Governor Stein Proclaims National Engineers Week

National Engineers Week

2026

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, engineers use their scientific and technical knowledge and skills in creative and innovative ways to fulfill society’s needs; and

Whereas, engineers face the major technological challenges of our time – from rebuilding towns devastated by natural disaster, cleaning up the environment, and assuring safe, clean, and efficient sources of energy to designing information systems that will speed our country into the future; and

Whereas, engineers are encouraging our young math and science students to realize the practical power of their knowledge; and

Whereas, North Carolina is home to more than 10 universities with accredited engineering programs, including NC State University, which is helping to power the North Carolina economy by spending nearly $300 million on engineering research annually, and NC A&T University, which is one of the leading producers of African American engineering graduates across the United State; and

Whereas, we will look more than ever to engineers and their knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim February 22 – 28, 2026, as “National Engineers Week” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all residents.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-seventh day of January in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-sixth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.