To:       Region 3 Executive Committee
From:     J. Patrick Donohoe, Region 3 Educational Activities Chair
Subject:  Educational Activities Report
Date:     24 March 2003

The winner of the 2002 Region 3 Employer Professional Development
Award is Dynetics, Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama.  Dynetics is being
presented with this award for outstanding contributions to employee
continuing education and professional development over the last three
decades.  Dynetics has achieved a well-deserved reputation in the
Huntsville area for its long-term commitment to employee professional
development.  Some of the highlights of the Dynetics employee
professional development program include:
(1)  Dynetics invests approximately $150,000 annually for employee
     professional development.
(2)  Employees take an average of 100 courses per year at local
     universities and colleges.
(3)  Over 100 employees have received graduate and undergraduate
     degrees through educational programs funded by Dynetics since
     1974.
(4)  Dynetics offers an average of 15 in-house technical and
     management courses each year with an average enrollment of 15
     students per class.
Through this award, Region 3 of IEEE would like to recognize Dynetics
as a model company in the area of employee professional development.
The official presentation of the 2002 Region 3 Employer Professional
Development Award will take place in May at RadarCon '03 in
Huntsville.

The Region 3 Educational Activities Committee (EAC) has invited each
Section in Region 3 to appoint a representative to the Region 3 EAC.
By expanding the Region 3 EAC, we would like to foster a better
working relationship for Educational Activities at the Section and
Region level.