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Solipsys Corporation Announces Start of 2008 Kaua'i Island Scholarship Contest
For Immediate Release
11/03/2008
Contact:
Sherri Patterson
240.554.8174
Kauai, Hawaii (Nov. 3, 2008) – Today Raytheon Solipsys announced the start of its 9th annual $2000 Kauai Island Scholarship Contest. Beginning Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, December 3, 2008, elementary, middle and high school students on Kauai have the opportunity to win a cash prize for illustrating or writing about this year's theme. The theme, 21st Century Technology at Work on Kaua'I, focuses on how technology impacts current work on Kauai and how it could create new job opportunities.
Students from first through twelfth grades are eligible to compete; first through third graders may submit a poster, fourth through sixth graders may submit a 250-word essay, students from seventh through ninth grades may submit a 350-word essay, and tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders may submit a 500-word essay. First, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash prizes: $275 for first place, $150 for second and $75 for third. Additionally, the first 150 students to submit their projects will receive an official Kauai Island Scholarship T-Shirt.
Entries may be submitted in person or by U.S. Mail. Entries delivered in person will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at either Solipsys location on Kaua'i. Entries submitted by mail must be in the hands of the judges on or before 4:00 p.m., December 3rd to be considered. Entries submitted by U.S. mail must be sent to the Lihu'e address. Please call the Solipsys location you plan to visit ahead of time if you enter in person.
Solipsys has two locations, in the West Kauai Technology and Visitor Center at 9565 Kaumuali'i Highway and on the east side at the NAIF at 4485 Pahe'e Street. Full contest details are available at www.solipsys.com or you may contact Linda Burnz, Facility Specialist, at 241-1555 ext. 262 or at linda.burnz@solipsys.com.
Raytheon Solipsys is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) in Integrated Defense Systems. Its product solutions have been deployed worldwide since 1997, supporting command and control applications for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and in international air surveillance and defense systems.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Global Capability Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
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