Midterms are just about done!! Hopefully everyone is relieved to be done half the term already. There’s a lot going on over the next few weeks so keep your eyes pealed to the events board outside the EngSoc office!
Firstly, I’d like to tell you a few highlights from our Executive meeting with the Dean a couple of weeks back. For those of you who weren’t at Meeting #3, the Dean announced that the new branding colour for Engineering has been changed from blue to purple! This is excellent news and I know a lot of you are very pleased with this change. We also talked about the UAE campus and as most of you know, first year enrollment was lower than expected, so some work will be going into increasing these numbers going forward in order to make the campus sustainable. The Dean has asked for our input on how an EngSoc can be created at their campus as well so we are working with him to develop a plan. Let us know if you have any ideas on the best way to do this! Finally, we talked about construction on campus. E5 is on track to be open this April but it won’t be fully ready for classes until September. The Dean will be hiring someone to manage the equipment required for the building so that everything will be outfitted correctly and more importantly, so that the student teams have everything that they need. E6 is still on track for completion in March 2011. E7 is in the plans but will not be started in the near future as funding needs to be raised.
We have decided to have MOT at SCH this term. We were originally going to have it at Bomber but because some issues came up with the security at Fed Hall (same security as Bomber) at IRS, we have decided to move it to SCH. Come out and join us this Friday!!
Your next Executive and WEEF Director will be elected this term who will be serving for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 terms. Nominations are open from February 24 – March 3 so be sure to stop by the EngSoc office for the nomination forms. Campaigning will be from March 4-11 and voting will end on March 16 with the results being presented at TalEng that day. Stay tuned for more info from Paul Fugere, our CRO this term.
Last meeting we heard the P&P Award presentations. Kim Broten, Andrea Murphy, Grant Campbell, Dave Halford, Samantha Pinto, and JD O’Leary have all been nominated for A-Soc. Award winners will be presented at Grad Ball on March 27.
Finally, the annual March Break Open House is coming up on Tuesday March 16 from 9am-3pm. It will be held on the third floor of RCH to showcase Waterloo Engineering for prospective high school students. Also, I will be attending the Examinations and Promotions Committee meetings on March 8 & 9.
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