IEEE is the world's largest technical society. It sponsors conferences and publications as well as many professional subgroups that cover the broad range of the electrical engineering profession. It also sponsors student branches at colleges and universities as a way of developing professional awareness among those planning to make electrical engineering their career.
Applications are available from the branch's faculty advisor.
To facilitate student membership, the department will pay the first year of IEEE membership dues for students when they join. You will also be eligible to attend branch sponsored activities of both a social and professional nature. There are also student clubs in the science departments. Depending on your interests, you might wish to join some of these groups also. Seattle University has a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.