SAME, Rock Island Post

We've just hosted all of our major events and activities for 2024 and next month we will start planning for 2025! If you'd like to help us grow our impact and continue the great outreach in the Quad Cities region and beyond, here are a couple of things you can do: 1) Become a member of SAME! https://www.same.org/ 2) Consider volunteering for our board or one of our activities for next year by sending us an email: [email protected] 3) Sign up for our emails here: https://lnkd.in/gZ7f2EHp 4) Invite a friend to our next event! 5) Follow our sustaining members for additional engagement opportunities: Allonnia, Anchor QEA, Barr Engineering Co., BENHAM DESIGN, LLC, Black & Veatch, Bloomsdale Excavating, Blue Spader Contractors, Inc., CDG Engineers, Inc., Colliers Engineering & Design, ENERGYFICIENT PRODUCTS, LLC, Fickett Structural Solutions, Inc., Floodproofing.com, Geosyntec Consultants, Gold Wave, Inc., Hanson Professional Services Inc., HNTB, HR Green, Inc., IMEG, J.F. Brennan Company, KBR-AMCDE, Kiewit, LT Leon Associates, Inc., Prairie Engineers, P.C., Snyder & Associates, Inc., Stantec, Terracon, TLI Construction, Inc., V2X Inc, WSP.

We are excited to host the 2025 Rock Island Small Business Industry Day on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (CST) in the Quad Cities! As in previous years, we will also have a social/networking event the night before the conference on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. One-on-one meetings will be available on Tuesday afternoon before the social/networking event. More information on the one-on-one opportunities and how to sign up will be provided later. Both events will be held at the RiverCenter in Davenport, Iowa. Register now to showcase your business’ unique capabilities and hear from speakers representing the private and public sectors discussing best practices and upcoming USACE projects. The event will include briefings from Rock Island District staff and opportunities to meet one-on-one with Government representatives and other businesses. This event is open to all businesses, small and large, interested in doing business with the federal government. Tuesday April 8, 2025: One-on-One Meetings in the afternoon before the social event (details on scheduling and sign-ups to be provided later). Gather for a pre-conference Social and Networking Event from 5:30pm-7:30pm, hosted by SAME Rock Island Post at the RiverCenter Lower Concourse located on the south side of Third Street at 136 East 3rd?St, Davenport, IA 52801.? Event registration is part of Small Business Industry Registration and includes two drink tickets, heavy appetizers, water and soft drink stations. Wednesday April 9, 2025: Registration includes the full day of informative sessions, breakfast and lunch. Register early (before March 15) to receive a discounted conference registration fee! Draft conference agenda will be posted to the SAME webpage when its available.? Please note: The conference agenda is a draft and is subject to change before the event. Roundtable discussion opportunities will be available at a later date – separate from conference registration. Registration Fees: Registration fee for?SAME members-$175/person before March 15, 2025.?After that date, registration fee increases to $250/person. Nonmember?registration fee is $225/person before March 15, 2025. After that date, registration fee increases to $300/person. Government employee registration fee is?$50 https://lnkd.in/g-QbMEf8

Don't let this great opportunity get by your high school senior! The organization has issued over $300k in scholarships over the past 18 years and we want to keep growing!

Folks - we haven’t gotten that many scholarship applications this year, so we’ve decided to allow for two more weeks to receive applications. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gwXYZgEU And please like and share this post with everyone you know, because we REALLY don’t want to see our board members tagging any more rail cars in Rock Island to get the message out!!

Several members of our board were fortunate enough to attend the Quad City Engineering & Science Council banquet this evening as our scholarship was awarded to a great local student, Kaylee Johnson, who will be attending Illinois Institute of Technology this coming year! A shout out to our fall engineering symposium partner, ASCE, for being named society of the year as well! Congrats to all award winners and happy DiscoverE Engineers Week!

A reminder that we are still accepting applications for our annual scholarships! We hope you or your favorite soon-to-be-STEM-professional will apply!

Just a reminder, there is about 1 month remaining for your budding engineers to apply for SAME scholarships! Please disseminate this widely!

Come check out all the amazing ways STEAM on Wheels is empowering the next generation of engineers and scientists.

Our annual scholarship opportunities for high school seniors are officially open for applications! https://lnkd.in/gwXYZgEU Please share with your favorite high school senior interested in STEM within ~100 miles of the Quad Cities! (i.e. Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Peoria, Dubuque, Galesburg, Clinton, Muscatine, Sterling, Burlington, Kewanee, Rockford, Ottumwa, Bloomington, Normal, Waterloo)

Several members of our board gathered tonight to start planning the great events we will host in 2025! If you have ideas on how we can partner with your organization or grow the mission of SAME here in the Quad City region and beyond, please reach out! A huge thanks to IMEG for hosting us this evening!