{{Short description|American political catchphrase}} {{use American English|date=May 2016}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} '''Stay with It''' is a campaign in the United States intended to encourage and motivate engineering students to stay with the field of study and graduate with an engineer's degree.
It is a collaboration between the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the private sector and academia.<ref name="jobs-council"> {{cite web |title=Roadmap to Renewal: 2011 Year-End Report |url=http://files.jobs-council.com/files/2012/01/JobsCouncil_2011YearEndReportWeb.pdf |publisher=President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, p. 20}} </ref><ref name="asee-01"> {{cite web |title=Engineering: Stay with It |url=http://www.asee.org/retention-project/engineering-stay-with-it |publisher=American Society for Engineering Education }}</ref><ref name="wh-01">{{cite web |title=NASA Joins Campaign to Encourage the Next Generation of Engineers and Innovators |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |date=March 19, 2012 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/03/19/nasa-joins-campaign-encourage-next-generation-american-engineers-and-innovators }}</ref><ref name="abc-01">{{Cite web |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/8581709/ |title=Bay Area universities take part in engineering initiative |access-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331100044/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8581709 |url-status=live }}</ref>
It officially launched on March 14, 2012, with a Day of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and made available to a nationwide audience through a webcast on Facebook Live.<ref name="gatech-01">{{cite web |url=http://coe.gatech.edu/content/stay-it-day-engineering |title=STAY WITH IT! Day of Engineering |website=The College of Engineering at Georgia Tech |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622011120/http://coe.gatech.edu/content/stay-it-day-engineering |archive-date=2013-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/mar/HQ_12_043_Bolden_Facebook_Pres_Jobs.html|title=NASA - NASA Administrator Bolden, President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Launch 'Stay with It' Campaign on Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2012/03/StayWithItMatsui03-14-12.html |title=Sacramento State |website=www.csus.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320002814/http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2012/03/StayWithItMatsui03-14-12.html |archive-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> The webcast opened with a message from President Barack Obama.
Major General Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, noted the occasion, saying that his message to students is simple: "Stay With It! Stay with your studies. Stay with your research. Stay with your dreams as you prepare to take your rightful place as the next great generation of American engineers, innovators and leaders."<ref name="wh-01" />
Congresswoman Doris Matsui addressed students after watching Only Won perform "I Wanna Be an Engineer" at the Sacramento State Stay With It event. "We need you, the country needs you – and engineering is not boring, it's fun. Engineers dream up, invent and build technologies that change the world. We will continue to lead, but a lot depends on the people who are studying engineering. … I encourage you to Stay with it – and dream!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2012/03/StayWithItMatsui03-14-12.html|title=Campaign Encourages Future Engineers|first=Craig|last=Koscho|date=March 14, 2012|work=Sac State News}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Education |Engineering|United States|Politics}} {{clear}}
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==External links== * {{URL|staywithit.org}}, the campaign's official website * [https://www.facebook.com/Engineering/app_260691170608423 webcast] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBJ3ucyl3c&feature=BFa&list=HL1332365138&lf=mh_lolz message from President Barack Obama]
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