Hi everyone and welcome to another (hopefully) awesome exec update! I have a couple of different things to cover in this one, sooooo let’s do this!
First up is an update on WaterlooWorks. If you haven’t taken a read of the update from CECA in this issue yet, you should check it out. The TL;DR behind it is that WaterlooWorks has been delayed for co-op students (us) until the spring term. What this means is if you are looking for a job in Winter 2015 you will be using Jobmine, but if you are looking for a job in Spring 2015 you will be using WaterlooWorks. However, on a slightly more positive note there will be a presentation from the WaterlooWorks team at the next EngSoc meeting (October 29) and there will be two demos days this term on November 3 and 5 where you can see all the improvements.
Second up is an update on the Career Fair. We have now signed on 7 employers and are getting more each week. For more information and updates visit the Facebook event (facebook.com/events/1506676719578806/) or contact the career fair directors at careerfair@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
Last up is a bit about Academic reps. One of my goals before I’m done as VP Education is to meet with the academic reps of every program and collect information on what the issues each program is currently facing. These meetings will lead to program-wide surveys and potentially focus groups. I’ve started this process off by meeting with the Chemical Engineering academic reps and will be making my way through the programs that have 2015’s on stream this term (Enviro, Geo, Mech, Nano, Syde, and Tron). At the end of all these meetings, I’m going to produce a report that can be handed off to my successor to continue working with each program to improve academic quality within the faculty.
As always if you have any questions or just want to talk please feel free to pop by the orifice (see Leila’s article for my office hours) or send me an email at vpeducation.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca. Best of luck on your midterms and I’ll be back next issue!
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