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Fall 2021 Meeting

The Fall 2021 SECEDHA meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Friday, Oct. 29, 8:00am to 1:00pm, CST.

Also, please note that the SCEEE meeting will be on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 1:00pm to 2:30 pm (CST).

Time (CDT) Activity Lead
8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome Remarks: SECEDHA Member Introduction Hulya Kirkici
8:30 – 9:25 am “Post”-COVID – lessons learned under pandemic and life changing circumstances

  • Student performance: faculty perception
  • Financial impact: Impact on departments
  • Mental wellness: Hardship that faculty and students experience
Jerry Trahan Discussion by all
9:30 – 10:25 am Chairs collectively and effectively communication to upper admin

  • Chain of command for communication
  • Financial matter discussion / concerns
  • Faculty related issues / concerns
  • Students related issues / concerns
John Harris Discussion by All
10:30 – 11:25 am Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging: What is being done in your institution

(quick poll will be posted for discussion)

Hulya Kirkici Discussion by All

11:25– 11:45 am Lunch Break
Call is open for socializing
All
11:45 – 1:00 pm SECEDHA Business Meeting

  • ABET Visits – roundtable
  • SECEDHA Survey (survey will be posted in advance) discussion
Hulya Kirkici
Mike Johnson
1:00 pm New and Old Business
Meeting Adjourn
Hulya Kirkici All

2018 Meeting Wrap-Up

The 2018 Meeting was a rousing success. The change in venue seemed to agree with most folks, and the afternoon rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of the folks who took the bus tour of the UF campus. Headed by two ECE Florida students, the tour gave participants a flavor of the UF campus while showcasing the flipped classroom facility and the FICS Research SCAN Lab.

Dinner was accompanied by featured speaker, Dr. Mark Law, Director of UF Honors Program, and former ECE Chair at University of Florida. His talk was entitled, “Can an Honors Program Help Electrical Engineering Students? If so, How?”

The next day was all business, with discussion topics ranging from ECE Graduate Student Recruiting to Electrical engineering vs. Computer Engineering and Robotics in the ECE Curriculum. There was also an ECEDHA update provided by Chiu Choi.

A gallery of selected photos from the meeting is below.

2018 SECEDHA Meeting Details

The SECEDHA meeting will officially start at 5:30pm on Thursday, Oct 25 and will end at 2:30pm on Friday,Oct 26. There will be an optional pre-session immediately before the meeting that will run from 2pm to 4:30pm on Oct 25. Registration and hotel information is now available.

Remember that our annual SECEDHA meeting will be held in Gainesville this year. This is the first time it will be held away from Atlanta for as long as we can remember. We plan to rotate the SECEDHA site based on the home university of the current SECEDHA president.

The SECEDHA meeting will officially start at 5:30pm on Thursday, Oct 25 and will end at 2:30pm on Friday,Oct 26. There will be an optional pre-session immediately before the meeting that will run from 2pm to 4:30pm on Oct 25. During this pre-session, attendees will have more discussions and a chance to see theUF campus and ECE facilities (including the nanoscale research facilities and the flipped classroom).

The meeting will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. We are still working on the program agenda but the following items are now ready:

Questions or problems with registration? Please contact Michelle Evern.

Spring SECEDHA Meeting @ ECEDHA Conference

On Sunday, March 18, in the midst of the 2018 Annual ECEDHA Conference in Monterey, CA, approximately 32 conference attendees held a SECEDHA meeting.

On Sunday, March 18, in the midst of the 2018 Annual ECEDHA Conference in Monterey, CA, approximately 32 conference attendees held a SECEDHA meeting.

Among those present were:

  • Chair: John Harris
  • Vice Chair: Tom Weller
  • Secretary: Luke Lester

The minutes for the brief meeting are available here.