IEEE Education awards

The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) has named seven individuals and
one company to be honored with the annual IEEE EAB awards for outstanding
contributions to education. Selections were made at the EAB meeting during
the IEEE Organizational Units Meeting in New Brunswick, NJ USA 22 June
2001.

**The IEEE EAB Pre-College Educator Award, established in 2000: The first
recipient, Ervin L. Nevsimal, Tampa, FL
**IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities: Carl
Dennison Avers and Stanley L. Love
**IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education: C. P. Wong (CPMT Board of Governors Member)
**IEEE EAB Major Educational Innovation Award: Ken Goldberg
**IEEE EAB Meritorious Service Citation: Kenneth R. Laker and Jerry R.
Yeargan
**IEEE EAB Employer Professional Development Award: AT&T School of Business
and Technology

Nominations for IEEE/ABET Evaluators now open

Contribute to the engineering professional and public good. The IEEE
Educational Activities Board seeks engineering professionals from industry,
government, and academe to serve as program evaluators for accrediting
engineering and engineering technology programs at U.S. universities.
Nominations will be accepted through 31 October 2001.
Read an account from a first-time evaluator. Information packages,
including the application and nominations forms for engineering programs
and engineering technology programs, are available on the web. For more
program information, contact eab-accred@ieee.org.

Executive Summary from Christopher Burns'

Executive Summary from Christopher Burns' study on opportunities to market
IEEE educational products to Industry has now been posted on the EA pages.
On 23 June, Christopher Burns presented the summary and took questions
during an address at the Organizational Units Meeting in New Brunswick, NJ
USA. Read the summary at http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/flash.htm.

Feisel Scholarship Announced for SUNY- Binghamton

On 26 May 2001, the establishment of the Lyle and Dorothy Feisel
Scholarship for Excellence was announced at the event that marked the
retirement of IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Vice President Lyle
Feisel as the Dean of the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science
at State University NY - Binghamton. Friends and colleagues of the Feisel's
raised over $140,000 to inaugurate the Scholarship which will reward
excellence in engineering education.

For further information about the Scholarship, contact Michelle L. Gardner,
SUNY - Binghamton Senior Director of Development, mgardner@binghamton.edu.
Read a biography of EAB VP Feisel at www.ieee.org/eab/vp/biography.htm.

US$44,500 in grants for IEEE Pre-college Teacher In-service Training
Program

Verizon Foundation granted $21,000 to the IEEE Educational Activities Board
(EAB) to expand the Pre-college Teacher In-service Training Program,
bringing the total to $44,500. Previously pledged support of $12,500 came
from the IEEE Life Members, $10,000 from the IEEE Foundation, and $1,000
from IEEE-USA. The monies have enabled EAB Pre-college Project Manager
Douglas Gorham to set up two training sessions to help IEEE Sections
replicate the successful pilot program run this spring by the Florida West
Coast Section, USA (FWCS).

Training covers the best way to approach a school district, instructing
teachers in methods of conveying engineering, design, and technology to
their students, and how to continue to offer the In service program. Both
training sessions covered by the grants have been filled. If you are
interested in starting a program, contact Doug Gorham at
d.g.gorham@ieee.org or at +1 941 753 4758.

FWCS has now done a total of three sessions. They were able to influence 56
teachers and through them will raise the level of technological literacy of
an estimated 7,000 students. For the full story about the pilot program see
http://www.institute.ieee.org/INST/may2001/fflorida.html.

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Lynn Murison
Outreach Administrator, IEEE Educational Activities
ph: 1.732.562.6526