To establish the sound
foundation for a viable and
accountable program that
encourages minority youths
to enter the fields of
engineering, math, science,
and technology.
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In 1979, M.S. (Rock) Sanders, who was with the State Department of Public
Instruction’s Southeast Regional Education Center in Jacksonville, visited DuPont’s
Cape Fear Site to see if there was something education and industry could do
together to help minority students.
The DuPont Company was involved in a Corporate level in a national alliance of
business, education, and government whose objective was to encourage minority
students to pursue careers in engineering.
This organization was called NACME (National Action Council for the
Advancement of Minorities in Engineering), and the president of the DuPont
Company served as its chairman from 1976 to 1979.
In October of 1979, representatives from industry and education met to discuss
forming a local organization with the same objectives as NACME and from that
meeting, ROCAME was born.
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Brunswick County Schools
Columbus County Schools
New Hanover County Schools
Pender County Schools
Whiteville City Schools
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African Americans
Hispanics
Women
Other ethnic/racial groups that are under
represented in these programs of study or
careers
 Anyone
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that
takes a concept
and develops it
for practical
purposes
Types of
Engineers:
Agricultural Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
Ceramic Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Fire Protection Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanic Engineering
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Mineral and Mining Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Transportation Engineering
You may not understand what they do, but let
us imagine a world without them
 Comic Strip:
http://www.g9toengineering.com/activities/wo
rldwithouteng.htm
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Develop, research and formulate innovate
ideas to solve problems
Build a partnership with others within our
school, other middle schools and those in the
community
Tour colleges and businesses throughout the
community and state
Define and exhibit professionalism
Allow students to understand that there are
various pathways to achieving goals
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Regional Competition in the Spring that involves all of the counties
within the Region “O”. This is a County vs. County competition.
In order to prepare we will have individual teams that will focus on
their event only throughout the time frame until the Jamboree
Hopefully, we will be able to have a competition with other middle
schools with in the county in order to better prepare for the 2012
Jamboree
 Those
interested in being officers will
complete an application and each member
will be given a ballot the next meeting date.
 For those who are not in attendance today
come to Room 105 to pick up an application.
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October 10th
November 14th
December 12th
January 9th
January 30th
February 13th
February 27th
March 12th
March 26th
April 30th
May 14th
These Dates are subject to change. Note: Each date is on a Monday.
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Michael Fullenwilder, GE Nuclear Engineer
Dr. Carol Malloy, LINKS of Wilmington, Professor UNC-Chapel Hill,
National AVID Board of Advisors, Former Math Teacher
Rotary Club
Martin Sugerik, Project Coordinator/ Instructional Leader for STAR
Program at UNC-Wilmington
Video:
 Passing the Torch