Congratulations to the new SWE officers:

President: Lauren Anderson
Vice President: Jonathan Fish
Secretary: Katie Johns
Treasurer: Heather Lord
Publicity Chair: Velinda Meza
Outreach Chair: Tiana Huang & Amber Lee
Involvement Chair: Deedee Bahn & Drea Adams
Industry Chair: Ellen Skow & Kai Gemba

Quick photographic update as we prepare for officer elections (this Wednesday - VEC 112).

Beach Bonfire, held at Bolsa Chica State Beach

The website’s been quiet for awhile but, I assure you, we’ve been plenty busy. Prepare for a very long update!

General Body Meeting - 4/16, 12:15 - 1:00 pm, VEC 112
Agenda:
* Kaleidoscope on April 26th. SWE will be selling cotton candy. Volunteers needed!
* SWE Bonfire Social Event, April 22nd at Bolsa Chica. Everyone welcome!
* OC Science Fair on April 23rd at the OC Fairgrounds. SWE to judge and award prizes. Volunteers needed!
* Officer positions available for next year. Elections on April 30th general body meeting.

SWE-OC Professional Development Conference - Saturday 4/19, Hoag Conference Center
Spots are still available (including 15 for the first collegiates to register free of charge) for this Saturday’s PDC. For more information please contact Angela Leese (angela dot leese at gmail dot com) or see the SWE-OC website (here).

Beach Bonfire - Tuesday 4/22, 6:30 - 10:00 pm, Bolsa Chica State Beach
* Park behind Jack-in-the-Box at the end of Sunset Beach to save on parking
* For carpooling and other information email Katie Johns (kjohns8 at verizon dot net)

Orange County Science Fair - Wednesday 4/23
Volunteers needed to help judge county-wide science fair. Contact Heather Lord for more information (hlord at csulb dot edu)

Kaleidoscope/Engineering Day - Saturday, 4/26, HS1 Grass Area
We’ll be selling cotton candy and t-shirts at this fun campus-wide event. Volunteers needed.

One last note: Photos are needed from past SWE events (especially the COE Open House). If you have any photos, please contact Angela Leese (angela dot leese at gmail dot com).

The Spring 2007 SWE-OC Leadership Training session was a great success. Seven CSULB members attended the event held at Cal State, Fullreton. Autum Smith, CSULB-SWE counselor, gave a presentation about increasing and retaining membership and gave students an opportunity to share best practices for fund development, event planning, and member recruitment.

Above: Attendees at the training, including students from CSULB, CSUF, UCR, and UCI

Above: Heather and Jadrec listen to the presentations

The Associated Engineering Student Body (AESB) is regularly contacted by employers asking for resumes for both entry level and internship positions. We (AESB) will be compiling CSULB student resumes to be disturbed to industry as both a CD, and an electronic file. Getting an internship prior to graduation is a critical part of securing employment after graduation. All engineering students are encouraged to send in their resumes to info@aesb.org to be considered for employment from a variety of companies.

Boeing is already waiting for these resumes. Seriously, everyone send in your resume. Yes, that means you too!

Sean Miller
Associated Engineering Student Body, President
California State University, Long Beach

As Secretary of our organization, it is my duty to send out ballots for elections and ammendments to the bylaws (per Bylaws Article IV, Section C-4).

Our Bylaws state the following:

Article VII, Section 3 (Regarding nomination and election of officers)
a. Subsequent to the completion of nominations, the Nominating Committee shall send to each Section member in good standing a written ballot to be returned no later than June 1.
b. Members must sign the outside envelope containing the ballot and the ballot must be post marked by the date specified in order for the ballot to be valid.

Article IX, Section 2 (Regarding voting on ammendments to Bylaws)
a. The Section membership shall be notified of the proposed amendment within 30 days of receipt of the ammendment proposal.
b. The Section membership shall be balloted by mail on the proposed amendment between 30 and 60 days after membership notification of the amendment proposal.

In order to facilitate any votes of the types listed above, we need every member’s current mailing address. Please email beachswe at gmail dot com your name and mailing address. If your address is not received prior to the next vote, you will not have the ability to vote. Addresses may also be given at General Body meetings. A PDF of the bylaws is available here.

Thank you,

Angela Leese
Secretary, FY 08

Tau Beta Pi has just released its list of eligible students for the Spring 2008 semester. Tau Beta Pi is the only honor society for all engineering majors. You can find the list in the TBP bulletin board in the VEC (near the elevators). For more information check out the CSULB TBP website here.

Want to get involved? Come check out one of this upcoming events. All times and dates are subject so change to check back here for final details. Additional events in the planning phase include a resume workshop, scholarship night, and guest speakers.

Involvement - Week of Welcome
February 6th and 7th | 11 am - 2 pm | Friendship Walk
SWE will have a table at this semi-annual event. Stop by to sign up for the mailing list, find out about national membership, or meet our officers.

Outreach - FIRST Robotics
February 4, 7, 11, 14 | 3:30 - 7:00 pm | Anaheim High School
February 2, 9, 16 | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Anaheim High School
Help high school students design and build a large robot in only six weeks. All majors welcome. No robot building experience required. Please note: you must complete a background check to volunteer on a continous basis. Please email the officers for more information and directions (beachswe at gmail dot com).

Involvement - First General Body Meeting
February 13 | 12:15 - 1:00 pm | Location TBD
We’ll discuss our goals for this semester, national membership, and upcoming events. If you cannot attend and want to join the mailing list, please email beachswe at gmail dot com.

It is that time again for SWE’s annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner, only this time, we will be meeting at Chili’s Restaurant (in Lakewood, see link for directions from CSULB) instead of bringing our own food to campus.

When: Monday, November 19 th at 7pm (Sorry to change the date, to those of you who attended the meeting this past Tuesday.)

** If you want to carpool to this event, meet at the SWE office (Eng3 room 112A) at 6:30 pm SHARP!

Bring your friends! This will be a great opportunity to have some fun outside of school and meet some new people.

Hope to see you all there! Directions here.
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