National Society of Black Engineers, University of Pennsylvania Chapter

National Society of Black Engineers, University of Pennsylvania Chapter MINUTES – GBM – 10/2/08

 President Fey welcomes members to the GBM  Temi presents the results from of the alumni survey from the last GBM o Finding the Right Company and Creating a Professional Budget are the 2 workshops we were most interested in o Finding the Right Company workshop hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Alumni Extension Chapter on October 22nd  Jim McGonigle - [email protected] o Wants to send 1 or 2 people to Nationals for free to promote and recruit for Penn Engineering graduate and research programs at the career fairs o Also looking for 1 or 2 women engineers to attend the SWE conference  Fall Regional Conference (FRC) o October 31 – November 2nd in Norfolk, VA o Earlybird Deadline – Sunday, October 5th o Collegiate Rate - $70 o Events include: Rep your school, Annual Region 2 Career Fair, Academic Tech Bowl, Undergraduate Research Regional Showcase, Closing Banquet, Graduating Seniors Luncheon, Academic Pyramid of Excellence Lunch, etc o Sign up on NOL (www.nsbe.org) to register . Click on events tab . Click on Region II Fall Regional Conference . Proceed with registration instructions o Not sure if you’re interested in yet? Check out this FRC promo . Promo Video  Academic Technical Bowl (ATB) o Jeopardy style questions, must be a current, paid NSBE member with GPA verification o Prizes - $1000 for 1st Place, $750 for 2nd , $500 for 3rd , free trip to Nationals o Registration Deadline - October 7th  Undergraduate Regional Research Showcase (URRS) o Present your research at Fall Regional Conference o Current NSBE members with GPA verification o Prizes - $200 for 1st Place, $100 for 2nd , $50 for 3rd , discounted rate for Nationals  Contact Academic Excellence Chair Mfon Umoh at [email protected] or President Feyisola Ogunfemi at [email protected] if you’re interested in participating in ATB or URRS  Upcoming Events o Multicultural Programs in Engineering Welcome event . October 8th , 6pm, in Levine 307 o Open Board Meeting . October 9th, 7pm, Harrison 102 o Philadelphia Cares Community Service Event . October 18th o AIDS Walk . October 19th o Boo Grams Fundraiser for Halloween . contact Jay Moneymaker at [email protected] if you want to help out . Order forms available soon . contact your RA to see if they want to buy them in bulk  Danger Zone Summit o October 25th at Villanova o Register online at nsbe.org  Drexel Singled Out Game o Drexel is looking for students to participate in its remake of MTV’s Singled Out o Deadline for participants – October 25th o Email [email protected] to participate  Check out UPenn NSBE’s website at http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/nsbe/ o Includes: most recent event calendar, blog, member listing, photo gallery  Meeting is adjourned