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Recruitment & Retention Benchmarking Report

Ryan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:56 +0000

The results of the latest Recruitment & Retention Benchmarking Report are now available. This survey solicited responses from all chapters of YGN and the results contain lots of information about the salaries and benefits offered to young professionals in the nuclear industry.

Thanks to our own Matt Cameron, Sarah Chisholm, and Adam Strange for helping make it happen! You can check out the survey results online. Last year’s results are also available.

2007 NA-YGN Local Drawing Contest Winners

slchisholm — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:14:21 +0000

In October of 2007 our chapter participated in the NA-YGN Drawing Contest. YGN members give a presentation to 5th graders on the different ways to produce electricity, how nuclear fission works, and everyday applications of nuclear science and technology. This year Adam Strange, Paul Swaney, Ashley Peterman and Sarah Chisholm presented to Hornets Nest and Ashley Park Elementary schools. Our chapter held a local contest. First place went to Brittany Murphy. The runners-up were Richele Young, Taylor Seabrooks, and India Headen. (more…)

PD and PI hours up big in 2007

Ryan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:57:10 +0000

Our chapter logged around 950 hours of Professional Development and Public Information activities in 2007. We helped contribute along with over 40 other chapters to the 33,529 hours reported by our overall NA-YGN organization. Compare this to only 12,000 hours in 2006. Our organization has done a great job growing more active.

Thanks to everyone who contributed!

Candidates Answer Question About Nuclear

dkreese — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:50:06 +0000

The recent CNN-YouTube Democratic debates featured a question about the use of nuclear energy for domestic power. Watch the video of the candidates’ responses here. See the rest of the questions and answers for the Republican and Democratic debates here.

2007 NA-YGN Annual Professional Develpment Workshop

slchisholm — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:00:39 +0000

The 2007 NA-YGN Annual Professional Development Workshop was held in Miami, Florida on May 22-24. Representatives from NA-YGN chapters were gathered to listen to presentations from leaders in the nuclear industry. It is an opportunity which invites an exchange of ideas and a place to discuss concerns, problems, and successes with peers. Several members of the Carolina chapter attended the conference. (more…)

2007 ANS Winter Conference

slchisholm — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:41 +0000

Carolina NA-YGN recently sent a member to the 2007 American Nuclear Society Winter Conference. For this conference, “Making the Renaissance Real”, nuclear professionals from around the country met (November 11th-17th) in Washington, D.C. Lectures hinged upon the theme of the current revival of interest in nuclear power as the cleanest, most cost effective answer to our nation’s energy needs. In the run-up to the week’s events, the ANS YMG (Young Members Group) partnered with NA-YGN to present the Young Professionals Congress, a series of lectures examining many of the challenges of today’s nuclear industry with a particular focus on the young professionals’ roles and the opportunities they are likely to have over the course of their careers.

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November Engineering Explorers Post Program

slchisholm — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:02:09 +0000

This month’s Engineering Explorers Post 228 Program is on Electrical Engineering. The students will be building an electronic counter using breadboards. Since it is close to the holidays, we need volunteers of all types, especially if you happen to be an electrical engineer or good with circuits. The program will be from 6pm to 9pm Tuesday, November 20. If you are interested in volunteering, email PublicInfo ‘at’ carolina-naygn.org.

Engineering Explorers Post 228

slchisholm — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:58:58 +0000

Carolina YGN is teaming up with EPRI and AREVA to supply volunteers for a high school engineering program. Engineering Explorers Post 228 is a program for local high school students geared towards teaching about the different engineering disciplines using hands-on experiments and tours. The program needs volunteers to help out from 6pm-9pm on the second Tuesday of each month. If you are interested in volunteering email PublicInfo ‘at’ carolina-naygn.org. More information can be found on the program website.

2007 Regional Conference

slchisholm — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:14:46 +0000

The 2007 NA-YGN Regional Conference was held this past August in Charlotte, NC. The theme of this year’s event was “Racing Towards Your Future”.
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2007 4-Site Meeting

slchisholm — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:18:02 +0000

The Carolina NA-YGN 4-Site Meeting was held this past March in Spartanburg. The agenda included an update of National YGN events for the year, committee updates on their activities the past year, a presentation on the company in 10 years, a panel discussion by current management and technical tracks on how they got where they are today, an employee retention idea session, and a team building challenge.
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