Before I start my update, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate this year’s P&P award winners. The Paul and Paula Plummer Award is the most revered award of the Engineering Society. It is presented at GradBall, usually to fourth-year students who have demonstrated an outstanding level of commitment to the Engineering Society and engineering student life throughout their years at UW. Last weekend, I had the honour of presenting this award to amazing members of the Society who have had an immeasurable impact on the lives of Waterloo engineering students. Leila Meema-Coleman (past VP External and President), Kevin McNamara (past VP Finance x2), and David Birnbaum (past VP Finance, President, EngFOC, WEEF Director) received the award on A-Society, and Allyson Francis (past President and FedS Senator) and Kristina Lee (past VP External and CDE Chair) received it on B-Society. To the five of you, thank you for your hard work and dedication, and congratulations.
Now for my update:
This term is quickly coming to a close (much faster than I would like to admit), which means that the Society is already starting to prepare for the next term! This article is going to be about how to get involved in the Society and the opportunities available for the Fall term. There are multiple opportunities at UW, from the Engineering Society, student teams, the Federation of Students, and many other student organizations. Getting involved on campus is a great way to gain skills and balance out the academic side of being a Waterloo Engineering student. Extracurriculars help to develop valuable skills that are transferable to both classes and co-op, such as leadership, communication, project and time management.
If you’re interested in getting more involved in the Engineering Society, there are a lot of opportunities coming up for the Fall term! If you have any questions or want more information, please email me at president.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
Directorships
The Executive team recently selected our next commissioner team. I’m excited to have Peter Keiller, Celine O’Neil, Arianna Skirzynska, Calvin Kwok, Steven Jia, Jared Gour, and Mariko Shimoda as part of the team for the fall term!
Now that we have our commissioners, we are going to be looking for our next group of directors. Directors are the student volunteers that run all of the events and services for the Society. They work closely with the commissioners and the executive to organize every aspect of an event or service and to try to improve the Society.
Applications for directorships are open right now! A list of all available positions and their full descriptions can be found on the EngSoc website, engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
Executive Positions
In the Fall term, A-Society will be running an election for the next executive team. There will be 5 positions available: President, VP Academic, VP Finance and Operations, VP Communications, and VP Student Life. Executive are responsible for their respective portfolios as well as the general vision and managing of the Society. The structure is going to be different from the one currently used; full descriptions of the positions can be found at engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/society/elections. Nominations will open in September and the Executive are always happy to answer any questions from potential candidates.
If you have any questions about available positions discussed in this article (or the many others that aren’t!) Feel free to send me an email (president.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca) or stop by the Orifice (CPH 1327).
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