Transcript Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE R4
Student Activities
By
Anu Gokhale
Student Branch
► Branches
are IEEE entities belonging to their
respective Sections
►A
Student Branch is linked to a university-level
education centre
 20 members, of whom at least four must volunteer to
form the branch executive committee
 One Professor to act as Branch Counselor
 A Branch Mentor (optional) is a Section member not
associated with the university, appointed by the local
Section, to serve the Student Branch
 Branch members organize activities to increase
awareness and learning of engineering and its related
fields, according to the IEEE mission
GSM and GOLD
► Graduate
Student Member (GSM)
 New status — GSM pays student membership but
enjoys the privileges of a full member (advantage
limited to a total of 10 years)
 May serve as a Section Officer
► GOLD
(Graduates Of the Last Decade) Affinity
Groups are established at Section level
 Pay full membership
 GOLD helps keep graduating members as part of IEEE
 Sections may consider organizing special activities for
GOLD members
 You can easily start a GOLD affinity group by getting
10 GOLD members and filling in a form
IEEE Student Competitions
► Regional
Student Paper Contest
(typically held in conjunction with R4 EIT)
 2008 Paper Contest will be on May 18 in conjunction with
EIT 2008 in Ames, Iowa
 Paper contests are also held in some sections
► Outstanding
Student Branch Advisor or Counselor
Award (Feb 28)
► Annual Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award
(Mar 1)
► Regional Student Branch Website Contest (Mar 15)
(winner/s forwarded to the International Student
Branch Website Contest
► Region 4 Ethics Competition (held in fall)
► IEEEXtreme Programming Contest (April)
IEEE Student Awards and
Scholarships
► RAB
Student Branch Membership Growth Award is
given to One student branch per Region based on
the following formula:
Composite Score 
Student Branch Growth
 20
Re gion' s Highest Student Branch Growth

► Many
Student Branch % Growth
 30
Re gion' s Highest Student Branch % Growth
other society specific awards and fellowships
are also available through IEEE. Check
http://www.ieee.org/scholarships
Section-sponsored Student
Activities
► Sections
may award scholarships, hold
paper contests, design project competitions,
or simply provide funds to support student
branch activities
► Sections
are encouraged to have few joint
meetings with student branches
Communication with Sections
regarding Student Activities
►I
will continue to send you (Section Chairs)
timely emails about Region-based student
events, competitions, and activities
► As
Student Activities Chair, I will appreciate
your support for student branches, not just
financial but more importantly, motivation!