Hello fellow engineering students (or anyone reading the IW),
At the end of last week, the Engineering Society executives had the chance to sit down with the Dean of Engineering, Dr. Pearl Sullivan, to talk about the Engineering Society and the undergraduate student experience as a whole. The Dean was very responsive to the concerns the executives brought up and she seems to have a vision for undergraduate studies that is in parallel with the student opinion. To address the students directly, the Dean will be attending the next Engineering Society meeting to speak to the students about her vision of the undergraduate experience, as well as answer any questions the students may have. If you have any questions you would like to ask the Dean, please feel free to attend the next EngSoc meeting that will be held on Wednesday, October 17th at 5:30 PM (please check the events calendar on the EngSoc website for the meeting location).
In the past couple of weeks, you may have seen some election posters around the engineering buildings for presidential candidates of the Engineering Society. If you have a chance today, I urge you to get informed on the two candidates and vote in the election. This is your chance to give your opinion on who will be representing you, as well as all the other undergraduate engineering students on campus. If you are a full-time undergraduate student this fall term and have not requested your EngSoc fee back, then you should have received an email about voting. Voting for the presidential election will close TONIGHT, so please take 10 minutes to get informed and vote. If you have any questions, please contact cro.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. In the next few weeks, the elections for the rest of the EngSoc VP positions will also be running. The nomination forms for these positions are due Thursday, October 18th to the Engineering Society office. The forms can also be picked up there, if you are thinking about running for one of these positions.
I would also like to update you that a week ago, I had the privilege of giving a speech at the Engineering Alumni Dinner where past alumni celebrating their 5th through 50th graduation reunion were invited back to Waterloo. They shared a weekend full of events and reminisced the good old times. I met tons of wonderful alumni who were excited to hear about what the Engineering Society and undergraduate students as a whole are doing these days.
Lastly, I would like to let you know that I am always available to set-up a meeting to talk about the undergraduate experience for students and how it can be improved. Feel free to contact me at president.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
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