See Below:

• For information on What You Get For Your Dues Dollars
• For a hotlink to the NSPE Web site for further membership information - and How to Join - including how to join on-line!

What You Get For Your Dues Dollars

Membership in the Iowa Engineering Society provides numerous benefits. The following listing is just a sampling of professional and personal opportunities that accompany membership

• Registration - IES promotes registration to nonlicensed engineers and works hard to enforce state registration laws.
• Information - Your monthly publication, Engineering Times, keeps you up to date on professional issues as does IES's quarterly engineering magazine, The Exponent.
• Networking - In today's competitive environment, getting ahead often means knowing people with similar interests. Membership in IES gives you the opportunity to make valuable personal and professional contacts while meeting engineers from all disciplines and management levels.
• Professional Image - IES programs like MATHCOUNTS and National Engineers Week enhance your profession's public image.
• Lobbying - Your views on the critical issues facing your profession are presented to your elected officials in Congress and the Iowa Legislature.
• Continuing Education - Seminars on project management, marketing, professional liability, and many other subjects keep your skills current.
• Professional Development Registry for Engineers and Surveyors (PDRES) - Track your continuing education courses throughout your career with access to NSPE's professional development registry. As more states require mandatory continuing education, this service will be vital to you. Call 1-703-684-2884 for more information.
• Ethics - IES adheres to a strong Engineer's Code of Ethics. These standards of professionalism will set you apart from the crowd.
• MATHCOUNTS - IES's mathematics competition encourages and rewards math excellence in our state's middle and junior high schools. IES members reach hundreds of young people every year.
• Practice Divisions - Five practice divisions define and implement standards for a professional employment environment for Construction, Education, Government, Industry, and Private Practice.
• Fax-On-Demand - Access important documents via your fax machine. Documents include order forms, product descriptions, issue briefs and more. Dial 1-800-315-NSPE for this free service.
• Auto Insurance - You are eligible for preferred auto and home insurance through GEICO Preferred. Call 1-800-368-2734 to compare rates 24 hours a day.
• Platinum, Gold and Silver MasterCard - These prestigious credit cards offer you low interest rates and no annual fees. For more information call 1-800-847-7378.
• Rental Car Discounts - Whether traveling for business or pleasure, enjoy 5-15% discounts on car rentals. For ALAMO discount #BY211623, call 1-800-732-3232; for AVIS discount AWD#A622400, call 1-800-331-1212.
• NSPE Home Page - Access to NSPE's site on the World Wide Web provides valuable information on professional engineering and career issues.
• Health/Life Insurance - As a member, you have access to term life, major medical, hospital income, disability income, long term care, supplemental Medicare insurance and more.
• NSPE/NTU Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Review - This 24-30 hour FE exam review course is produced by NSPE and broadcast by the National Technological University (NTU) Satellite Network to university and corporate sites. And as an IES member, you have exclusive access to discipline-specific exam reviews, with material on the general, civil and electrical exams. For details on this live telecast with phone/fax interaction, call NTU at 970-495-6425.
• World Wide Messaging- Keep in touch with your office, associates, family and friends with a personal wireless paging service. SkyTel offers you a 10% monthly discount, free activation and a free personal 800 number. For a free 30-day trial of SkyTel paging, call 1-800-324-4984.

Be sure to identify yourself as an IES/NSPE member when calling the above numbers about NSPE-endorsed member benefits.

How to Join

Join IES and NSPE by applying to the National Society of Professional Engineers. NSPE will notify the IES State Office and your regional Chapter of your application.  For more information, click here: Why Join NSPE? and here Types of Membership.  To join IES/NSPE on-line, or to print off a member application, go directly to Join Now.

The Membership Application on the "Join Now" site mentioned above is available in Acrobat (PDF) Format. To obtain and install a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, click on the Adobe graphic or visit the adobe web site at:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html