2012 Student Awards - April 15 is Deadline Day
We know you are all putting a lot of time and efforts in making your branch activities to what they are. We really appreciate all your work and what's better to show this appreciation than to give you an award... So, why don't you nominate one of your branch members, yourself or your branch for an award to get recognition for your achievements With Deadline Day coming up, now it's time for action! Take this chance to give your efforts and your branch a worldwide recognition!
Make sure you don't miss Deadline Day!
To make things easier for you, we are grouping all deadlines of the upcoming awards and contests on 15 April or Deadline Day! This leaves you with only one date to remember!
To make things even easier, we are providing you with a short description of the upcoming awards and contests. So, mark your agenda and start preparing your submissions right away!
Upcoming awards and Contests:
- Exemplary Student Branch Award -- 15 April 2012
- Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award -- 15 April 2012
- Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award (Nomination form) -- 15 April 2012
- Student Branch Website Contest -- 15 April 2012
Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 08:27
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SBC 2012 - Funding applications open!
The 2012 IEEE Region 8 Student Branch congress will be taking place during 25-29 July in Madrid, Spain. That's less than 5 months from now! This is a unique event, taking place every two years, that brings together 300 representatives, including delegates from all branches and sections in the Region, GOLD chairs, senior R8 and global leadership, Regional Student Representatives from all over the world, staff and many others.
Don't miss the chance to meet all the other active student branches and GOLD affinity groups of Europe, Middle East and Africa, learn loads of useful skills for your officers and volunteers and get to talk about your activities, ideas and issues with senior IEEE officers such as the IEEE president and IEEE Region 8 Director! If you haven't done so already have a look at the R8 SBC 2012 website, you will find there more details about the venue and the program of the congress.
We at Region 8 SAC will fund one representative from each Region 8 Student Branch 'in good standing' to attend the congress: we'll pay for the registration, your section should pay for the travel expenses. So start deciding who will be representing your Student Branch, you might want to send one of your current officers (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, etc.) or a volunteer that is planning on becoming Student Branch officer so that he/she gets some training during the SBC. And if you want to send more volunteers to the SBC then start looking for some more funding from your industrial partners or by setting up some fund-raising activities!
You have until March 31 to submit your funding request and pre-register additional attendees. The full funding rules are available on the website, but here's what you really need to know:
- Only 1 volunteer per branch is eligible for funding, and this officer is chosen by the branch executive committee.
- The yearly reporting of your branch must be up-to-date, with a report having been submitted in the past 12 months.
- Your officers must have been correctly reported on officers.vtools.ieee.org/.
- Your student branch must have a working website.
- Your student branch must have at least 12 members.
Make sure you meet all funding requirements, select who will be representing your branch, and go on and register! Don't wait till the last minute. See you in Madrid!
Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 17:42
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February R8 SAC Session: IEEE Pre-University Activities - February 1st, 1800 UTC
Have you heard about TISP and EPICS, and still think we are talking about Google's TiSP (tinyurl.com/3hjfq3k) or something epic (although to be fair our programs are epic) then this is your chance to learn about how IEEE is impacting the life of thousands of school children and teachers by helping providing them with the tools to make the right choices.
The topic of our next chat session will be Pre-University Activities!
The whole R8 SAC team will be present to answer questions on how YOU can help open up the world of engineering and science for young children in your section. For more information about our Pre-University programs please visit tinyurl.com/8935xgb.
The session will be held on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 18:00 UTC in our chat component: www.r8sac.org/index.php/chat
(Please check tinyurl.com/6w2ud6r for your local time).
See you on the 1st of February.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 February 2012 00:02
R8 SAC Chat Session: The World is XTREMing! - October 5, 1700 UTC
IEEE XTREME is the 5th edition of the worldwide IEEE computer programming competition, to take place on October 22, 2011. If you want to know more, do not forget to show up for this month's chat session on Wednesday, October 5, at 1700 UTC (other time zones), in our chat component.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 October 2011 09:02
SBC 2012 - Major announcement!
Major announcement regarding the SBC 2012
Where will you be spending the best week of your summer next year? The only right answer to this question is, of course, at the IEEE Region 8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress, the biennial congress that brings together 300 student members from all across the region and the world, for a week full of learning experiences, networking and, of course, an incredible amount of fun.
You may be wondering though, where exactly will this be? And, now, we can finally answer your question…
The location for the SBC 2012 will be…
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Madrid, Spain!
The congress organisation will be led by the Technical University of Madrid Student Branch, who previously organised the ISBC 2011. The year ahead will, for sure, be quite intense for them, but that’s what it takes to prepare a LEGENDARY event.
We will, of course, keep all of you posted on the developments, and will announce the registration and funding procedures when the time comes. For now, be sure to mark the last week of July on your calendar, and start gathering stuff for the Multicultural Evening!
See you all in Madrid! :)
Last Updated on Thursday, 08 September 2011 08:39
Programming Contest in Assembly
Biysk Technological Institute Student Branch (Russia) is organizing the 4th International Distance Contest on Application Programming Microprocessor-based Systems in Assembly Language for MCS-51 Standard Microcontroller.
Registration for the contest is open until October 17, 2011. The contest will be held in two phases, with the first one taking place on October 19, 2011 and the finals on October 26, 2011.
More details can be found on the contest website, and you can contact the organizing team through
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R8 SAC Chat Session - September 7, 1700 UTC
The topic of September R8 SAC Chat Session will be IEEE Day 2011, the 2nd edition of the worldwide IEEE celebration to take place on October 6, 2011. If you want to know more, do not forget to show up for this month's chat session on Wednesday, September 7, at 1700 UTC (other time zones), in our chat component.
As always, if you have any other non-IEEE Day related question, feel free to show up and ask. We are there to answer each and every question. If you still have not registered on our website, go ahead and do it now. See you on September 7!
2011 Region 8 Awards and Contests Results
Getting recognized for all your personal and your team’s efforts as IEEE volunteers is a great reward for all the energy and enthusiasm you put into your student branch day after day. We received many excellent submissions for this year’s region 8 awards. We have been quite busy evaluating them all and the decision in some categories was not easy at all. Congratulations to all the winners!
The results will also be published in the September issue of Region 8 News.
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R8 SAC Chat Session - August 3, 17:00 UTC
2011/2012 year approaching very fast, and all Student Branches are planning to start recruiting new members and start their activities. But How we shall start recruiting members?, what is the best recruiting strategies to be followed??
The R8 SAC team will be online to discuss and answer your questions about how to perform best Recruiting Strategies on August 3, 2011, 5pm UTC (other time zones). If you are not registered on our website, you can create an account by selecting the appropriate link on the left sidebar.
Last Updated on Saturday, 09 July 2011 12:47
SBC 2012 proposal deadline - ONE week extension
Due to some last minute difficulties that were brought to our attention, we have decided to extend the SBC 2012 proposal deadline by ONE week. The new (and final) deadline is June 8, 2011. If you wish to update your previously submitted proposal within this time frame, you are allowed to do so.
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