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TAU BETA PI. WELCOME TO Texas Eta (TX-H) Chapter of Tau Beta Pi Eligible Member Meeting Presenter: Vikrant Sharma (President). Chief Advisor : Dr. James C Williams, Ph.D., PE. Officers. http://www.uta.edu/studentorgs/tbp/. What is Tau Beta Pi? . Purpose
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TAU BETA PI • WELCOME TO • Texas Eta (TX-H) Chapter of Tau Beta Pi • Eligible Member Meeting • Presenter: • Vikrant Sharma (President) Chief Advisor : Dr. James C Williams, Ph.D., PE
Officers http://www.uta.edu/studentorgs/tbp/
What is Tau Beta Pi? • Purpose • Founded at Lehigh University in 1885 by Dr. Edward H. Williams, Jr. • Distinguished Scholarship • Exemplary Character • Membership • 241 Chapters • 522,399 Members
Who is Eligible? • Undergraduate (Top 1/8th of the class) • Graduate (Top 1/5th of the class) • Alumnus • Eminent Engineer
Benefits of Membership • Recognition • Life-Long Membership • Scholarships and Fellowships • Student loans
More Benefits for your Career • Engineering Futures • Leadership Opportunities • Networking with Alumnus Members
Election: Chapter Requirements • 2 Service activities (4 Hours) • Clean-up service for the City on Saturday, Oct 15th , 8 am to 2 pm (includes cookout) • one other of your choice (1-2 Hr service) • 2 Social activities • Pizza lunch - Wednesday, Oct 12th , 12-1 pm, Rady Room • Cookout - to follow the park clean-up (Oct 15th) • Engineering Futures sessions on -------- (Rady Room), Saturday.
Election: Chapter Requirements • Letter of recommendation • 50% completion letter (grad students only) Due date: Friday, October 14th. • Polish little bent • Help polish big bent ( October 15th, before park clean-up) • Read Tau Beta Pi’s Constitution and Bylaws • http://www.tbp.org/Chapters/References/ConstBylaw.pdf • Constitution quiz (1 hour) • Catalogue cards • Signature list • 3 cans of food
Initiation • Attendance is Mandatory • December 3rd , 5:00 PM • Initiation starts 5:30 PM, Rady Room, NH • Banquet, 7pm, Carlisle Suite, UC • Additional Guests for banquet $ 20/head
Office Hours http://www.uta.edu/studentorgs/tbp/
Bent polishing • Bring them to us early for feedback. Badly polished bents will lead to rejection. • We rent a set of 3 files against a security deposit of $10 (fully refundable). You also get sheets of sandpaper for $2. Files must be returned within ONE week of borrowing.
Park Cleanup • When: October 15th , 8:00 am • Where: Big Bent outside Nedderman Hall • Big bent polishing starts at 8:00 am • Leave for Street Clean up at 9:00 am • Counts as 2-3 hours of public service • Cookout followed at Noon.
Before you leave today • Signature List • Catalogue Cards (Submit today) • Small Bent for polishing