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In an effort to effectively serve a growing student membership with a next generation member experience, the MGA Board this past June approved digital delivery of IEEE Spectrum and The Institute for Student and Graduate Student members.

The digital versions offer:

Effective 28 September 2012, all geographic unit officer reporting is to be submitted using vTools.OfficerReporting.

It is now easier for IEEE members to find and communicate with other IEEE members who have similar professional interests.

Recently, IEEE memberNet, the online member directory, was improved by defaulting additional fields as part of a member’s profile. The following fields are now part of a member’s default profile:

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IEEE created a short video highlights some of the many benefits of being a U.S. IEEE member, and how the "I" in IEEE-USA is all about YOU.

Produced by IEEE-USA staff, you are welcome to download this video for use on your Section, Chapter or local IEEE web site, or to play at IEEE-sponsored events.

For details and the video, please visit http://www.ieeeusa.org/about/media/.

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Legislation to create 55,000 new STEM visas was defeated in Congress on 20 September, despite receiving strong bipartisan support.

While disappointing, the vote does not necessarily preclude further action on a STEM bill later this year.

For more details, please read the article by Russ Harrison at IEEE-USA today’s engineer.