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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2022 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 63 Barry Matties: Paige, you are the outgoing student liaison board member for the IPC? Paige Fiet: Yes, that's cor- rect. Matties: And Hannah, you are the incoming? Hannah Nelson: Yes. Matties: Congratulations to both of you. Fiet: ank you. Nelson: ank you. Matties: Paige, would you tell us your expe- rience of being on the board for the last two years? Fiet: I joined the board right aer IPC APEX EXPO in 2020, and we all know what happened to the world soon aer. Our board meetings then turned to Zoom, and I had never met the board in person until this past October. at was a little difficult, but I attended all the board meetings. I met with them for sometimes hours at a time to discuss the industry, how students feel about the industry, and ways to engage stu- dents more. Matties: What is your responsibility as the liai- son? You're going to these meetings, so what do you do with that information? Fiet: I act as a go-between for the student chap- ters from the IPC Education Foundation to the Board of Directors, just to say, "is is what we want, this is what we need. Can you help us get there?" Matties: Do you feel you've effected change? Fiet: I think the biggest change I've helped with is asking for more money for the Educa- tion Foundation so we can expand that. We're up to 50 scholarships a year. ey're valued at $1,000 each for student chapter members. Matties: Hannah, what is your expectation as you come into this? Nelson: I'm really hoping that what I'm doing now will help future individuals in the electron- ics industry, building those industry connections between college students and future employers. We have such a disconnect right now between schooling and the electronics industry, where many individuals are not getting the education needed to first start out on their training in the electronics industry. ese companies must go through extensive training for months. Why can't we just have people in college have these standards already exhibited to them? I want to help get those connections started. Matties: at's probably going to be a strong mission for you in this one-year term? Nelson: Honestly, one of the main goals I'm plan- ning on pursuing is the industry connections.