There is a wave of gender-equality initiatives sweeping the United States. Melinda Gates recently pledged US$1 billion toward the advancement of women, and some of the greatest impacts of this increased scrutiny on equality may be felt in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, where the female minority has been an issue, requiring address for decades. Patricia (Pat) Malone, who has dedicated her career to developing programs that advance professional education and economic development, leads the charge at Stony Brook University in New York, where she is the associate vice president for professional education and the assistant provost for engaged learning.
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The Engenheiras da Borborema Project: Schramm Is Working to Create Reference Models for Girls
Students branches of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Groups (AGs) provide undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to mentor, volunteer, learn, and work alongside other like-minded engineers. They’re more than a vehicle for networking; at a critical time, they provide a cohort of passionate, supportive students and mentors who also want to engage with science and technology for the betterment of their communities. Assistant Professor Vanessa Batista Schramm is an advisor of the WIE AG at the Federal University of Campina Grande in Brazil. The group, which was founded in 2015 and has grown to approximately 60 volunteers, is one of the most active IEEE WIE student affinity branches in Region 9.
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Fostering Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering: ECEDHA Is Bringing Together Thought Leadership in Engineering Education
The IEEE has been a launching pad for many communities, including some that have grown outside its domain. One such organization, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head Association (ECEDHA), developed in the mid-1980s after its university founders had been gathering informally at IEEE and American Society for Engineering Education events and felt it would be beneficial to formalize into what is now the current association. Not surprisingly, ECEDHA has a mission closely aligned to that of the IEEE: representing the academic leaders of more than 300 accredited programs in ECE in the United States and Canada, ECEDHA’s goal is to foster advances in the disciplines of electrical and computer engineering, facilitate interaction and exchange of ideas among its members, and improve communication with the profession, industry, government, and other communities of interest.
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