Transcript HKN Activities - Department of Electrical Engineering

The Electrical and Computer
Engineering Honor Society
History
• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) was founded at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1904
by Maurice Carr
• Penn State’s Epsilon Chapter was shortly after
on December 4, 1909.
• Over 200 chapters at universities across the
U.S. and we are currently expanding into
Canada
• Over 300,000 members today
• The HKN has also just merged with the IEEE
this Fall
Who is qualified for membership?
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Top 1/4 of juniors
Top 1/3 of seniors
Graduate students
EE/CMPEN Faculty
Prominent HKN members
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Larry Page, founder of Google
Eric Schmidt, CEO Google
Amar Bose, inventor of the Bose Speakers
Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail
David Filo, founder of Yahoo!
Henry Samueli, founder of Broadcom
• HKN members are on the Board of
Directors at many top tech companies
including Google, IBM, Yahoo!,
Motorola
Why join Eta Kappa Nu?
• Academic Accomplishment- Ensure that your exceptional
academic accomplishment and
strong character is publicly
recognized
• Long Term Relationships - Build a network of long-term
relationships with HKN students
• Receive Advice - interact with your department’s faculty on a
personal basis and receive advice for your
future.
• Resume Enhancer – use the group when seeking a
position or applying for graduate
school.
Why join Eta Kappa Nu?
• Helping – tutor and help your classmates out with
those unbearable core courses
• HKN Activities – will be offering group tour to nuclear
reactor and future service events
• The BRIDGE - Enjoy a 2 year subscription to HKN’s
magazine
• Networking Opportunities - Gain numerous
networking opportunities
with corporations,
government and
universities.
Why join Eta Kappa Nu?
IEEE/EKN Corporate Affiliations and Sponsors
HKN Awards
• Participate in HKN’s extensive awards program:
o Outstanding Junior Student Award
o Outstanding Senior Student Award
o Outstanding Chapter Award
o Outstanding Teaching Award
o Distinguished Service Award
o Karapetoff Award for Technical Achievement
o Eminent Member
o Outstanding Young Electrical or Computer Engineer
Officer Positions
• Learn leadership skills by serving your chapter as an
officer
o President
o Vice President
o Co-Tutoring Chairs
o Recording Secretary
o Corresponding Secretary
o Treasurer
o Web Correspondent
Pledging Requirements
• Completion of Pledge Books
-Typed
-Cover Page
-Signatures of chapter officers and faculty members
-Pledge Essay
• Initiation fee
-$85 lifetime membership
Important Dates
• Pizza Social (6:00)
-Tuesday October 25th
-Room 101 EE East
• Initiation (7:00)
- Wednesday November 9th
- Room 101 EE East
- Formal Attire!!!
For more information
• Visit www.hkn.org for more information about the National Eta Kappa Nu
• Visit http://www.ee.psu.edu/hkn/ to see what Penn State’s EKN is all about