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Engaging Students and Student Activities “Section and Student Branch Interaction for
Increased Member Engagement”
Sections Congress – Amsterdam
22-24 August 2014
John Paserba - IEEE MGA Student Activities Chair
Christian M. Schmid - IEEE Region 8 Student Rep
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Wouldn’t It Be Great If…
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Every Student Branch in Your Section was Active
and Successful?
Student Branches had Financial Resources for
Quality Programs?
Student Members Felt IEEE was Valuable to Their
Education and Career and Renewed Their
Membership Every Year as a Student?
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Wouldn’t It Be Great If…
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Attendance at Your Section Meetings Averaged 50-
100 Members or More?
Members Volunteered for Your Section Officer
Positions, Leadership Positions, and Other
Assignments?
All Graduating Student Members Retained Their
IEEE Membership and Were Active in Their
Section?
“Students are the Section’s Future Volunteers”
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IEEE Student Membership
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Did You Know?
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There are 120,389 Student Members Globally,
Representing 28% of Total IEEE Membership as of
the end of 2013
IEEE Student Membership has Grown 41% Since
2008 (From 85,235 to 120,389)
Global Student Branches Have Grown 38%, From
1,829 to 2,517 Since 2009
Student Membership Delivered More Than 150,000
Higher Grade Members Over the Last 5 years
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Benefits of Good Student Branch – Section Relationships
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Increased Interaction Between a Section and
Student Branches….
Leads to….
More Successful Section Events and Meetings with
Increased Attendance
Open Doors for Joint/Shared Meetings Between
Student Branches and Sections
Future Skilled Volunteers for the Section
Potential Increase in Number of Active Chapters
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Recommendations for Fostering Student Branch - Section Relationships
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Hold ExCom Meetings at Universities with Student Branches
Have a Student Member Serve on the Section ExCom as a Voting Member
Provide Branch Mentors to Your Student Branches
Plan and Hold Joint Technical Activities, Industry Tours, and Professional Awareness Activities with Your Student Branches
Host an Annual Student Branch – Section Dinner
Provide Judges for a Student Branch Contest (Such as a Paper Contest or Ethics Contest)
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More Recommendations for Fostering Student Branch - Section Relationships
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Support Student Branch Events Financially or by Providing Speakers
Provide Student Branch – Section Networking Opportunities
–Hold Panel Discussions to Talk to Students about Professional Life and What Type of Skills are Needed in the Current Work Environment
Support Participation in Regional and International IEEE Student Branch Activities
Support a Student Branch in Your Section to Host a Regiona Student Branch Congress or Annual Conference
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Some SAC* Initiated Activities for Student Member Engagement
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IEEExtreme 24 hour Programming Competition
Student Professional Awareness Activities
IEEE Student Branch Awards
IEEE Student Branch Competitions
Student Branch Leadership Training
Social Media
– https://www.facebook.com/IEEEStudents
Student Transition and Elevation and Program
– In conjunction with Young Professionals (YP)
See Support Material in Appendix of this Presentation
–As defined within IEEE “Professional awareness is the
emphasizing of the importance of the non-technical
aspects of engineering to engineers and future engineers.”
Topics Include:
1. Career Development
2. Professional Integrity
3. Personal Skills
4. Engineers and Public Policy
5. Leadership in Professional Organizations
6. Practice of Innovation
7. Art of Communication
8. Humanitarian Grand Challenges
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What Are S-PACs?
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Student Professional Awareness Conferences
Students Plan and Run the Event with Consultation
From SPAA Regional Coordinators
The Students do all Project Management
Presentation or Panel Format Related to the
Professional Awareness Categories
Topics are Selected by Students from the Professional
Awareness Categories in Consultation with Regional
Coordinators
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What Are S-PAVes?
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Student Professional Awareness Ventures
Venture can Take on any Form Except Conference or
Panel Presentation Format (can be a Workshop Format)
Student Branch Submits Proposal Based on the
Professional Awareness Categories with Budget and
Schedule
The Students do all Project Management
Start-up Funds are Available to Initiate Venture
“Free flowing” Format Enables Creativity
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Recent Announcement on SPA x
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IEEE-USA Launching New Professional Awareness Experience for Students (excerpts from August 7, 2014 Press Release) – The Student Professional Awareness experience (SPAx) replaces Student Professional
Awareness Conferences and Ventures (S-PAC and S-PAVe). A hallmark of the new program is that it leaves event design up to the students.
– “SPAx opens up a lot of design choices for the students; they solve for x,” said Guru Madhavan, chair of the IEEE-USA Student Professional Awareness Committee. “Students can customize their events to meet their professional needs, expectations and interests.”
– For a SPAx (pronounced “spa x”) video preview, see http://youtu.be/oOYqf7jyFeE – Like the S-PACs and S-PAVes it replaces, SPAx emphasizes the non-technical skills an
engineer needs to succeed. These include, among others, effective communication, leadership and career-development skills. SPAx seeks to have students explore, engage, experience.
– A SPAx event can still be a traditional student-focused conference or venture, or it can be, for example, a design contest, industry visit, humanitarian field project or informal social activity focused on professional skills development. Students can choose whatever they want as long as it relates to the eight S-PAC thematic areas.
– Another goal of SPAx is to streamline the reporting and feedback process so it reduces the burden on students. SPAx will be fully deployed in January.
– The IEEE-USA Student Professional Awareness Committee is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2014. It has sponsored more than 1,200 activities, reaching over 100,000 students in more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities.