October 30, 2005
1. Technical Elective Night
2. ME For Me! Committee Meeting
3. Professor Lunch w/ Harley Johnson
4. EOH Committee Meeting
5. Interview skills, Resume tips, and offer Negotiation Workshop
6. General Meeting w/ Cummins
7. Social News
8. Participation Incentives
1. Technical Elective Night
Monday, October 31st (tomorrow)
218 MEB @ 6:00PM
Not sure what classes to take? Come hear M&IE professors talk about their own classes! Find out about subject matter, difficulty level, etc. The event should last under an hour, pizza and candy will be provided.
Courses to be discussed include:
ME 410, 412, 471, 498, etc.
2. ME For Me! Committee Meeting
Thursday, November 3
135 MEB @ 7:00PM
If you didn't join the ME for Me! Committee earlier, you can come find out how you can become more involved with planning the ME for Me! Conference. If you already are a member of the committee, come get updates on what needs done.
3. Professor Lunch w/ Harley Johnson
Friday, November 4th
Noon, @ Illini Union Ballroom
Come hang out with Professor Johnson and get free lunch!
Space is limited, sign up online:
http://asme.ec.uiuc.edu/signups.php
4. EOH Committee Meeting
Tuesday, November 8th
143 MEB @ 7:00PM
Come to the EOH Committee meeting and help plan ASME's Engineering Open House projects. EOH is another great opportunity to get more involved with ASME, and should be a lot of fun!
Email Becky at rmartin2@uiuc.edu or Austin Rennick at rennick@uiuc.edu for more info.
5. Interview skills, Resume tips, and offer Negotiation Workshop w/ ECS and Rolls Royce
Tuesday, November 8th
143 MEB @ 5:30PM
The Assistant Dean will be presenting tons of job hunting information,
including: resume tips, interview skills, and offer negotiation. Also, representatives from Rolls Royce will talk about what they look for on a resume and how those skills translate to working at Rolls Royce.
Space is limited to 25 people, so sign up now at:
http://asme.ec.uiuc.edu/signups.php
6. General Meeting w/ Cummins
Wednesday, November 9th
5:30PM, Room TBA.
Representatives from Cummins will be presenting at the next general meeting. For those of you that don't know anything about Cummins:
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies. Cummins serves customers in more than 160 countries, with more than 28,000 employees worldwide. Cummins reported sales of $8.4 billion in 2004.
As always, there will be FREE PIZZA!!
7. Social News
The ASME/PTS joint barcrawl was a blast, thanks to everyone that came out. If you didn't make it this time, hopefully you can make it next semester. If anybody has any ideas as to other social events that ASME could organize, let Mike Hong know at mkhong1@uiuc.edu
8. Participation Incentives
Be active, win stuff! It's that easy. Every time you come to an ASME event, you get participation points. Every time you get points, you increase your chances at winning free stuff, like iPods, gift certificates, and other great prizes! All you have to do is show up!
That's all the news for this week, Happy Halloween everyone!!
Kevin Davis
University of Illinois
Publicity Director, ASME
