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Week 1 Meeting – 1/7/13. Why are you here?. Top third of your junior and senior class Our goal is to help develop you into professional engineers. What do you gain?. Informational meetings Looks great on your resume Lifetime Membership Good way to network Scholarship.
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Why are you here? • Top third of your junior and senior class • Our goal is to help develop you into professional engineers
What do you gain? • Informational meetings • Looks great on your resume • Lifetime Membership • Good way to network • Scholarship
Weekly Meeting Agenda Chi Epsilon Meetings are planned for Thursdays at 7pm Week 1: Information Session #1 – Thursday, January 10, 2013 MDEA Week 2: Information Session #2 – Thursday, January 17, 2013 MDEA -Zotzone social immediately following meeting Week 3: Game Night – Thursday, January 24, 2013 - MANDATORY MDEA -Divide initiates into Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition groups -First payment installment due Week 4: Research Lab Tours with Professors and TAs – Thursday, January 31, 2013 -Locations TBD – depending on the Tours that will be held -Possibilities: ITS Lab (Professor Jayakrishnan), EPL Lab (Professor Rosso), Structures Lab (Professor Zareian), Soils Lab (Professor Lemnitzer) Week 5: Resume and Cover Letter Workshop – Thursday, February 7, 2013 MDEA -Speaker: Rudy Santacruz from the Center for Educational Partnerships and SAGE at UCI
Weekly Meeting Agenda Week 6: Open/Break – Thursday, February 14, 2013 – NO MEETING Week 7: Reading Plans and Schematics Workshop– Thursday, February 21, 2013 MDEA -Speaker: Andrew Easterling from URS, Transportation & Traffic Engineering -Joint event with ASCE and AAEES Week 8: Grad School Panel/Mixer – Thursday, February 28, 2013 - MANDATORY Colloquia Room -Final payment installment due Week 9: Speechcraft Interviewing Skills OR Public Speaking Presentation - Thursday, March 7, 2013 MDEA Week 10: Study Night – Thursday, March 14, 2013 MDEA -Coffee and Snacks provided Initiation & Banquet (Spring Week 3) – Saturday, April 20, 2013 -Initiation will be held on campus, time TBD -Banquet will be held at BJs Restaurant at The Market Place in Tustin immediately following initiation
Requirements Four Pillars • Character • Scholarship • Practicality • Scholarship
Character (4) • Service to your community • Shadetree • Sat., January 28th, Sat., February 25th, and Sat., March 23rd,8:30 – 12 pm • Beach Clean-up • Saturday, March 2nd 3-5:30pm (Bonfire after for social) • E-Week BBQ • Week 7
Practicality (4) • Professional Development • Attend various tours • YMF, OCSD, OCWD, City of Newport • CEE Quarterly Meeting - TBA • Apply for the Spring 2013 FE/EIT
Scholarship (4) • Academic Development • Become a member of any professional Civil Engineering Organization (ASCE, SAME, ITE, EWB, AWWA, ACI, AISC, AAEES, etc.). (Only 1 will count.) • Talk to a professor or TA • On-campus Civil Engineering Seminars / Guest-speaker events about research or scholarships • Attend a FE Review Session (tentative, normally held during Week 1 & Week 2 of Spring)
Sociability (4) • Networking • Pool night at Zotzone - Thursday, January 17th, 2013: 8 – 10pm • Hiking - January 21st, 2013: 9:30am - 11:00am • Movie Night – February 19th, 2013 • Bonfire (Potluck) – March 2nd, 2013: 6pm - 10pm, Corona del Mar Beach • Battle of the ESOs (TBA)
Meetings (5) • Attend meetings every Thursday at 7pm • Mandatory Meetings: • Week 3 (Jan 24th) • Week 8 (Feb 28th)
Officer Luncheon • Meet up with one of the UCI XE officers • Available times are on our website • Start early!
Resume, Cover Letter • Turn in a resume and cover letter by initiation: April 20, 2013 • Resume & Cover Letter Workshop • Meeting: Week 5 Thursday, February 21, 2013
Team Project • Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition • Will be due during E-Week (Week 7) • Teams will be formed at the Mandatory Week 3 meeting
Fundraising (3 Hours) • Need you to help us raise money • Selling Boba on Ring Road throughout quarter – Dates: Wednesdays 10am-3pm Week 3, Week 5, and Week 7.
Initiation Fee • 95 dollars • Pay using installments: • Week 3 (55 dollars) • Week 8 (40 dollars) • Goes to: • National Headquarters: Initiate Certificate and Pin (62.75 dollars) • Initiate Banquet, FE Review Sessions, and Social Events (32.25 dollars)
Initiation and Banquet • Initiation Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2012 (Week 3 of Spring) • Banquet held at BJ’s Restaurant immediately after initiation
Senior Stole • Come out to 3 extra events in addition to those required for initiation
Weekly Newsletter • Check emails for the weekly newsletter
Contact Info Email: ucichiepsilon@gmail.comChapter Website:http://clubs.uci.edu/chiepsilon/Pacific District Website:http://www.xepdaa.com/ National Website:http://chi-epsilon.org/