The VP INside Scoop

Hey everybody!  The first couple weeks of class have been pretty busy, making sure the calendar is in order and getting things ready to give you an awesome term of events and services!  This term we introduced the University Life 101 and University Life 201 workshops for first and second years to help them through their transition to university life and living off campus, and the feedback was really positive!  The content for both of these presentations have been posted on both the Waterloo Engineering Society Facebook page and EngSoc Facebook group for your viewing pleasure.  With the help of many directors, we’re trying to introduce a more diverse range of events starting Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering events as well as blood donation runs and bubble soccer.  Some more helpful events are being introduced this term such as Jobmine-a-thon, Interview Skills in the Tatham Centre and more technical workshops.  We’re also putting a large emphasis on mental health this term and preparing for Mental Health Awareness Week which will be the week after the first years’ midterm week.  Finally, two new positions have started up this term under the VP Internal portfolio, which are the POETS Coordinator and the Workshop Manager. The POETS Coordinator is in charge of all POETS bookings, working with the Keyholders to keep POETS awesome, and the primary source of communication for all things happening in and with POETS.  The Workshop Manager is in charge of approving all workshop content and ensuring the directors running the workshops have everything they need to bring you useful information about things like soldering, MATLAB, SQL, and much more!