Hello. My name is Derek Thompson, candidate for the next president of the Engineering Society. I come prepared with a vast bank of experience, through extra-curricular activities, academics, and co-op. The most pertinent of this experience is acting as the current Vice President Education. As VP Ed, I work with the faculty, administration, and students on any number of matters including curriculum and course changes; I have a great deal of experience working with the upper echelons of the engineering faculty already. I have also held positions requiring a great deal of people and asset management such as being a previous Federation Orientation Committee (FOC) member. I am currently in 3B Mechanical Engineering.
Goals: every candidate should have a few right? As president, there are a few specific goals I would like to accomplish. First and foremost is the building of communities. You, the reader, are just one person in a diverse set of students from different backgrounds and interests. I would take it on as my responsibility to facilitate the building of communities, not just within engineering, but between students, classes, programs, and even faculties. We can take pride in not just Engineering, but our entire school. Building into this goal, I would like to further efforts taken by the current executive team in making the incoming first-year students more welcome. These efforts would be focused on the distribution of information in multiple different fashions.
The second main goal I would like to accomplish is one of balance. As a society, we have been growing into something much more than a vehicle for social events. Efforts have been made to give us a much more professional footing. I will not forsake these new underpinnings. However, I will research and determine new methods to balance these two aspects of the Engineering Society. There are traditions that must be upheld, despite some serious changes in the structure of future engineering teachings at the University of Waterloo.
As president, I would act as the face of the Engineering Society to the best of my ability. I will act with the best intentions of the society and provide a competent voice where it is needed. To all those seeking assistance, knowledge, or advice, I will be there for you.
Signing off,
Derek Thompson
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