Senior Member Elevation Event

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Have you ever wondered what it required to be a Senior Member or even why it mattered?  

IEEE membership enhances every stage of your career. Whether you are an established professional or just starting out, IEEE membership identifies you as superior talent. Advancing your member grade can bring added peer recognition to your accomplishments and shows your employer your desire to improve your technical and leadership skills. Senior Membership is encouraged because it is required, in most cases, for key volunteer positions at the IEEE.

Benefit of being a Senior Member

As an IEEE Senior member, you receive the following benefits:

1. Recognition: The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence.
2. Leadership Eligibility: Senior members are eligible to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.
3. Ability to refer other candidates: Senior members can serve as a reference for other applicants for Senior Membership.
4. Review panel: Senior members are invited to be on the panel to review Senior member applications.
5. Letter of commendation: A letter of commendation on the achievement of Senior member grade will be sent to your employer (upon your request).
6. Announcements: Announcement of your elevation can be made in section/society and/or local newsletters, newspapers and notices.

In addition to your new benefits, the following rewards are sent to you via postal mail:

1. Complimentary Society Voucher: You may use this voucher to join one new IEEE Society.
2. Senior member plaque: An engraved plaque you can proudly display to colleagues, clients and employers. The plaque, an attractive fine wood with bronze engraving, is sent approximately eight weeks after elevation.

So what’s required to elevate?

1. To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:

• Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields
• Have experience reflecting professional maturity
• Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees)
• Show significant performance over a period of at least five years in professional practice