The IEC Brief: February 12, 2021
Craig Scott
Morgan State University
IEC President
Dear Valued Members of Our IEC Community,
 
Over the last few months, the IEC has offered a number of wonderful workshops on many topics that we feel are central to providing you with tools you may need to help you address the issues we are all experiencing.

We know this has been an exceedingly challenging year for all of us, but IEC is here for you as a unique community of practice. In order to serve you better, we are providing these briefs to keep you informed. Likewise, we are seeking a more direct way to engage all our members by finding out the major issues you are facing and what we can do to make our relationship even more useful. With that said, we will be connecting with you in the near future to explore these possibilities in detail.   
Anti-Racism Practice in Engineering: Exploring, Learning & Solutions (ARPELS) Workshop
The first installment of our workshop series on Anti-Racism Practice in Engineering: Exploring, Learning & Solutions (ARPELS) was held this week, led by Dr. Delia Saenz. The participants were completely wowed by the experience of both learning anti-racist principles and potential change strategies. We are all looking forward to the other workshops in this series and strongly encourage everyone from ECE programs at IEC institutions to join us. You will soon receive more information both on what happened this week and what to prepare for next.
"Thanks for such an impactful and eye-opening workshop" - Shiny Abraham, Seattle University
"I learned even more in this second session than the first!" - Lawrence Overzet, University of Texas at Dallas
"Is anyone else saying, wow?!?" - Shayla Sawyer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Thank you for a great workshop!" - Sandra Cruz-Pol, National Science Foundation
Save The Date!
ECEDHA Summit
Join us March 23rd and March 25th for the ECEDHA Summit. The Anti-Racism Practice in Engineering: Exploring, Learning & Solutions (ARPELS) Workshop will hold two sessions during this summit including Anti-Racism 101 and a report out of this weeks sessions.

Get Involved!
Join a *NEW* IEC Working Group or Committee
The IEC is looking for members to join one or more newly established committees and working groups.

To get involved and learn more, please email Claire Seifert at cseifert@iec.org
  • Communications Working Group
  • Branding Working Group
  • Industry Working Group
  • Membership Committee
  • Strategic Planning Committee
  • Women in ECE Committee
  • Community of Practice Working Group
  • Electromagnetics
  • Digital Systems
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Communications and Networking
  • And more!
Available On-Demand!
IEC Workshops
If you have been unable to attend any of our online virtual workshops, webinars, or sessions, please visit the IEC Workshops archive with available on-demand sessions past and present.

ECE@HSI Workshop

If you missed the ECE@HSI Workshop Series sponsored by NASA MUREP, please click here to watch the recordings of the presentations and live discussions for all six workshops.

These workshops covered different topics on retention and supporting success of ECE students including Course and Laboratory Curriculum Interventions, Department and Curricular Initiatives, Multi-institutional alliances and initiatives fostering engagement URM students in STEM, engaging NASA and Industry, and Women in ECE. 
Online Mini-Workshop
Series
Since the cancellation of the IEC Workshop at the 2020 ECEDHA Annual Conference this past March, we have been working diligently to ensure that the series of 10 IEC Workshops move forward virtually. Led by academia, these highly interactive discussions will cover best practices, making connections with ECE faculty at R1 institutions, hands-on education, remote labs, and more!
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