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Student Branch Funding Proposal

Student Branch Funding Proposal. IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting San Marcos, Texas. Branch Officers. Chair: Austin DeHart External Vice-Chair: Erik Eyberg Internal Vice-Chair: Jasmine Liu Secretary: Diana St Louis Treasurer: Jessica Van Curen

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Student Branch Funding Proposal

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  1. Student Branch Funding Proposal IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting San Marcos, Texas

  2. Branch Officers • Chair: Austin DeHart • External Vice-Chair: Erik Eyberg • Internal Vice-Chair: Jasmine Liu • Secretary: Diana St Louis • Treasurer: Jessica Van Curen • Corporate Liaison: Patty Shaw • Member Resources: Carolyn Gjertsen • Programs Director: Bryan Sierra • Membership Director: Huai Shih • Internet Director: Huan Nguyen • Officers email: officers@ieee.ece.utexas.edu • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sriram Vishwanath, sriram@ece.utexas.edu, (512) 471-1190

  3. Branch Overview Received MGA Student Branch Membership Growth Award award in June for highest percentage growth in Region 5 Currently developing closer relationship with community, college, department, section, and corporate supporters Attempting to reconnect to Society chapters on campus: CommSoc, CS, Power, RAS

  4. Branch General Meetings • Held Thursday nights • 9/11 - ARM • 9/25 - open • 10/9 - NetQoS • 10/23 - VI Technology • 11/6 - Celanese • 11/20 - open • 12/4 - open

  5. Proposal Information • Requesting $1,500 from CTS • $300: office improvements (couch covers, paint, etc) and supplies (new business cards, etc) • $500: supplies to build Rube Goldberg Contest entry • $200: materials for outreach presentations • $500: food costs for 4 Faculty Firesides

  6. Branch Issues #1 problem in 07-08: large paper membership, yet low participation in most activities Probable causes: Lack of perceived value in membership Few social, outreach, and networking activities No branding & publicity Lack of organization/initiative among officers Nonexistent planning Stagnation among graduating students

  7. Solutions to Branch Issues New, better-organized officer core Many more activities planned for 08-09 Several outreach activities >20 chances to meet with corporate reps >40 chances to network with fellow ECEs Cooperation between Branch, Societies, and department More effective publicity using new methods

  8. Branch Goal To improve relations between members and: Employers Faculty Future ECEs Other engineering students Activities are planned to address each group

  9. Activities: Employers More general meetings (7 in fall, 8 in spring) - all with corporate presentations 4 sponsored Fajita Fests/Burger Burns IEEE Fall Kickoff (Schlumberger & TI), Spring Facility tours (Austin Energy, ETS-Lindgren, etc) Lunch lectures (IBM Research, etc) Trade show & conference attendance Possible résumé workshops, S-PACs, etc.

  10. Activities: Faculty Faculty Firesides Lunch Lectures Graduate School Panel (Computer Society) Lower-division recruitment presentations Inform students about Branch and Societies Include fun demonstrations (especially from RAS) Faculty involvement in Branch events Faculty Appreciation Week (college-wide)

  11. Activities: Future ECEs Robotics competitions for middle and high school students (FIRST, BEST) organized by RAS General outreach presentations for elementary, middle, and high school students College-wide activities: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day EDAM (Engineering Day at the Mall)

  12. Activities: Other Engineers Organization fairs (Fall Gathering, ParkFest) Society updates at general meetings Frag-a-Thon computer gaming evenings Study-a-Thon study nights for finals College-wide events: National Engineers Week (E-Week, February 13-21) Rivals Week (vs. business students, late March) Rube Goldberg competition (part of E-Week) Team activities vs. other orgs (paintball, etc)

  13. Budget and Costs Need lots of money to have lots of activities Major source of funds: generous corporations Other sources include college grants and the Central Texas Section Some costs recouped through participation fees and other charges (ex: Fajita Fest) Expected expenditures >$10,000 in 2008-2009 for all activities

  14. Central Texas Section Commitment Little corporate support for non-recruiting activities Requesting $1500, broken down as follows: $300: office improvements (couch covers, paint, etc) and supplies (new business cards, etc) $500: supplies to build Rube Goldberg Contest entry $200: materials for outreach presentations $500: food costs for 4 Faculty Firesides

  15. Conclusion Great prospects for coming school year CTS funding necessary for several key projects and for day-to-day activities Officers scattered around the state and country are reachable for further questions: Austin DeHart, Chair – chair@ieee.ece.utexas.edu Erik Eyberg, Ext. Vice-Chair – ext.vicechair@ Jasmine Liu, Int. Vice-Chair – int.vicechair@

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