On Thursday, April 8, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will present awards to the winning high school and college teams of the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge in a ceremony at the Interior Department's South Interior Building in Washington, D.C. The event will take place in the South Interior Auditorium from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
The Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge is sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Education in partnership with the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to promote careers for students attending BIE-funded high schools and tribal colleges in the fields of green and renewable energy.
Who: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk
Robert Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development
Bartholomew “Bart” Stevens, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Education
Harold Myron, Director of Educational Programs, Argonne National Laboratory
What: 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge awards
When: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
Where: U.S. Department of the Interior, South Interior Building Auditorium,
1951 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Media: Credentialed media are invited to cover this event.
Source: Department of Interior
