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Dalma Novak

Navigating Career Transitions

 By Dalma Novak, 2025 VP Technical Activities Like many other IEEE members, I consider the IEEE to be my professional home.  After starting my PhD

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Dalma Novak November 18, 2025 2 Comments
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Dalma Novak

Embracing Lifelong Learning

Looking back on my 36 years with IEEE, I’ve seen firsthand how its lifelong learning opportunities, from courses and mentorship to specialized conferences like the Life Members Evolution Conference, empower technologists at every career stage and inspire the innovators of tomorrow.

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Dalma Novak July 28, 2025 8 Comments
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Dalma Novak

The Future is Collaborative

Discover IEEE’s six strategic goals over the next five years and how IEEE Technical Activities is approaching each goal to strengthen systems and collaboration.

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Dalma Novak May 7, 2025 5 Comments
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Dalma Novak

Seeing the Bigger Picture

The formal definition of a volunteer is a person who freely offers to participate in an enterprise or undertake a task. However, looking back on my IEEE volunteer career, I realize that very few of my activities arose because I volunteered. In most cases, I was asked if I would be interested in participating, and invariably, I said yes. Every volunteer opportunity I have encountered since joining the IEEE as a postgraduate EE student in 1988 has added a new and enriching dimension to my life.

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Dalma Novak February 5, 2025 12 Comments

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Alan Mantooth

Spotlight on IEEE Divisions: Focus on Division II

Discover how IEEE Division II is uniting its six Societies and one Council to share best practices, collaborate on critical projects like the 2026 budgeting process, and strengthen the organization’s technical prestige.

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Alan Mantooth January 30, 2026 No Comments
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Enjoyed your article. Thanks for the reminder that IEEE’s mission is succinctly stated in “Advancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity” and that it is a public charity with this specific mission. With that in mind, Region 4 has been enabling public libraries to loan science kits to youth. Since 2017, over 150 libraries in the region have received grant awards and in 2023 alone over 25,000 science kits were borrowed by children.
John A Zulaski
John A ZulaskiVolunteer
Just to let you know, IEEE is going a great job of informing its readers with outstanding articles in Spectrum. I am retired, and read through every issue. The Society’s accurate, no-spin, coverage of technology issues (good questionable, even bad) with honest, clearly explained evaluations and recommendations for best ways forward. Keep up the great work.
Douglas Creswell
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Really enjoyed reading your reflections Fred! Your experiences mirror so many of our volunteer leaders who began their IEEE journey as student members and discovered an amazing network of friends and colleagues in our global IEEE community as they continued their engagement over the years. Thanks for sharing!
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