Announcements

IEEE USA Webinar: Difficult Conversations

IEEE USA will be presenting a webinar, led by Dr. Julia Williams, on “Difficult Conversations — Strategies that can help make you a better listener, a better speaker, and a better person!”
Date: 30 October 2014, Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
URL: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/2014/webinar-10-30-14.html
Engineers need to take leadership roles: …

Nominations for the Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Jay R. Gould Award for excellence in teaching technical communication honors the distinguished teaching career of Professor Gould. Professor Gould’s academic mentorship of technical communication students guided many men and women into the profession.

The award honors excellence in teaching that becomes true academic mentorship: …

Assistant/Associate Professor, Technical Communication, Mercer University

The Technical Communication Department (TCO) announces openings for two tenure-track positions for Fall 2015 at the Associate or Assistant Professor level. Applicant’s areas of emphasis should include (1) either digital/social media and expertise in current industry standard tools or (2) technical writing/ editing and usability. …

Awards, awards, awards!

Thanks to everyone who came to IEEE ProComm 2014, especially those who attended the wonderful reception in the College of Fine Arts building at Carnegie Mellon University, where we celebrated the 2014 award winners.

Communication Design Assistant Professor Position at Ithaca College

Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor position within the area of communication design. We seek a student-focused individual committed to teaching and scholarship. The candidate should have an appreciation for the many aspects of communication design and have expertise in areas such as: …

IEEE USA Webinar: Poster Presentations with Power

Date: 24 September 2014
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
A webinar by Julia Williams, for the IEEE USA
Building on her earlier IEEE USA webinar “Presentations with Power,” Dr. Julia Williams, president of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, presents a one hour webinar designed to help you make …

2014 IEEE PCS Conference Student Poster Competition Winners

Congratulations to the three winners of the 2014 IEEE PCS student poster competition! Click on the thumbnails for larger images.

1st Place – “All Terrain Camera Stabilization Mount for R/C Buggy” T. Burton, A. Jerabek, F. Pang & T. Theodossion, Mechanical & Industrial Eng., Univ. of Toronto

2nd Place …

CFP: Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)

4th Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)February 23-24, 2015East Carolina UniversityGreenville NCBuilding on the success of the previous three conferences,the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect complex information, information design, information architecture, user experience, and usability. It seeks …

Call for AdCom Nominations 2014

The IEEE Professional Communication Society is managed by an administrative committee (AdCom) comprising 12 volunteers who work to assure that our society serves its members and the field of technical and professional communication. If you are interested in a higher level of involvement in PCS …

CFP: ENGINEERING LEADERS for Grand Challenges

World Congress on Engineering Education 2014
9 – 11 November 2014 in Doha, Qatar
www.engineeringleaders.org
The Grand Challenges for Engineering, identified by the National Academy of Engineering, represent the greatest contemporary opportunities for engineering disciplines to improve the lives of people worldwide. Those 14 imperatives will shape the careers of …