News Category: Education
Meet the 2024 IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship Winners
The IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship, initially awarded in 1999 and celebrating its 25th Anniversary, recognizes a deserving student for an outstanding project that demonstrates an understanding of electrical engineering, electronics engineering,…
Rural Library Opens a Window to the World of STEM with Grant from Science Kits for Public Libraries
For 15 years, Science Kits for Public Libraries (SKPL) has been providing grants to libraries in rural areas, small towns, and cities across the Midwest. These grants enable libraries to…
IEEE Region 4 Science Kits for Public Libraries (SKPL) Announces 17 Grants Bringing STEM Learning to Young Library Patrons Across the Midwest, USA
Established in 2009, IEEE Region 4 SKPL is a donor-supported program designed to bring early engineering and STEM education kits to kindergarten through middle school children throughout the Midwest, USA.…
Celebrating IEEE Education Week – 14 – 20 April 2024
Join us in celebrating Education and what it means for the IEEE community and the world in honor of IEEE Education Week! Held during the third week of April each…
Recognizing Educational Excellence
The recent IEEE Educational Activities Board Awards honored outstanding leaders and initiatives Educating the next generation of innovators and engineers is one of the core program pillars of the IEEE Foundation.…
Maxwell’s Ether: From Wave Optics to the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
The IEEE Foundation and IEEE History Center explored James Clerk Maxwell’s revolutionary unification of light, electricity and magnetism. The keynote speaker, Daniel Jon Mitchell DPhil., Senior Historian of the IEEE…
Science Kits for Public Libraries: Creative Approaches
Since its inception in 2009, SKPL (Science Kits for Public Libraries) —the IEEE Region 4 program offering grants to public libraries for science kits that provide hands-on materials for kids…
High School Seniors Receive IEEE Scholarships
Three Piscataway High School seniors received IEEE Scholarships during its Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony held on 15 June in Piscataway, NJ, US, where the IEEE Operations Center is located. Richard…
A Dedicated Volunteer and Advocate for Positive Change
Lorena Garcia is currently a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) and has been a volunteer member of this group for the past eight years, which includes serving…
IEEE Smart Village: Preparing Students to Be Productive Participants in Increasingly Technology-Based Economies
Jude Numfor, a veteran IEEE Smart Village (ISV) entrepreneur, says the biggest challenge for his company, Renewable Energy Innovators, Cameroon, is recruiting staff with the technical skills and hands on…