Region 3 Awards nomination deadline is December 1st.   Nominations, endorsements and evaluations are handled on-line at the Region 3 Awards and Recognition Portal. Please visit https://ieee.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/259/home today!  Nominating someone doesn’t take long.  Review the purpose of each award below, ask the nominee to help provide the information you need, and submit your nominations.  Feel free to contact me, the Region 3 Awards and Recognitions Chair, with your questions at R3-awards@ieee.org.

* Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award — Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who, through technical and professional abilities, has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Region 3 Outstanding Service Award — Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who, through service to the Region and to the Institute, has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award — Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 who has shared technical and professional abilities through teaching in industry, government, or in an institution of higher learning and in so doing has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.

* Daniel W. Jackson Award — Purpose: To recognize a Past Director who, through continuing service to the Region and to the Institute, has made exemplary contributions to the electrotechnology profession.

* Region 3 Professional Leadership Award — Purpose: To recognize a member of Region 3 for outstanding leadership efforts in achieving the professional aims of IEEE in the United States.

* Employer Professional Development Award — Purpose: To recognize an employer in Region 3 for outstanding contributions in advancing the professional development of employees.