Your Engineering Undergraduate Society  is sponsoring a handful of EUS members to attend the APEGBC Conference and AGM in Whistler, BC October 21-23, 2010.

To apply, visit the Conferences and Competitions page and click on the application link.

To be eligible for EUS sponsorship, students must be members of the APEG-MAPS program.

Applications are due Sept. 22 at 6pm.

For more information on the APEG BC Conference and AGM, check out www.apeg.bc.ca/ac2010/

The PP (first year) Council is the student government of first year engineers, with the PP Council President sitting on the EUS Board of Directors. The PP council is given a budget, some advice and guidance from the EUS President, and access to tons of support, and then they are let loose! From paintballing to poker parties, any event that the council comes up with and is willing to organize can be done. The council also sees to the Academic and Professional concerns of first years. Being part of council is a great way to get involved without a ton of time committed, meet a large number of first years, and develop your leadership skills.

Nomination forms are currently being accepted for the 2010/2011 PP Council; for more details, click here.  For a full list of all positions, click here.

Voting day is scheduled for the 24th of September!

Imagine day has arrived!  And with it, the beginning of the best Frosh week UBC has to offer, Engineering Frosh 2010!  Jam-packed with events of all kinds, first years are encouraged to come check out all of our events, with upper years welcome as well.

And of course, with a start of a new year, we also go through another year of jealous students from other faculties besmirching our cairn.

This year however, those unfortunate students will have far more surface to cover.  Students at large have modified the cairn, however the change is rather less noticeable until you get close up;  the Cairn has grown in size by about 2 feet.

Significantly wider, taller, and bigger than it was before,  the EUS is currently looking for first years to become Keepers of the Cairn to help keep the grandeur of this Cairn intact.

Students interested in becoming keepers of the Cairn are encouraged to contact the VP Events at vpevents@ubcengineers.ca.

Are you looking for a part-time job this summer?  Do you have strong written and verbal professional communication skills, experience with web design, and good analytical research abilities?  The Engineering Undergraduate Society and the Faculty of Applied Science are hiring a Research Assistant for your new Engineering Student Centre, and we want you!

For the full position background, job description, and list of qualifications click here: ESC Research Assistant – Job Posting.  Preference will be given to applicants eligible for Work-Study or Work-Learn.

Submit your resume and cover letter to escassistant@ubcengineers.ca by Tuesday, April 20 at 11:59 pm!

Want some rewards for all your efforts towards sports and charity this year?  You may be surprised by what activities qualify towards patches! Patches are great additions to your Red/Cardigan/backpack etc.

Sports

For being part of sports teams, doing storm the wall or taking part of an EUS event, you get points towards large E patches!

Charity

For giving blood, taking part of Pi in the Face, donating to charity, you get points toward charity star patches!

Fill in the forms in by Friday, April 9 and they will be given out at our Volunteer Appreciation Night!

Come tour all of the engineering clubrooms to help with your decision of which department to choose!

Each departmental club will have fun activities and/or presentations that showcase what’s special about that program. First years get the opportunity to ask questions of senior students who have been through everything before.

The first tour leaves at 3:30 pm sharp and the last tour leaves at around 4:00 pm.

Meet at the Cheeze and split up into groups, after which a tour guide will lead your group around for some good times. Hope to see you all there!

We are just three days into E-Week with another 3 to go and the turn out and the level of competition have been spectacular! Here’s a recap of what you’ve missed if you couldn’t manage to make it out to everything! (more…)

The EUS is now accepting nomination forms for the Executive positions of VP Comad, VP Finance, VP Academic, VP External, VP Events and President, as well the positions of AMS Rep and Applied Science Student Senator for the 2010-2011 session.  For full details, click here.

The UBC Engineering Competition is now accepting application forms!  Basically the qualification round to get into the Western Engineering Competition, we will be holding all 6 WEC events at UBC within the coming weeks!  For details on each event, and how to apply, click here.

Did you know a new Engineering Student Center is currently being planned?

This exciting project is intended to provide approximately 9,000 sq ft of space dedicated to student use! The EUS has been working on this project for over 2 years, but we need your feedback!  Come out to to the first of three consultation days on Tuesday, November 3rd in Kaiser 2020/2030! All sessions are drop-in, so stop by if you have some spare time. The schedule of sessions is provided below:

11am-12pm: Open House and Q&A, Project siting and general concept
1pm-2:30pm: Design Roundtable, Sustainability