If you were born with the ability to change someone's perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give - the ability to influence.    -Shannon L. Adler

Newsletters are hot right now!
Newsletters are hot right now. Even though they receive less attention than the latest whizzy technology doesn't mean they're not incredibly popular and incredibly powerful.


For chapters, newsletters are an effective way to stay top of mind with
members, providing a direct route to getting their attention. The best newsletters get an almost automatic open because readers want to see what is inside. A good newsletter's flame never burns out. Content billows with information and is always engaging. Graphics fire interest and accuracy is crucial. A great newsletter will become a part of the chapter member's routine.

IISE is proud to applaud the efforts of the following professional chapters in producing a quality and effective chapter newsletter: 
 
Chapter #        Chapter Name                                     Editor                       Award 
       2                Dayton (OH)                                    Corinne Mowrey          PLATINUM
       3                Pittsburgh (PA)                                Joshua Ciampini         PLATINUM
     14                National Capital (DC)                      Sean Gahagan            PLATINUM 
     38                Twin Cities (MN)                             Jenna Weiland             PLATINUM
     45                Milwaukee (WI)                               Danielle Hedden          PLATINUM
     47                Detroit (MI)                                      David Chegash            PLATINUM
     86                Long Island (NY)                             Tom Fiorella                  GOLD
     92                Greater Kansas City                        Emmett Hull                  GOLD
   132                South Jersey Delaware Valley        Paul Mulrooney           PLATINUM
 
Congratulations to all editors of these outstanding newsletters!

 Send write-ups and pictures for Chapter Leader News to Pam Patterson  
News
  • Dues rebate monies were sent out to professional and university chapters in January.
  • Attention professional chapters!  The CAR is due February 28, 2018. Send to Pam Patterson 
  • Don't forget!  You must be member of IISE to be a member of an IISE chapter. Make sure everyone attending your chapter meetings joins IISE.
  • Order a banner for your chapter!  It looks great at chapter meetings and chapter events.
  • Click here for chapter letterhead template

 

*Dallas-Ft. Worth professional chapter and University of Texas- Arlington chapter

are coming together for a joint meeting on February 20, 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.(CST) at the University of Texas at Arlington! There will be a presentation awarding UTA's Outstanding IISE Junior and Outstanding IISE Senior, as well as a speaker/panel discussion to follow. If you are in the area, Register. 
 

Student chapters! Win up to $1,000  -  2018 YouTube Video Contest

Click here for how to enter 
Four regional conferences upcoming in February and March

Professionals! Students!    Regional conferences are where to be in February and March! You can network ! You can hear speakers from industries!  You can take plant tours! You can meet potential employers or find people to hire! And...you can have fun! And...the cost is so reasonable! Here are the four regions whose regional conferences you can still attend!
 
North Central
Feb. 22-24, 2018
 University of Iowa
 Iowa City, Iowa
More information
Today is the last day to register for this conference! 
South Central
March 2-4, 2018
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
    More information 
   

Western
 Feb. 15-18, 2018
 University of Arizona
 Tucson, Arizona 
Keeli Ginsbach
 Student Conference Chair

Northeast 

March 23-25, 2018
 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
 More information

  IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2018 will be May 19-22, 2018
Young Professionals Panel at Great Lakes Regional Conference
 
Attendees of the Great Lakes Regional Conference hosted by The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on February 3, were fortunate to experience a panel discussion sponsored by the IISE Young Professionals. Speakers included graduate students, Eric Weston and Marisa Grayson; and young professionals, Brett Blackwell and Macy Monnin. Topics included everything from how to move to a new city and how to make new friends to whether graduate school is right for you and how to do the best at your new career.
IISE Young Professionals is a group of global young professional members that aim to strengthen their relationship with the industrial and systems engineering body at large. We create personal and professional growth opportunities including leadership development and network building. In addition, we support the transition to the professional community by integrating with the industrial and systems engineering society.  For more information, contact YP President, Kelley Larsen.
Is that a fact?  The Olympic torch and flame were invented by GERMANY for the 1936 Berlin OLYMPICS
Chapter Comeback!        

Chapter 67 - Portland, Oregon
    
Winner of the 2016 Phoenix Award recognizing chapter members reactivating a chapter that has been inactive, Portland professioal chapter rose from the ashes. The chapter has 90 members and is still growing! Brandon Booth, current president of the chapter, along with other chapter members; accomplished its reactivation in August 2016.  Earning the Bronze Award in the 2016 Chapter Recognition Program, this chapter is aiming for 2017 GOLD. 
 
From the chapter's strategic plan, excerpts from mission statement:  
Community - The focus of everything we do. Bring the Portland community together and serve them through providing opportunities for networking, collaboration and professional
development.
Innovation - Always strive to find better ways to administer and serve the membership
Sustainability - Make it easy to run & manage the chapter for the current and future officers. Documentation for each position to pass down as part of our succession plan, SOP's, work instructions, etc.

 Welcome back, Portland! 
How to reactivate a chapter click here.