1. IEEE R4 Student Activities By Anu Gokhale

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. IEEE Student Awards and Scholarships ► RAB Student Branch Membership Growth Award is given to One student branch per Region based on the following formula: ► Many other society specific awards and fellowships are also available through IEEE. Check http://www.ieee.org/scholarships http://www.ieee.org/scholarships

6. 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

7. 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!