Eta Kappa Nu

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Eta Kappa Nu

• The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor
  Society

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Who is qualified for membership?

• Top quarter of ECE juniors
• Top third of ECE seniors
• Graduate students
• ECE Faculty
• Professionals who have made a significant
  contribution to ECE

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History

• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) was founded at the University
  of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1904 by Maurice
  Carr
• There are now about 200 chapters at universities
  across the U.S. and we are currently expanding
  into Canada
• There are about 300,000 members
• HKN members serve the community, university, and
  department in various activities

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Prominent HKN members

• Larry Page, founder of Google
• Eric Schmidt, CEO Google
• Amar Bose, inventor of the Bose Speakers
• Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail
• David Filo, founder of Yahoo!
• Henry Samueli, founder of Broadcom
• Paul and Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm
• HKN members are on the Board of Directors at many
  top tech companies including Google, IBM, Yahoo!,
  Motorola

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Why join Eta Kappa Nu?

• HKN members are known for their
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Quality
• Character
• Build your resume and include membership in a
  prestigious honor society
• Have fun! Participate in social activities

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Why join Eta Kappa Nu?

• Enjoy a 2 year subscription to THE BRIDGE
  magazine as a new member
• Participate in service activities
• Build leadership skills and meet other HKN
  members at our Leadership Conferences

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HKN Awards

• Participate in HKNs extensive awards program
• Outstanding ECE Student Award
• Outstanding Chapter Award
• Outstanding Teaching Award
• Distinguished Service Award
• Karapetoff Award for Technical Achievement
• Eminent Member
• Outstanding Young Electrical or Computer Engineer

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2005-06 Outstanding Chapters

• 15 chapters won the Outstanding Chapter Award for
  2005-2006

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Officers

• Learn leadership skills by serving your chapter
  as an officer
• President
• Vice President
• Recording Secretary
• Corresponding Secretary
• News Correspondent
• Treasurer

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For more information

• Visit www.hkn.org for more information about Eta
  Kappa Nu