Hello everyone! My name is Alexa Baker, I am currently in 3A Civil Engineering and will be graduating in 2012. I am excited to be running to be your WEEF Director for the next 16 months. I think that the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund is extremely important to undergraduate engineering students at the University of Waterloo. I want to be the WEEF Director so that I can ensure that WEEF continues to have a positive impact on students.
WEEF affects every undergraduate engineering student in many ways, including supplying equipment for labs and classrooms, and supporting student teams. As WEEF Director I hope to be able to raise awareness of the fund among all students and those in need of funding. I will visit every class at the beginning of the term to make sure that they have a class WEEF representative, and answer questions. During the visit I would also like to encourage the classes to think about their experiences in previous terms and possible equipment that they may need.
It is important that students realize how much WEEF contributes to their education here at UW. I would like to see the website updated and make sure all the links work. The website needs more current information in terms of who the class representatives are and past terms funding. I also think that it is important for each class in a faculty to know how much funding their faculty has received and what they have received funding for. By raising awareness of WEEF’s contributions we will hopefully be able to increase participation in WEEF and increase the amount of money in the principal as well as the portion available for funding.
As WEEF Director I would represent all the students in the Faculty of Engineering and be in charge of organizing meetings to determine how the WEEF funding should be spent each term. I have been a WEEF class representative since I was in 2A and have been a WEEF assistant for the past two terms. I have a good understanding of how WEEF gets things done and the work required of the Director. I have also been very involved in EngSoc since 1A and have done several directorships since 2B including Whiteboard, TalEng, and Enginuity. I have also helped by being a Big and a Huge during Frosh Week, and I have volunteered at events such as Go Eng Girl and Canada Day.
Thank you for your support. Don’t forget to vote from March 13th to March 16th. If you have any questions please email me at acbaker@engmail.uwaterloo.ca or feel free to talk to me whenever you see me around campus.
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