Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)

IEEE GOLD Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 - Call for Participation!

Wednesday, 3 December 2008: The Road to The Future

Find yourself in a perplexing situation in your early career? Feel strong need for direction and guidance to facilitate decision? Come join us in the IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Panel in IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 at New Orleans!

Founded in 1996, GOLD aims to help young professionals make a smooth transition from being a student to entering the professional world. The GOLD Panel Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 will bring together world-renowned scholars, researchers, practitioners, and business leaders from academia, industry, and government to discuss issues of interest to both students and young professionals who are in their early stages of career planning. Each panelist will give a short presentation, and a Question & Answer section will follow. Come along to share your ideas. You will enjoy it! Admission is Free!

For more details, please visit http://www.ieee-globecom.org/gold.html

GOLD Sponsors IEEE GOLD Summit 2008

Scheduled on Thursday, 18 September and Friday, 19 September 2008, the first IEEE GOLD Summit was prior to IEEE Sections Congress 2008 in Quebec, Canada.  IEEE GOLD feels the GOLD Summit event and infusion of young professional members at IEEE Sections Congress 2008 provides IEEE the knowledge that its young professional members want to be involved in volunteer activities and work in IEEE leadership roles.

Each IEEE Region appointed three delegates from their region to attend the Summit. The GOLD Summit goals are defined as:

• Generate an action plan to bridge the Region GOLD management to GOLD Affinity Group
• Define a holistic IEEE online experience, direction and understanding of web branding and protocol
• Launch IEEE STEP (Student Transition and Elevation Partnership) program
• Identify at least three GOLD members from each region to attend the GOLD Summit

Funding was provided through IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board and the respective IEEE Regions sending their delegates.  More information is available on the GOLD Summit web site.

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Dear GOLD Members,

I am honored to be your new IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) GOLD Committee Chair for 2008.  This is a great opportunity for me to continue to serve the IEEE.  This assignment will give me the chance to enhance my leadership abilities, widen my network with MGA leaders as well as MGA Committee members, and the leadership of IEEE as a whole.  I am looking forward to building IEEE GOLD into an new level of visibility and growth.

Jacqueline Babin, IEEE Houston Section Member

"By attending section meetings and volunteering on the IEEE Region 5 Executive Committee, I networked with so many various industry leaders who led me to my first job after college."

Scott Tamashiro, IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Section, Senior Member

IEEE membership...Opens up a work of networking and personal opportunities.  Members are not just colleagues for work and technology discussions, but friends for advice and comfort." 

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