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SVTC's 2010 FALL TECH MIXER DATE ANNOUNCED:
This year's Fall Tech Mixer will be on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at
Taste of Thai, Harrisonburg, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Hold the Date ... This is one you won't want to miss.
This after-hours event is a wonderful networking opportunity. Hosted by the SVTC Board of Directors, current members and potential members mingle and network.
The appetizers are 'on us' ... and they are delicious and there's a bar - drinks are Dutch treat.
Come and find out what we're doing as an organization, what our members are doing individually, and how you can benefit from being part of this group.
Please RSVP HERE to let us know you're coming so that we'll have plenty of appetizers. Feel free to bring a buddy, a customer, a co-worker, or your spouse (please register each).
- SVTC 2010-2011 Luncheon topic & Speaker Suggestion Survey
Our Events and Programming Committee meets over the summer to set the topics and speakers for the following year. While the members of the team are bright folks - we'd like to hear what others with fingers on the pulse of things are interested in so that a very tempting schedule of luncheons and special events can be assembled.
Take a second to share your thoughts with us...Click this link for the SVTC Luncheon Topic & Speaker Survey
Got general comments about the tech council, or the new website (which we debuted last December),.... let's have them via the survey as well.
BTW: Our online calendar does not list past events (only future events). So you'll know what the past events and topics were we've started a list: history of SVTC luncheons and special events (pdf).
- SVTC's Class II Board of Directors Elected
It is with great pleasure we announce the election of the following members to the class II members of the board . Their term will be from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012.
- Kim Blosser, Blue Ridge Community College
- Dr. Tom Cardman, Page County
- Ben Cash, BlueKey, Inc.
- Sarah Cheverton, JMU, Center for Instructional Technology
- Allon Lefever, Lefever Associates
- Daniel Martin, PGBH, LLP
- Dr. Rick Mathieu, JMU, College of Business
- Kurt Plowman, City of Staunton
- Mike Steadman, SusQTech
- Robin Sullenberger, Shenandoah Valley Partnership
- Dr. Heather Watson, JMU, School of Engineering
- Congratulations to Tech Nite 10 Winners
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported this event and the nominees. Looks like we had fun and the networking was excellent as always. Twenty-eight individuals, companies, organizations and programs competed for seven awards and the suspense finally came to an end Wednesday evening, March 31, 2010, when the winners were named during dinner.
Read the nomination narratives
And the winners of Tech Nite 10 are:
Wharton Aldhizer and Weaver PLC's
HIGH TECH COMPANY AWARD
nTelos
JMU College of Business & JMU College of Integrated Science and Technology's
HIGH TECH ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Pennie Zinn Garber, Lineage Architects
LeClairRyan's
HIGH TECH LEADERSHIP AWARD
Dave Segars, Segars Engineering
nTelos
INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AWARD
Dr. Richard R. Teaff, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Verizon's
INNOVATION IN K-12 EDUCATION AWARD
Leonard Klein, Shenandoah Valley Governor's School
Center for Innovative Technology's
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AWARD
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
JMU Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance's
NATIONAL DEFENSE / HOMELAND SECURITY AWARD
Dr. Jason W. Martin, JMU College of Science & Mathematics
Tech Nite 10 speaker announced:
We are excited to announce Dr. Kent A. Murphy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Luna Innovations Incorporated, as our keynote speaker for our 10th annual technology awards gala TECH NITE on March 31st.
'The Excitement and Challenges of Building a Technology Business in Rural Virginia'
Luna has been very fortunate to have started literally in a barn and has grown every year for 19 years. We have had the help and support of many people who also want to see jobs created and sustained in Virginia, specifically in the more rural parts of Virginia. We've had the excitement of tremendous partnerships with many Fortune 500 companies and the challenges of losing a California jury verdict by one vote leading to Chapter 11 —our emergence in a short amount of time— and tons of fun in between. We will cover as much as we can and the key lessons learned along the way.
Join us on March 31st. Reservations for attendance are now being taken online at the SVTC website.
This year we've received an unprecedented number of nominations - almost 30 of them. Things are happening in the Valley!
- SVTC Website Refresh
After publishing a Request for Proposal in August 2009 and receiving 22 responses from across the US, we were pleased to choose BlueKey Web Studios for the redesigning of the SVTC website. Besides refreshing the look and feel of the site, we are happy to offer new features such as: visitors will be able to subscribe to our LinkedIn Group from any page, access the calendar from any page, subscribe themselves to our weekly e-newsletter, and browse through the membership database. ... LinkedIn is the spot for connecting with each other and serves as our social media "playground". Use the link on the left to join us there today.
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