Awards and Recognition Nominations for the major Region 3 awards are due in by December 1. The Outstanding Engineer, Outstanding Service and Outstanding Engineering Educator nominations should be sent to John Twitchell. The Employer Professional Development nominations should be sent to Dr. Donohoe, and the Professional Development nominations should go to Don Hill. I am pleased to report that a Region 3 member will be receiving an IEEE USA award. As soon as the member is notified by the IEEE USA ARC, I will inform the Region. Dr. Thomas Bellarmine, of Florida A & M University, has graciously agreed to serve as Vice Chair of the Region 3 ARC. He will be a welcome asset to the committee, and should greatly assist in accomplishing long planned, but long delayed, goals. Please welcome Dr. Bellarmine. John R. Twitchell, PE