The Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation has phenomenal potential and as you know, I’m very excited to get to work and plan for the future of WEEF as your WEEF Director. First of all, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm on the campaign trail. It meant a lot and I really appreciate it. Kudos to Alexa Baker for running a solid campaign. Our EngSoc executive team is also looking very strong. Congratulations, Tim, Leah, Sean, and Marc on the great platforms and campaigns. I’m looking forward to working with you all as well as my off-stream WEEF counterpart, Graham Stonebridge over the next 16 months.
The future of WEEF is looking brighter than ever. Since its inception in 1990, WEEF has definitely made its mark on Engineering at the University of Waterloo. As you are well aware by now following the 20th birthday festivities, the last 20 years have resulted in total contributions of about $4.4 million and a capital fund sitting at $8.5 million. Most recently, WEEF sparked a total of $4 million in donations to the construction of E5 through its own donation of $1 million. Today, it’s time for us to create a plan and make decisions for the future of UW Engineering.
My platform included some very ambitious goals. Now it’s time for me to work with you to make these goals a reality. With your input and support, over the next 16 months I plan on taking on three key initiatives. I would like to implement employer contribution forms as a source of diversified funding. This will position us well for stronger growth in the future. I also plan on creating a UW Endowment Council to pursue high-impact interfaculty initiatives and unite all of the endowments on campus. The last main goal is to increase promotions through a revamped advertising and awareness campaign to instill a stronger sense of WEEF pride within Engineering.
I’m very happy to be your WEEF Director for the next 16 months. With all of the new initiatives that will be pursued, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. If anything above interests you, if you have new ideas or comments or if you are just looking to get involved, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to talk to me in person, via Facebook or email me at parichan@uwaterloo.
Thank you once again and good luck on your finals!
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