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Tau Beta Pi Florida Alpha University of Florida Annual Report 2014-2015 Fellow Tau Bates Tau Beta Pi Florida Alpha University of Florida Annual Report 2014-2015 Fellow Tau Bates, On behalf of the Florida Alpha chapter, we are pleased to present to you our 2014-2015 Annual Report. We hope that this report gives you a glimpse into the enormous growth and improvement our chapter has witnessed over this last year. Our chapter is thrilled to have completed the dedication of a bent monument, directly outside of the College of Engineering’s main office building—a great way to commemorate a fantastic year! Member involvement dramatically increased from recent years, likely as a result of dedicating a portion of the Tau Beta Pi Scholarship for Florida Alpha to a scholarship for active members. Chapter members and electees contributed over 3,000 hours towards our projects, an increase of 350 hours from 2013-2014! In addition, a total of 74 new members were initiated! The success of our chapter is the direct result of the 37 members that served in officer positions. These officers helped organize 91 chapter projects, including many great community service projects such as volunteering at Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, helping remodel an elementary school, and regularly cleaning up a local road through the Adopt-a-Street Program. One major focus for the year was expanding the established GatorTRAX program to include a local high school. Over the last year we held 4 GatorTRAX sessions at Eastside High School in addition to the 6 sessions held at the University. During the high school sessions we gave a short lecture about circuits before letting the students learn with a hands-on demonstration by using a Circuit Scribe kit. Florida Alpha is honored that our successful year has been recognized by the College of Engineering as one of two finalists for the Second Annual Gator Engineering Student Society Recognition Award for Excellence. With over 50 engineering student organizations on campus, we are excited to have been recognized! Our chapter is immensely grateful for the dedication of our officers, advisors and members. All of these individuals were vital towards helping our chapter achieve its goals. It is clear that Florida Alpha has much to look forward to in the upcoming years! Sincerely, Nick Bianco Thomas Scruggs President Vice President Tau Beta Pi Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Florida Alpha Chapter Table of Contents Chapter Survey ....................................................................................................................... i Officers ................................................................................................................................. v Inducted Members ................................................................................................................vi Membership Timeline Summary ........................................................................................... vii Chapter Operations ............................................................................................................... 2 Fall 2014 ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Fall Advisory Board Meeting ................................................................................................................. 3 Officer Polos .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Fall Officer Meeting .............................................................................................................................. 7 New Student Welcome Reception ...................................................................................................... 10 Fall Member Meeting ......................................................................................................................... 12 Information Sessions ........................................................................................................................... 15 Fall Meeting 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Corporate Dinner ................................................................................................................................ 20 Tau Beta Pi 109th National Convention .............................................................................................. 22 Fall Meeting 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Fall Meeting 3 (Candidate Elections) .................................................................................................. 29 Fall Meeting 4 ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Fall Meeting 5 ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Fall Initiation Ceremony ...................................................................................................................... 37 Fall Active Member Scholarship .......................................................................................................... 41 Fall Banquet ........................................................................................................................................ 43 Fall Officer Elections............................................................................................................................ 46 Fall Officer Transition Meeting ........................................................................................................... 48 Fall BEC Meetings ................................................................................................................................ 50 Spring 2015 .................................................................................................................................. 52 Spring Advisory Board Meeting .......................................................................................................... 53 Spring Officer Meeting ........................................................................................................................ 55 Spring Member Meeting ..................................................................................................................... 58 Spring Information Sessions................................................................................................................ 61 Spring Meeting 1 ................................................................................................................................. 63 Bent Plaque Installation ...................................................................................................................... 66 Tau Beta Pi Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Florida Alpha Chapter Spring Meeting 2 ................................................................................................................................. 68 Spring Meeting 3 (Candidate Elections) .............................................................................................. 71 Tau Beta Pi Day - 5K Run ..................................................................................................................... 74 Spring Meeting 4 ................................................................................................................................. 77 District 5 Conference .......................................................................................................................... 80 TBP Laureate Award Application ........................................................................................................ 82 TBP Outstanding Advisor Award Application ...................................................................................... 83 Spring Meeting 5 ................................................................................................................................. 84 Spring Initiation Ceremony ................................................................................................................. 87 Spring Active Member Scholarship ..................................................................................................... 89 Spring Banquet .................................................................................................................................... 91 Spring Officer Elections ....................................................................................................................... 93 Spring Officer Transition Meeting ....................................................................................................... 95 College of Engineering Awards Ceremony .......................................................................................... 97 Spring Benton Engineering Council Meetings ..................................................................................... 99 Engineering Growth ............................................................................................................ 101 Fall 2014 .................................................................................................................................... 101 GatorTRAX: Marble Roller Coasters .................................................................................................. 102 GatorTRAX:
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