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ISTEC Launches Student Channel to Facilitate Global Learning and Education Expansion
ISTEC Launches Student Channel to Facilitate Global Learning and Education Expansion.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Albuquerque, New Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Ibero-American Science & Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) is pleased to announce the launch of the organizations Student Channel, to facilitate a global relationship and innovate curriculum among all students of the world. “Our Student Channel is essential in providing equal opportunity education, development, and scholarships to students specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math,” stated Dulce Garcia, Interim President of ISTEC. “We are bringing together the brightest students and faculty from around the world to make sure their counterparts have the same access to information and resources to provide the same opportunities and advancements in the science fields.” A crucial component to the Student Channel is ISTEC’s collaborative affiliate, the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED). SPEED is a global, non-profit student organization that functions as an interdisciplinary network of engineering students, who aspire to provide educational input and create an impact on the future development of engineering education and its effect on society and the environment. “We have been collaborating with the members of SPEED to share our resources to their global organization,” stated Dr. Ramiro Jordan, Founder of ISTEC. “By joining forces we are able to ensure the future engineers and scientists of the world have every opportunity available to them by means of scholarships, student contests,incentivized innovation and creativity, and facilitate interactions with some of the most respected members in the science field.” The next Student Contest will be part of ISTEC’s XVIII General Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 16-20, 2011.ISTEC’sStudent Channel is facilitated through the eDoorways (Pink Sheets:EDWY.pk - News) universal Collaborative Platform. Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein,the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties,which may cause t...