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Erin HogbinStudent Professional Awareness Committee Chair
http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/spac/
Relationship Building Between Students & Professionals
1 & 2 Sept 2007 Scottsdale, AZ IEEE-USA Leadership Workshop
Benefits of Good Relationships
Increased interaction between a Section and Branch
Leads to…. More successful section and region
events/meetings with increased attendance
Open doors for joint/shared meetings Future skilled volunteers for the Section
“Students are the Regions and Sections Future Volunteers”
Benefits to Regions/Sections
Students begin to understand how IEEE works for engineers and what resources are available
Students are retained as members after graduation
Students learn to become active IEEE Section and Region Volunteers
“Many current IEEE members started as Student members!”
What are some of the things you have
done?
How Do You Build the Relationship?
• Encourage Student-Professional Awareness Activities among student branches
• Identify good local speakers• Provide discounted rates for students
attending Section and Region events• Encourage members to organize and attend
joint professional awareness activities• Support student events
Some Specifics
• Communication– Make contact, not all branches know
they belong to a section
• Student Liaison on Section Excom– Voting or Non-Voting
• Provide Branch Mentors
Some Specifics
• Hold Meetings at Schools– Ex-com– Section– Chapter
• Invite to Section Meetings and Activities
• Student Leadership Training Workshops
Some Specifics
• Support Region Contests– Paper Contests– Hardware Competitions– Ethics– Programming– Website design
• Hold/Support Section Contests
• Tours
Some Specifics
• Engineers week
• Community efforts– Scouts– Future City– Math Counts– JETS– Science Fairs
• Show benefits of IEEE to careers
Some Specifics
• SPAC/S-PAVe
• Joint venture S-PAC/Professional Development Seminar
What are S-PACs?• Student-Professional Awareness
Conferences• Students plan and run the event with
consultation from S-PAC Regional Coordinators - The students do all Project Management
• Presentation or panel format related the professional awareness categories
• Topics are selected by students in consultation with SPAC Regional Coordinators (Regions 1-6) who will advise on finding speakers
What are S-PAVes? Student-Professional Awareness Ventures Venture can take on any form except
presentation 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
Examples of S-PAVe Formats
Mock Interviews Resume Writing Skill Development Role Playing and Videotaping of an
Ethical Dilemma/Situation Networking/Etiquette Dining Creating a Skit Depicting Expert
Testimony in a Courtroom
Examples of Issues Related to Professional
Awareness Career Growth
Continuing Education Effective Communication
Working Balancing Work With Personal Life “Expectations vs. Reality”
Professional Ethics & Social Responsibility
Individual and Corporate Responsibility Coping with Ethical Dilemmas
Self-Management Managing Your Career Time Management
Engineer and Public Policy Grassroots Activism Understanding How Government Works
Importance of the Professional Society Networking Benefits
Examples of Issues Related to Professional
Awareness
How Does IEEE Promote Professional Awareness to
Students?
Student Professional Awareness
Conferences (S-PACs)
Student Leadership Training Workshops
Student Professional Awareness Ventures
(S-PAVes)
Steps for Organizing an
S-PAC or S-PAVe
Contact the SPAC Coordinator when the Branch has Decided on the Event Date
• R5 – Kristi Hummel• R5 – Kristi Hummel
• R6 – Erin Hogbin• R6 – Kim Motonaga• R4 – Kristi Hummel• R4 – Kristi Brooks
• R3 – James Howard• R3 – James Howard
• R2 – John Paserba• R2 – Joe Burns
• R1 – Vishnu Pandey• R1 – Vishnu Pandey
SPAC Contacts• Chair Erin Hogbin [email protected]• Past-Chair John Paserba
[email protected] • IEEE USA Staff Sandra Kim [email protected]
• Region 1 Vishnu Pandey [email protected]• Region 2 Joe Burns [email protected] • Region 3 Jim Howard [email protected]• Region 4 Kristi Brooks
[email protected]• Region 5 Kristi Hummel
[email protected]• Region 6 Kim Motonaga
[email protected]• Region 7-10 Marko Delimar [email protected]• Student Member Krenar Komoni [email protected]
S-PAC/S-PAVe Budget Considerations
Potential Income Sources
• Ticket Sales• Industry Donation• University• IEEE Local
Section/Region• RAB Subsidy (when
needed as a safety net)
• IEEE Societies/Chapters
Minimize Expenditures
• Forego spending on elaborate meals and refreshments
• No need for catering halls (large classrooms are fine)
Note that the SPAC Committee will pay for the approved National Speakers travel expenses, and are “off-budget” to the students planning process
Questions?
Erin HogbinStudent Professional Awareness Committee Chair
http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/spac/
