THE ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS & SCIENTISTS FOR NEW AMERICANS (AES)
AES is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 by immigrant-professionals from the Former Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries.
AES unites specialists of all technical areas
- engineers, architects, chemists, biologists,physicists, mathematicians, computer specialists and scientists from the various branches of science.
The main goals of AES are:
-to help specialists in the complicated process of professional, legal,mental and cultural adjustment to American society, -to inform AES members about American system of higher and continuing education and the employment market, -to assist members in establishing professional contacts with colleagues who have experiance working in the USA, -help AES members to continue their education, to promote their skills, to find a job, and/or study a related profession.
AES major programs are:
-ESL courses including individual conversational sessions with Americans-volunteers, -consultations, seminars, professional lectures, and employment services, -ESL-INTERLEX for computer science, engineering, medicine, -special courses for professionals in computers, financial and medical fields, -courses to prepare for City and State Job examinations.
Membership fees:
$25 individual AES membership $35 Family AES membership $100-249 Sponsoring AES membership $250-499 Sustaining AES membership $500 and over Guardian AES membership $12 Senior citizens, students, and newcomers (first 3 years in USA) $18 Family Senior citizen membership $500 Companies, Corporations, and Institutions
Our address: 119 Fulton Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10038 Tel: (212)566-2120 Fax: (212)566-2521 E-mail: aes@cjoi.org
