Chippewa Career Day is an annual event at the Chippewa Middle School in Okemos, MI, where representatives from different professions speak to the eighth graders about career choices. Dr. Tan represented the College of Engineering in 2006 and 2007. On March 6, 2007, he was joined by his graduate student Stephan Shatara and MSU/ECE alumnus Anthony Recca in this event. About 60 students got to hear about engineering, and the life of engineering students, professors, and engineers.