Educational Activities Board Seeks Nominations For Annual Awards
The Educational Activities Board (EAB) of the IEEE is currently accepting nominations for the 1999 EAB Awards. The deadline for nominations is 30 April, 1999. In June, the EAB Awards and Recognition Committee will review all nominees and decide upon recipients for the following awards:
· Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities - recognizes IEEE members for outstanding contributions in accreditation of engineering, engineering technology, and computer science programs.
· Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education - recognizes IEEE members for the design, delivery, or management of continuing education activities for IEEE members.
· Major Educational Innovation Award - recognizes IEEE members for outstanding innovation in an educational field appropriate to the mission of the IEEE.
· Meritorious Service Citation - recognizes IEEE members for outstanding and sustained service to the aims and objectives of the Educational Activities Board.
· Employer Professional Development Award - recognizes organizations employing IEEE members for contributions to employee continuing education and professional development

Nomination packets must include the following materials:
· A nomination letter that details the achievements of the nominee
· A complete vita of the nominee (except for the Employer Professional Development Award)
· A cover sheet listing the name of the EAB award being sought for the nominee, and the name, address (both postal and e-mail), and telephone and fax numbers of both the nominator and nominee
· Up to three letters of endorsement and not more than five pages of materials supporting the claims of contributions or achievements
NOTE: For the Employer Professional Development Award, letters of endorsement must include at least one from an employee who is an IEEE member, and one from the director of an IEEE region in which the organization's contributions were made.
Recipients of these awards will be announced at the Frontiers in Education Conference in November 1999.
Nomination materials should be sent to Rae Toscano, Manager, EAB Administration, via e-mail, r.toscano@ieee.org, or post: IEEE Educational Activities, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 08855-1331. For more information, nominees should contact Rae by e-mail, phone (732.562.5482),
or fax (732.981.1686).