What a term. It feels like I was just elected yesterday and now I’m already halfway through my term as an executive. This term has been very busy, but I am happy with the results. We were able to execute some great events and services this term including the First Year Engineering Leadership Conference, Post-Secret Week with staff and faculty invited, and of course Semi-Formal which took places a couple weeks ago with 411 tickets sold!! Though this was a great term, there are definitely areas I saw could be improved during the Spring 2015 term.
Though we run great events, I think advertising is something that definitely needs to be improved. Attendance at our events is sometimes not as great as expected and I think this could be improved with better advertising. It is well-known that the best form of getting the word out is by word-of-mouth, so I’d like to work create a strategic plan on how to use the class representatives better so that classes are informed about the events and services taking place.
The workshops portfolio is something that was also expanded this term and it is great that there are now workshops catered to specific departments. These workshops need to be better advertised to departments that they are aimed towards. The resume critiques workshop is the largest workshop we run and I believe this is because students are informed and everyone needs this service. I would like if the other workshops were also known about, so students know where they can go for help. During my co-op term, I will be working a better way to advertise these workshops to inform more students that they are running.
I’d like to thank everyone for such a great term and for all of the work that has been put in to make this an unforgettable term. I encourage you all to get involved with the Engineering Society. It’s a great way to make friends, meet people from other departments, and enhance the overall community feeling within the faculty of Engineering. If you have any questions on how to get involved or suggestions for what I should work on during my co-op term for the Spring 2015 term, please e-mail me at vpinternal.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca I am open to all suggestions and I am here to work for you.
Good luck on your finals and see you in the spring!
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