Forming IEEE Student Branch

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Forming IEEE Student Branch

• Presented by
• Barbara Bakowicz
• bakowicz_at_ieee.org
• Education Liaison
• for
• Oakland-East Bay
• IEEE Communications Society

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc

• Non-profit, technical professional association
• 377,000 individual members in 150 countries
• 1150 student branches world-wide
• 37 Technical Societies
• 860 active standards with 700 under development
  
• Produces 30 percent of the world's published
• literature in electrical engineering,
  computers
• and control technology

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc

• 300 local organizations world-wide
• 25,000 Members in IEEE San Francisco Bay
• Area Council (SFBAC)
• The San Francisco Council has three Sections
• Oakland/East Bay Section
• San Francisco Section
• Santa Clara Valley Section
• These three Sections make up the largest
• membership within IEEE.

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Requirements for Establishing Student Branch

• Signature of 20 students and three faculty
• members teaching engineering classes
• Designating Interim Chairman of the Branch
• Designation of one faculty member as
• Counselor of the Branch
• Approval by the Department Chair and two
• faculty members

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Requirements for Establishing Student Branch

• Three school catalogs outlining
• accreditation, course curriculum, and
• listing of engineering faculty members
• Adopting a Branch constitution
• Submitting the petition for approval to
• IEEE Student Services Manager at
• 445 Hoes Lane, P O Box 1331,
• Piscataway, NJ 08855

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Student Services Support for Student Branch

• Guidelines to form a Student Branch
• Leadership training manual
• Information on scholarships and awards
• Supplies membership pins, benefit flyers,
• stationary, envelopes, etc.
• Limited financial assistance

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Student Eligibility

• A student Member must carry at least 50
• of a normal full-time academic program in
• course of study in IEEE designated fields.
• Student Members upon graduation with at
• least a two-year degree, shall be transferred
• to Associate grade.

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Student Branch - Benefits

• Network with peers
• Network with future employees
• Access to technical information
• Access to IEEE products and services
• Membership in IEEE Technical Societies
• Personal e-mail aliases

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Student Branch - Benefits

• Reduced membership rate
• Scholarships and awards
• Financial aids
• Summer internships
• Student Professional Awareness Conferences
• Student Professional Awareness Venture

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Oakland-East Bay Communications Society

• Established in 1988
• Received IEEE Chapter of the Year Award in
• years 1994, 1995, and 1996
• Facilitates monthly technical meetings
• open to all professionals and students
• Offers half or full-day seminars open to all
• professionals and students
• Information on the Societys current activities
• can be accessed at
• www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/comsoc/

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Communications Society Support for Student
Branch

• Nominal charges for participation in seminars
• Joint technical meetings with Student Branch
• Participation in Student Branch Professional
• Awareness Conferences
• Financial contribution for selected Student
• Branch activities

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• Thank you
• for your participation