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The Connecticut Invention
Convention is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
educational organization dedicated to the goal of promoting
creative
problem solving and enhancing critical thinking skills in
children
ages K-8. This program is the beginning of the pipeline for
the
state’s future scientists, engineers, doctors, and visionary
workers
of the 21st century. The problem-solving skills learned in
this
program tap into all the core curriculum topics that students
have
learned to date, and students apply them here to solve
real-life
problems that they discover for themselves.
The Convention is the forum for
Connecticut's school children to
demonstrate thinking skills through the art of inventing. It is
also
an opportunity to recognize students for creative problem-
solving.
Students from schools across the state meet, compete, and
collaborate. Many students and their parents experience a
university
environment for the first time through the University of
Connecticut’s School of Engineering’s many exhibits that
showcase
work by UConn's students and professors. Through the
Convention,
many students discover that engineering and science careers are
real
possibilities for them. Students become informed about
which
subjects they need to study that will lead to the career paths
that
interest them; this way, necessary course work is planned now,
so
that students won’t miss out later.
The CIC, which began in 1983/1984
school year, is made possible by
grants, in-kind contributions from Connecticut's finest business
and
academic institutions, and the generosity of an all-volunteer
board
of directors.
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If you would like to help in any number of a variety of
volunteer
roles, please contact us.
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CIC Board of Directors
Honora
Kenney, President
Curriculum Development Chair |
RHAM
School (RET)
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| Dr. Marty Wood, V.P.
Internal Operations & Logistics |
UConn
School of Engineering |
| Bill Moyer, Treasurer |
Phoenix
Investment Partners (RET) |
| Sonya Richmond,
Secretary |
Connecticut
Business & Industry Association |
Charlie Baumgartner,
President-Emeritus ;
V.P. External Operations - National & International Expansion |
GE
Consumer & Industrial (RET) |
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| Karen Brennan,
Director |
Marlborough Elementary School |
| Demetrios Giannaros,
Director |
CT
State Representative - Connecticut General Assembly |
| David Klotz, Director |
Hamilton
Sundstrand - United Technologies |
| Dr. Ramesh Malla,
Directro |
UConn
School of Engineering |
| Danny Briere; I/T
Director |
Telechoice
and mBlast |
| Charles O'Brien,
Director - Legal |
Cantor
Colburn, LLC |
| Donna Rand, Director |
Judge Training Advisor |
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CIC
Staff and Volunteers
| Helen Charov |
Director
of Development |
| Jake Mendelssohn |
Photography |
| Michele Munson |
Executive Director- Emeritus |
| Gary Hawes |
Judge Committee
Advisor |
| Laura Messanger |
Curriculum
Developer |
| Mara Braverman |
Braverman
Marketing and Communications, LLC. |
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information contained in this website, unless otherwise obvious, used with
permission, sufficiently acknowledged or agreed upon, or in any other way
noted as Copyright protected, is Copyright protected 1983-2006 by the
Connecticut Invention Convention, Inc, and may not be duplicated without
written consent or properly authorized as a registered student, teacher, or
school, or by the author noted. The
Terms: Connecticut Invention Convention (TM), Judging Circles
(TM) and Imagination in Play (TM) are trademarks of the Connecticut
Invention Convention and may not be used without written permission from this
organization.
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