To: Region 3 ExCom
Fr: Pat Donohoe, Region 3 Student Activities Chair
Cc: Region 3 Committee
Sb: Region 3 Student Activities Chair Report
Dt: 9 September 2013

Over the summer, the Region 3 Student Activities Committee finalized plans to
offer five Student Branch Leadership Training Workshops to be held during the
Fall of 2013 throughout the Southeast. The purpose of the workshops is to
provide student branch leaders with the tools necessary to develop and
implement a successful branch plan for the upcoming school year. Student
leaders and Branch Counselors should plan to attend a workshop in their area.
Local Section leaders are also encouraged to attend, especially Section
Student Activities Chairs. The dates and locations of the workshops are:

Memphis, TN   (September 7)
Richmond, VA   (September 21)
Atlanta, GA   (September 28)
Ft. Lauderdale, FL   (October 12)
Columbia, SC   (November 9)

The Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop in Memphis was held on the
campus of Christian Brothers University on September 7 with a total of 30
participants. Student Branch representatives from Christian Brothers
University, the University of Memphis, the University of Alabama, Mississippi
State University, the University of Mississippi and members of the Memphis
Section took part in the workshop. The Region 3 Student Activities Committee
would like to thank John Ventura (CBU Student Branch Counselor) and Yuri
Quintana (Memphis Section Chair) for their help in organizing the workshop.

The Region 3 Student Activities Committee is also focused on planning for the
Student Conference at SoutheastCon 2014. The student program will include the
student paper competition, the student hardware competition, the student
software competition, the student branch website competition, the student
branch T-shirt competition, and the ethics competition. Changes in the judging
procedure for the ethics competition are being finalized so that more student
branches can participate in the competition at the conference.

The goals of the Region 3 Student Activities Committee for the remainder of
2013 are to (1) conduct successful Student Branch Leadership Training
Workshops and (2) to continue planning for the Student Conference at
SoutheastCon 2014.

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J. Patrick Donohoe, Ph.D, P.E.
Professor and Paul B. Jacob Chair
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mississippi State University
Box 9571
Mississippi State, MS 39762

     Office: Simrall Hall, Rm. 312
      phone: 662-325-2180
        fax: 662-325-2298
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