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OP-TEC Announces Renewed Funding from the National Science Foundation Through 2013 (1/5/12)

OP-TEC Announces Faculty Development Online Course - Fundamentals of Light and Lasers (08/28/11)

OP-TEC provides webinar on Enhancing Classroom Instruction through e-Books (08/26/11)

National Science Foundation Awards Planning Grant for the Southeast Regional Center for Optics and Photonics Education and Training (08/15/11)

National Science Foundation Awards Planning Grant for the Midwest Photonics Regional Center (08/15/11)

OP-TEC exhibited and presented two sessions at the HI-TEC Conference in San Francisco, CA (7/25-28/11)

OP-TEC Announces Faculty Development Online Course - Fundamentals of Light and Lasers (12/31/10)

OP-TEC exhibited and presented "Improving Technician Education through E-materials and Innovative Online Teaching Strategies" at the NSF ATE PI conference in Washington, DC (10/27/10)

OP-TEC exhibited and presented two sessions, "Improving Technician Education through E-Books and E-Learning" and "Enhancing High School Academic Programs by Infusing Photonics," at the National Career Pathways Network conference in Dallas, Texas (10/21-22/10)

OP-TEC submits funding proposal to NSF for Precision Optics Technician Education Project (10/21/10)

OP-TEC Releases New Monograph "Restoring Declining AAS Programs Using Emerging Technologies" (10/19/10)

OP-TEC Announces Faculty Development Online Course - Fundamentals of Light and Lasers (08/09/10)

OP-TEC exhibited and presented two preconference workshops, "Bridging the Gap Between Educators and Employers" and Improving Technician Education through E-Materials and Innovative Online Teaching Strategies," at the HI-TEC Conference in Orlando, FL (7/25-29/10)

OP-TEC Releases High School Photonics Lab Manual (06/10)

OP-TEC Releases Program Planning Guide for High Schools (04/10)

OP-TEC Releases A General Curriculum Framework for Infusing "Enabling" Technologies into Two-Year Postsecondary Technical Programs (04/10)

OP-TEC Releases Providing Photonics Education for Technicians (04/10)

OP-TEC Sponsors "Science and a Symphony" LaserFest Event Celebrating Art, Science, and Music on the Baylor University Campus (3/20/10)

OP-TEC Announces Faculty Development Online Course – Fundamentals of Light and Lasers (02/01/10)

OP-TEC awards Central New Mexico Community College and Monroe Community College $15,000 matching grants to increase enrollment through "high school pipeline" efforts (12/14/09)

Central Carolina Community College and OP-TEC Present Photonics Math Text Report at NCPN Conference (10/26/09)

OP-TEC Releases New Photonics Industry Survey:  Photonics Technician Jobs in the United States – A 2009 Industry Survey of Current and Future Demand for Education and Training Programs (09/22/09)

OP-TEC Announces Faculty Development Online Course – Fundamentals of Light and Lasers (08/14/09)

OP-TEC Releases New Monographs on Summer Institutes and Outreach Activities to Build the High School Pipeline (05/29/09)

National Science Foundation Awards New Photonics Program Grant to College of Lake County (05/01/09)

OP-TEC Releases Skill Standards for Precision Optics Technicians (02/27/09)

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