Welcome Class of 2015! We are your Engineering Society Presidents: Tim Bandura (A-Soc) and Scott Rankin (B-Soc).
The Engineering Society is the official organization of all engineering undergraduate students. You can think of it like a bigger and better version of your high school student council! We exist to support you throughout your time at Waterloo, whether it is academically or socially. We provide academic services such as résumé critiques, online exam bank, and cheap report-binding, as well as a wide variety of events throughout the term ranging from trivia competitions to curling to theater productions!
As the Presidents, it is our duty to oversee all operations of the Engineering Society and to manage the direction of the society with reference to our constitution and mandates. The Engineering Society is a registered non-profit organization with two businesses – the Coffee and Doughnut shop (C&D), and the Novelties Store. Two full-time employees, and a wide array of volunteer positions manage the services and events we run. All of these volunteer positions are held by UW Engineering students like you, and we encourage you to get involved when director applications open at the end of the term.
You may be wondering why there are two presidents (and two of each VP position). Since we alternate between co-op and school every four months, the Engineering Society is split into two separate entities: Society “A” (A-Soc) and Society “B” (B-Soc). Each term the on-stream society switches between the two societies, allowing us to maintain a consistent set of executive, directors, and members. All of you will start your term on A-Soc, and half of you will switch to B-Soc in the winter (anyone who has class scheduled from January to April [8-stream]).
We hold bi-weekly council meetings with all of the executive and representatives from each on-stream class. You will elect class reps in the first week, who hold voting privileges for your class, but everyone is welcome to attend and voice his or her opinions. Our first meeting will be on Wednesday, September 22nd at 5:30pm in Carl Pollock Hall (CPH) 3607, so be sure to come and find out what’s happening around campus (including events, academic updates, and volunteer opportunities). There is also free dinner provided!
Some other hot spots in engineering include: the EngSoc Office (“Orifice”) in CPH 1327, and POETS (CPH 1337) – our student lounge/pub where you can hangout anytime to relax and watch a movie or two after class or during lunch!
In your frosh week bags you also received “The Book”. It is full of useful information about engineering student life and we highly recommend that you take a few minutes to flip through it before the academic term picks up. If you have any questions, feel free to ask the upper-year students you will meet during frosh week.
We look forward to getting to know you over the coming terms!
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