jnichols
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Posts by jnichols
February 15, 2012 - 8:32 pm
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For the second year in a row, your Engineering Undergraduate Society participated in CANstruction Kelowna. The event was hosted at Orchard Park Mall and raised both cans and funds to help out the Kelowna Community Food Bank.
This year we received an honourable mention for our structure, titled “Love Wins”. Thank you to all students who [...]
Movember!
October 23, 2011 - 5:57 pm
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It’s almost November again, meaning it’s time for the EUS Movember Campaign! For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is a movement in November to promote awareness and to raise money towards the fight against prostate cancer.
We would like to encourage everyone to participate in this event, whether you’re male, female, undergraduate, [...]
Red Sales 2011
October 18, 2011 - 12:14 pm
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Red Sales has started up again for the 2011/2012 year! Order forms are now available for the Red Jackets, name bars, and number patches. Fill out a form and bring it back to EME 1253 during the week or to EME 3227.
Forms will be available for pick up/drop off in EME 1253 during the following Office [...]
Western Engineering Competition (WEC)
September 30, 2011 - 11:52 am
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UBC Okanagan will be hosting a qualification competition for the Western Engineering Competition (WEC) in November, 2011 (exact date and time TBD). WEC is a highly prestigious competition between engineering students from universities in Western Canada. The top junior and senior teams will move on to participate in WEC, which will be held at the [...]
EUS Elections
February 21, 2011 - 7:32 pm
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EUS Elections are happening! Nominations are open for each executive position (President, External Coordinator, Internal Coordinator, Financial Coordinator, and Social Coordinator) as well as two general officer positions. If you want more information on a position, please come out to the Information Session on Wednesday, February 23rd from 4:00PM – 5:30PM in ART 114, stick [...]
Western Engineering Competition
February 9, 2011 - 9:45 am
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In the end of January, UBC Okanagan Engineers participated in the Western Engineering Competition for the first year. Our delegation of 17 students, shown of the left of this post, competed in Junior Design, Senior Design, and Consulting. After two full days of competition, UBC Okanagan received an honourable mention in Consulting (Andrew Boitchenko, Kavish Bujun, [...]
Engineering Christmas Carolling
November 29, 2010 - 7:19 pm
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Since 2007, the Engineering Undergraduate Society has been hosting an event on the last day of class of first semester called Christmas Carolling. Students meet up each year with a bunch of carols and wander around campus while spreading Christmas Cheer. You will be given a carol book so don’t worry if you don’t know the [...]
Silky mEUStache Party
November 17, 2010 - 12:13 pm
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To celebrate the end of Movember, the EUS is working with Gotcha’sNightclub in Kelowna to host a party. Proceeds from each ticket sold will go towards the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering Movember team. Two grand prize giveaways will be given out in the night for best moustache.
What: Movember End Party
Where: Gotcha’s Nightclub
When: November 26, [...]
MOVEMBER
October 28, 2010 - 4:37 pm
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This year, we will be getting involved in the Movember Campaign. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is a movement in November to promote awareness and to raise money towards the fight against prostate cancer.
We would like to encourage everyone to participate in this event, whether you’re male, female, undergraduate, [...]
APEG BC EIT/GIT Log Book Seminar
October 26, 2010 - 9:11 am
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The APEG BC Okanagan Branch will be hosting an EIT/GIT log book seminar on November 4th on campus. This presentation includes an introduction to who APEG BC is, what the requirements are for registering as an EIT/GIT, who you can use as a reference, acceptable experience, and how to present this experience.
Where: ART 386, UBC [...]

