Our academic activities include: (i) the Graduate Student Seminar Series, (ii) the Faculty Seminar Series, (iii) surveys concerning various proposed changes in the MS and PhD programs, (iv) help provided by ECEGSA volunteers in the recruitment of high-caliber new graduate students, (v) academic round table discussions, (vi) ECE job fair specifically targeting the ECE students, (vii) “meet the chair” open forum, and (viii) “how to do research” talk.