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October 2010
DREAM BIG
THE INCEPTION
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DREAM BIG Yohannes GhebreAb, B.A. in Management
BY M EKONEN H ADGU
Adiam Woldegergish, Ph.D
THE INCEPTION
BY Y OSIEF W OLDEMARIAM Aldo Bacuzzi, LEED AP, EIT
~ Mekonen Hadgu, EE
"Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all
questions."
~ William Allin
~ Vince Lombardi
In the early 2006, African and Hispanic American Engineering moving and significant than having a magazine (AEEC
students were holding meetings. As members of both magazine) which became instrumental as a delivering
organizations we were attending in each of their meetings. Both mechanism for information, ideas and experience of each
organizations were instrumental in assisting us with information other.
on getting financial aid, grant, attending and traveling for
workshops and encouraging us in helping one another with We have greatly enjoyed this period of laying the foundation
solving Engineering problems by visiting the rooms assigned for for AEEC and issuing its complimentary magazine. We have
such activities. Indeed, we were visiting the rooms from time to prized the privilege of trying in some way to add to the
time. Moreover, nine of us, seven engineering and two business effectiveness of Alpha Eritrean engineers Community.
students were also studying, encouraging, helping, sharing
information and supporting one another in every way we could We would be stretching the truth if we were to tell you it
on a regular bases. was easy to see AEEC publishing its online magazines. It
was never easy. If it wasn’t for your unswerving support it
While we were engaged in an intense studying regimen in would have remained as a fragment of our imagination. So,
our school days, we used to see South American, Middle we would like to express to you our great appreciation for
Eastern, and especially Asian descendents studying and the cooperation which you have given to us. Your support
sharing information on regular bases and perform superbly has not been passive or mere approval; it has been
well during exams. It is during those times that we started spontaneous, active and enthusiastic.
imagining of an organization of our own in which every We are also grateful for the founders of AEEC who
Eritrean Engineer and prospective Engineers would willingly dedicated their time and energy for the growth of
participate and be instrumental in sharing and providing the Alpha Eritrean Engineers Community and its complimentary
essential information needed for everyone to excel. We were magazine. But as its name implies AEEC is a community &
very optimistic and full of ambition. For such an ambition to should be a platform of communication for all Eritrean
be materialized we needed to come up with a plan to build Engineers. Please note AEEC is open for your participation
an association from scratch or start building on what we and we would be honored to air your professionally
have already started as a study group. Obviously, we chose enriching articles.
the latter. ~ Yosief Woldemariam, EE
As we kept thinking and discussing of such idea of an Hard to reach doesn’t have to mean hard to do
organization individually and collectively, the idea got
acceptance amongst most of us. Then we started contacting
some of our seniors already in the job market how they view A
establishing this kind of association and the response was
just terrific, and the discussion provided comfort to those of
us who were finally able to understand that we were not
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alone longing for such organization.
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Finally the inception of the AEEC came to reality in the fall
of 2009, exactly one year before issuance of our second C
issue of AEEC magazine. The idea of creating the
professional association however is, as fresh and appealing
today as when it was first imagined in our collage years, and
its message of sharing information is no less Bringing the best and the brightest together
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