schools in areas where
Westinghouse has a presence. Five middle or high schools will be awarded
$1,000 each to carryout their proposed project. Projects need to involve
students directly and incorporate community resources, interdisciplinary or
team-teaching principles.
Specific guidelines, eligibility requirements and an application for the
contest can be found on the Westinghouse website at:
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com and under "Communities" and "School Grant".
Teachers and schools are encouraged to complete their project proposals and
submit them by October 20, 2008.
Westinghouse's N-Vision Program encourages education of youth in science,
technology and mathematics.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, is
the world's pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of
nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.
Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the
world's operating nuclear plants.
SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company
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