Being VP External for the last sixteen months has been a challenging, fun and overall rewarding experience. If there’s anything I learned it’s that being a Engineering Society VP takes a lot of hard work and dedication, and having been one makes me respect those who I worked with, and those who came before me, even more.
Some of the things I accomplished as VP External included continuing to grow and foster the Society’s Engineering a Difference program and securing funding to send an Engineering competition team to the National Mining Competition. The Engineering A Difference program on B-Society helped out various organizations in Kitchener-Waterloo including the MUSEUM, a children’s museum in Kitchener, and an event called the Walk to Fight Arthritis. During the National Mining Competition, the Waterloo team competed and came first at the competition in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is my hope that both of these initiatives will be carried on by my successors in the Engineering Society.
This past March I also managed to pull off a successful National Engineering Month. The month’s final event, Charity Bus Push, featured 16 pullers and raised over $700 for oneROOF in Kitchener. I myself participated in the Push, it was challenging but well worth it at the end of the day.
I would like to thank my fantastic executive team, the previous VP External, Kristina Lee for her endless guidance and Mary Bland for her hard work for our society and to help my time as VP External run smoothly. I will be passing my responsibilities on to Kieran Broekhoven come May 1, and I am sure he will do a fantastic job as your new VP External. Thanks again to everyone who supported me over the past 16 months, it’s been great!
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