The University of Waterloo Engineering Society (or EngSoc) is the official representative body for all engineering undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo. Headed by a set of executives, it works on your behalf with the Faculty of Engineering, student union, external engineering groups, and many more. It is their job to make sure that your voice is heard and you are getting the most out of your five years here.
In addition to the representation, the Society offers many different services and events. More information about those can be found in this issue of The Iron Warrior, as well as on the Society website. All of these events and services are completely student run and that means there are so many ways to get involved. During your first term here you can sign up for our director mentorship program where you will get to shadow an experienced director and learn the ins and outs of running an EngSoc event or Service!
The Engineering Society executive consists of a President, VP Internal, VP External, VP Education and VP Finance. They are all introduced in this paper as well, but as a whole the executive team functions to make sure the Engineering Society runs effectively and efficiently, to serve you all as best as possible.
More important than the VPs and the President is the Council. The Engineering Society Council is the group that makes all of the decisions for the Society, whether that be a stance on how the engineering students feel about a given topic, or how to spend the $60,000 budget each term. Council is composed of two representatives from each of the engineering classes on campus, together sharing one vote. Their job is to attend the Council Meetings (every other Wednesday) and vote on their class’ behalf. They report back to their class about what is going on in the Society, including the awesome events and services that are coming up. But you don’t need to be a class rep to attend, council meetings are open to everyone and we encourage anyone interested to come out! Showing up at the meetings is definitely the easiest way to get involved in the Society. Interested in being a class rep? The EngSoc executives will be coming around during the first two weeks of class to run elections for the position. It is a great way to get involved and gain some experience early.
Council meetings are also where we will be electing students for our Board of Directors, some of the many committees we run, as well as special leadership positions! These are all open to everyone to apply so make sure you check out the agenda on the website before the meeting and see if there is anything you are interested in.
The Society is always looking for new initiatives and improvements it could make, so please do get involved, or just let us know what you would like to see! Drop by the EngSoc office any time and pitch an idea, or just say hi!
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