Announcements

Special Issue on Plain Language Wins Best Collection of Original Essays 2019 from 4Cs

The IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Special Issue on Plain Language has been chosen for the CCCC award for (Council on College Composition and Communication) Best Collection of Original Essays in Scientific and Technical Communication. Congratulations to the authors, and especially the editors of the issue: Natalya …

Revised IEEE ProComm Constitution and Bylaws

Season’s greetings everyone! Just a quick note that our constitution and bylaws have been revised, approved by the Board of Governors, and approved by the Vice President of Technical Activities for the IEEE on December 20th, 2018. These documents, available below, will go into effect …

A Survey on Patent Courses in Bachelor Degrees of Science and Engineering

IEEE Education Society Sr Past President Manuel Castro is conducting a survey about introducing new Patent Courses in Bachelor Degrees of Science and Engineering.

Please contribute to the survey by visiting: https://goo.gl/forms/1GmKvSD1ju75OJdX2

Your response is anonymous and the survey takes only 10 minutes.

In Memoriam Rudolph J. Joenk, Jr., PhD (1932-2018)

Rudy Joenk, longtime member of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, passed away in Boulder, CO on 5 November 2018.
Born in St. Louis, MO, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1953. After 21 months of active duty …

Grant Proposal Writing Webinar

Do you have an idea? Do you want to learn how to convert the idea into a beautiful proposal? Do you want to know the strategies to strengthen your proposal in a way to generate more funds for your project/activity?
IEEE Professional and Communication Society brings …

Candidates on Slate for 2019–2021 AdCom

A slate of five candidates for election to the PCS Administrative Committee (AdCom) for 2019–2021 has been announced.

Brian Ballentine, West Virginia University Brian.Ballentine@mail.wvu.edu
Darina Slattery, University of Limerick Darina.Slattery@ul.ie
Pam Brewer, Mercer University brewer_pe@mercer.edu
Alan Houser, Group Wellesley, Inc. arh@groupwellesley.com
Nancy Barr, Michigan Technologic University nbbarr@mtu.edu

The election schedule is …

Call for Proposals: 8th Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)

February 25-26, 2019
Louisiana Tech University/Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Paper and panel proposals due Friday, 26 October 2018
Poster proposals due Monday, 15 January 2019
Call for Proposals
The organizers of the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) invite proposals for the 2019 Symposium to be held in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA …