SAME NoVA Post February Newsletter

February 2024

Our Mission: Build Leaders and Lead Collaboration among Government and Industry to Develop Multi Disciplined Solutions to National Security and Infrastructure Challenges

2025 SAME Strategic Plan

From the President:

Greetings SAME NoVA Post Members!

The US celebrates Black History this February and honors the the contributions and sacrifices that African Americans made while shaping our nation. This month celebrates their rich cultural heritage as well as their triumphs and adversities. Strong and determined leaders and engineers have made substantial contributions and achievements to military engineering and the AEC industry including:

Granville T. Woods, the first black mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War, awarded 27 patents from 1884 to 1903
Howard P. Grant, the first African American student to graduate from teh University of California, Berkley, with a civil engineer degree in 1948 and later that year became the first Black member fo the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Hattie Scott Peterson, the first African American woman to serve as a civil engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1954 and the first African American woman in the US to hold an engineering degree in 1936.
Major General Hugh G. Robinson, the US Army Corps of Engineers first African Amercian General, serving as commander of the Southwestern Division until his retirement in 1983

SAME National spotlights current African American members career journeys at https://www.same.org/news/celebrating-same-members-for-black-history-month-2024/

Our February luncheon featured Exodie Roe III, Associate Administrator of the General Services Administration Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, presenting current opportunities for the AEC industry. Additionally, Post awards were given to the best and brightest in NoVA and to corporate contributors. This was an excellent program that exceeded all expectations.

In March, we will hold our GMU Lunch Program at the Fairfax Campus with a presentation on the Nation's Infrastructure from Mr. Jaime A. Pinkham, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Remember to save the date for the Joint SAME NoVA and DC Posts 16th Annual Small Business Conference on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, at the Capital Turnaround in Washington, DC.

If you have any ideas, suggestions, comments, improvements, or criticisms, please contact me or any of the Post Board members to discuss.

Thanks for your continued incredible support of the NoVA Post!

Phil,

Lt Col Philip Hicks, PE (AL,VA), PMP, USAF (Ret)

SAME Northern Virginia Post President

Dewberry Engineers | Senior Project Manager

2024 DC & NoVA Post

Leadership and Mentoring Program (LMP)

The SAME DC & NoVA Posts kicked-off the 2024 Leadership & Mentoring Program in January!!

On 14 February 2024, our LMP met at the USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR) near Fort Belvoir with COL (USA Ret.) Joe Manous, PE, PhD, F.SAME for a discussion about Expectations and Outcomes – Is Your Career Going Where You Want?

We greatly appreciate Joe for spending his Valentine’s Day with us and for the inciteful and energetic conversation!

Next, LMP will meet on 13 March 2024 at the Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center to speak with COL (USA Ret.) Pete Mueller, PE, F.SAME for a discussion about Leadership Lessons Learned from the Army, Private Industry, and as an SES. Thanks again to Pete for supporting our LMP and to KD-A for sharing her conference room with us!

February Luncheon and Awards Recap

Our post held our February luncheon and Awards ceremony earlier this month! Thank you to Exodie Roe III, Associate Administrator of the General Services Administration Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for joining us to discuss current opportunities in the AEC industry. It was wonderful to celebrate our hardworking Post members and corporate sponsors.

Camp Highlights

Camps last one week and range from $100 - $800.
Early Bird registration discounts.
Scholarships for campers are available.
Camps are offered at six locations/bases.
Lodging and all meals provided.
Camps held in June and July; all are overnight camps.

Must be at least 15 years of age to apply: rising sophomore, junior, or senior.

Apply Here!

DC MATHCOUNTS Volunteering

DC MATHCOUNTS is holding their annual competitions in the spring of next year. The the state competition will take place on Saturday, March 9, 2024. As in past years, the competitions will be held at Saint Anselm's Abbey School. So far this year, thirteen schools have signed up, and they are expected to bring more than 120 students to the chapter level competition.

Please contact Ed Chamberlayne for more information!

2024-2025 Scholarship Application

The NoVA Post awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors and current college/ graduate students pursuing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) field of study or a major related to or supporting the STEM industry.

The SAME NoVA Post college scholarship applications for the 2024-2015 academic year are now open! Deadline is March 1st!!

Application Information

Veteran's Corner

Veteran's co-chairs Chowdhary Gondy, Tim Stufft, and Director-At-Large Mary Anderson have found the following veteran resources and events to pass on to our members. Please consider donating to veterans' organizations. Our veterans need our support all year, but December is an especially good time to consider veterans in our charitable donations.

Our fellow Post member, Lawrence Mullaly, is in the SAME LDP 2023-2024 class and his UPIC (project) is helping Transition Military locally and nationally through SAME and other veteran programs. He is looking to see if anyone in the SAME NOVA post could use his assistance on helping Transitioning military individuals locally. He has worked closely with ACP and Veterati as a mentor over the last couple years. If you know someone struggling in a transition from the military, he has a network of a variety of different veterans who can assist. Please contact him here.

Veterati | America’s Mentoring Network for the Military: Join thousands of Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses in setting up free 1-hr mentorship phone calls with successful professionals. Register as a protégé or mentor at https://www.veterati.com/

American Corporate Partners | Founded in 2008, ACP aims to ease the transition from the military to the civilian workforce. ACP is the only nonprofit organization engaged in national corporate career counseling for our returning military. Register as a protégé or mentor at https://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring-program.