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Following up on UBC’s massive success at the Western Engineering Competition, the EUS and Shell sponsored the twelve student members of the four qualifying teams to compete in the Canadian Engineering Competition from March 18-21, 2010!
UBC was once again very successful, placing 2nd in both Senior Design and Extemporaneous Debate. Congratulations to Andrew Carne, Bob Orlando, Justin Stevens, and Eric Pospisil for their second place finish in Senior Design! Congratulations to Sean Heisler and Fraser Macdonald for their second place finish in Extemporaneous Debate!
If you are interested in attending CEC next year, look for information on the qualifying UBC Engineering Competition coming in Fall 2010.
Did you submit an application to the Professional Activities Fund (PAF) this year? Do you have feedback on the process or structure of PAF? We want to hear your suggestions! Your EUS and UBC Engineering will be co-hosting a session to hear your concerns.
Thursday, January 14
12:30 pm @ MCLD 254
The Student Leadership Conference is UBC’s largest student-run conference, providing over 1100 delegates with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills through engaging workshops and speakers. This year’s conference will take place on January 9, 2010.
The Engineering Undergraduate Society will be sponsoring students to attend. To apply for this sponsorship, please fill out the application below and email it to vpexternal@ubcengineers.ca. For more information on the SLC, visit slc.ubc.ca . Applications for EUS sponsorship close Saturday, December 12th.
>>Application available here: SLC Application
This year’s conference will feature a multitude of workshops, guest speakers, roundtable discussions, and activities focusing on women’s involvement in the engineering and science industries. There will also be many networking, career building and educational opportunities with various companies and organizations spread across the three days. But best of all, NCWIE also serves as an excellent platform to meet with other bright and motivated engineering students from all across the country as well as successful women from the industry. (more…)