Engineering Undergraduate Society

Summer’s almost… over…?

Jackie Nichols (CoCo) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:55:16 +0000

So, it seems that its almost September, meaning another year. For those of you that are just entering the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan this year, welcome to campus! And to the rest, welcome back. Information will be updated in the next few days regarding Frosh Week, and can be found in the Frosh Week 2010 section of the website. If you’re interested in answering a few trivia questions for a chance of a prize, check out the Trivia in that section as well.

If you have any questions in regards to the coming year, feel free to register to the site and toss questions up in the forum section or add a comment. Hope to see you all at Create!

Annual General Meeting

Jackie Nichols (CoCo) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:18:20 +0000

FREE HOT DOGS!

Annual General Meeting of the EUS will be happening on Wednesday, April 7th at 5:00PM. The financial statements from the previous year as well as an overview of what was accomplished will be presented. Questions will be welcomed on any part of these presentations. Motions from the floor will also be accepted, and free food will be provided! The meeting shouldn’t take much longer than 30 minutes, so come out for a bit and grab some food and drinks.

The incoming executive for the 2010/2011 year will also be introduced and will officially take their positions at this meeting.

This will all take place in first floor arts (ART 103) with hotdogs outside of the Arts building.

EUS Elections – Official Results Are In

Emily Landry (InCo) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:52:35 +0000

Thank you to all those who ran for positions this year, and to those who took the time to vote in the EUS elections. We had an unprecedented level of participation in this election, and the highly anticipated results are now in. Here are the final results:

President

James SEABROOK 35

Seth ATTRIL 33

Internal Coordinator

Darren SUTTON 33

Daniel MOHAJIR 19

Social Coordinator

Ben KERNAN (BK) 30

Gary HANSCOMB 28

Financial Coordinator

Kelly BULLIVANT 45

Brendan PATON 16

External Coordinator

Jackie NICHOLS YES 58

Jackie NICHOLS NO 3

Hair for Care 2010

Jackie Nichols (CoCo) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:23:29 +0000

This year is the third year in a row the EUS has hosted Hair for Care on campus. Each year the event is a bit different, but each year results in a large donation being made to the BC Cancer Foundation.

The pledge period is starting now for people to gather donations. The head shave will the be hosted on March 26th. These pledge forms can be found here.

DATE: March 26th, 2010

TIME: 1:30PM – 3:30PM

LOCATION: Courtyard at UBC Okanagan

WHO: Organized by engineers on campus, all are welcome and encouraged to participate – we will be accepting donations for the BC Cancer Foundation.

Pi Throw 2010

Jackie Nichols (CoCo) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:54:30 +0000

“Officially”, Pi Day occurs each year on March 14th (or 3.14). Over the past two years, the EUS has hosted Pi Day either on the day itself or as close to the day as possible. Each year, a few hundred dollars is donated to the Kelowna Community Food Bank from this event.

Pi’s can be purchased for a minimum donation of $5.00 for a specific target on campus on March 15th. EUS Volunteers will go around to “deliver” these pi’s to the lucky recipient, and present them with the option of being pi’d in the face, paying money to redirect this pi to a third party, or pay to neutralize it.

We are currently looking for volunteers to help advertise this event and to help Pi people on the day of. Send an email to president@ubcoengineers.com if you’re interested in either of these opportunities!

Partial proceeds of this event will go towards the Kelowna Community Food Bank through Campus Life’s “Ten Thousand Tin Night” campaign.

To order a pi, click here!

Interested in volunteering? Click here!

EUS Elections – Nominations Period Now Open!

Emily Landry (InCo) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:51:06 +0000

The EUS annual elections are happening! If you are interested in running check out the information posted here, decide what position you want to run for and get yourself nominated.

The positions that are open are: Executive positions including President, Internal Coordinator, External Coordinator, Social Coordinator, Financial Coordinator and two General Officer positions. Check out position descriptions and other EUS FAQs and submit the appropriate nomination form to Maria Graziano in PBS 004 before March 10th, 3:30pm.

Nomination forms can be found by following the links below:

Executive Positions

General Officer

WebVote polling will be open on March 24th followed by paper balloting on March 26th. Whether you are running or not, be sure to get out and vote for your preferred representatives!!!

Careers in Engineering Mentoring Dinner

Jackie Nichols (CoCo) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:34:00 +0000

The Career Services department will be co-hosting dinner with UBCO’s Alumni department and Interior Savings focusing on Careers in Engineering.

We intend for the dinner to be a place where students can talk to people currently working in a field they are interested in, learn about the possibilities for future careers, and gain insight on how to enter into their desired career path.

The Mentoring Dinner will take place on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the New University Centre Building in the Ball Room (UNC 200). A FREE 3 course dinner will be provided! These Mentors have a wide range of Knowledge, Skills and Networks valuable for ANY student entering into the engineering field.

Come out for a couple hours of networking, the ability to ask questions about any career field and FREE Food!

Deadline to Register is FRIDAY FEB 26 Spots fill up fast so register online at:
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/alumnirelations/luncheonseries.html

Any questions please email Carolyn at cjaneh@interchange.ubc.ca

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219719824994

Edible Car Event

Emily Landry (InCo) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:19:15 +0000

Presented by APEGBC – Okanagan Branch

EDIBLE CAR COMPETITION

3:00PM – 6:00PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010

Registration: http://tr.im/ediblecar10

Space is Limited…Sign UpToday!

Click here for more information

Engineering Month

Emily Landry (InCo) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:24:32 +0000

APEG BC is hosting its annual Engineering Month. Click the link to check out what events are planned for the Kelowna area!

Topics include the engineering challenges of building a water system in Uganda, the edible car competition, engineering in the Okanagan valley and concludes with the spaghetti bridge building competition.

Engineering and People

Emily Landry (InCo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:48:24 +0000

Engineering and people is a topic not really taught at school. Tom Tasaka, project director at SNC-Lavalin, will help prepare us for the engineering environment that we are soon diving into by sharing his personal experiences and valuable “lessons learned”. Hopefully he will save us some of the trouble of learning the hard way!

Join us for a short one hour talk on Thursday, February 25th at 4:00pm in ART 366.