James Melvin Ewing:
CLASS OF 1974
Hillwood High SchoolClass of 1974
Nashville, TN
Washington Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Nashville, TN
Ford Green Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Nashville, TN
James Melvin's Story
Oregon Section K-12 Outreach
ASCE Oregon Section's former K-12 Outreach Chair, Melvin Ewing, was recently interviewed and featured in the American Society of Civil Engineer's News article: "Three Years Later, Still Dreaming" for his organization of a Dream Big event in November 2019. The event took place at the High Desert Christian Academy located in Prineville, Oregon. The excerpt below highlights Ewing's organization efforts: Melvin Ewing, K-12 chair for the Oregon Section, helped organize a "Dream Big" event last November for fourth- and fifth-grade students at High Desert Christian Academy in Prineville, Oregon. Ewing recruited civil engineers from central Oregon for the two-hour program and together they talked to...Expand for more
the students about civil engineers, answered questions about the film and worked through several hands-on activities. "We really had a great time," Ewing said. "The kids sent thank-you notes. I think they were very appreciative of what engineers do." Ewing felt it was especially important to bring the film to a place like Prineville, a little off the beaten path, far from IMAX screens. "The person in rural America, they say, 'Well, they'll never come visit my town, they'll never come see me,'" Ewing said. "But I want someone there to say I might have a chance to make it too. "Many people don't have an idea about the opportunities civil engineering can provide. 'Dream Big' tells a person that the sky really is the limit."
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