From: J. Patrick Donohoe [donohoe@ECE.MsState.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 2:49 PM To: r3-excom1998@ieee.org Subject: Student Activities Chair Report DATE: October 21, 1998 TO: Region 3 EXCOM FROM: J. Patrick Donohoe Region 3 Student Activities Chair Region 3 is planning to conduct four separate Student Branch Leadership Training Workshops over the next month. These one-day workshops are a combination of presentation, group interaction and discussion. Each participant is furnished with a Branch Leadership Training workbook and lunch is provided. The workshops are sponsored by the IEEE Regional Activities Board - Student Activities Committee in conjunction with the Region 3 Student Activities Committee. The details of the workshop locations have changed somewhat from those published in the Region 3 Fall 1998 newsletter. The three definite workshops at this time will be: Birmingham, AL (UAB) October 31, 1998 Charlottesville, VA (U. of Virginia) November 7, 1998 Orlando, FL (U. of Central Florida) November 21, 1998 An additional workshop is tentatively planned for Nashville, Tennessee which will be hosted by the Student Branch at Tennessee State University. The date of this workshop will be announced later. All of the student branches in Region 3 have received information regarding these workshops. Up to four student branch leaders plus the Branch Counselor can attend the workshop for each Student Branch. Section leaders are also encouraged to attend the workshops in an effort to foster meaningful interaction between Sections and Student Branches. The University of Kentucky Student Branch is busy in preparation for the Region 3 Student Conference at Southeastcon '99 to be held on March 26-29 in Lexington, Kentucky. The rules for the Southeastcon '99 Student Hardware Competition ("A Grand Tour of Kentucky") were distributed at Southeastcon '98. Updates to these rules and other sources of information about the Region 3 Student Conference are being posted on the Southeastcon '99 website. In addition to the Hardware Competition at Southeastcon, there will be the Student Paper Competition, a Short-term/Software Design Competition, a Webpage Competition.