Chi Epsilon Active Meeting #1 Thursday, January 25, 2017 PLEASE SIGN IN

Chi Epsilon – Purdue University Officers President: Gwen Cortez Vice President: Annie Chen Treasurer: Ximi Qu Secretary: Alexandra Natoli Editors: Christian Johnson Audrie Hillis Marshals: Nathan Barr Singh Bath Pledge Coordinators: Brandon Hardin Sissy Pomplin Social Chairs: Natalie Rubalcava Thomas Schilling Webmaster: Anthony Gray Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Bowman

Schedule of Events Date Time Location Event 1/25 6:00 pm PHYS 223 Active Meeting #1 2/22 Active Meeting #2 7:00 pm Jake’s Roadhouse XE Social 3/4 1pm CoRec XE Rec Day 3/22 Active Meeting #3 4/4-4/5 ALL DAY Hampton Hall Pledge Board Signing 4/5 Active Meeting #4 4/8 4:00 pm TBA Initiation *Can be downloaded from the XE Website

Membership Requirements • Must attend: - at least 3 of 4 active meetings (no more than 2 unexcused absences) - Elections (Active Meeting 3 on 3/22) - Initiation (4/8) • Excused absences will be granted only if you email the Secretary Alexandra Natoli (natoli@purdue.edu) 1 day before the event • Must fulfill 3 hours of community service by: - Tutoring in the Help Room for 3 hours - Attending any XE Community Service Event - Submitting an Individual Service Hours on Boilerlink (directions to follow)

Help Table SIGN UP TONIGHT! Sign up for dates and indicate which classes you are comfortable with Not a commitment to regular tutoring 3 dates = 3 hours = completed service hours! SIGN UP TONIGHT!

FE Exam Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination First step to be a licensed Professional Engineer Take the exam your senior year (typically final semester) Each engineering discipline has a varied list of topics Civils don’t have thermo on the exam Takes roughly 6 hours and has 110 questions Exam is taken on the computer Some Awesome Stats National average passing rate for Civil is 71% Purdue has a 92% passing rate!!

FE Review Nights Check our website for scheduling and practice materials! WHAT? Review FE practice problems with your peers WHERE? HAMP 2101 WHERE? Thursday Nights, 6-8pm

XE Service Opportunities Help Room! West Lafayette Public Library Habitat for Humanity Natalie’s Second Chance Animal Shelter National Engineer’s Children’s Day Registration info will be sent out!

Company interest Burns and Mac – structural interns and ArchE EXPO career fair next week

XE Social Events Intramurals XE Social – February 22rd at 7:30 pm @Jake’s Roadhouse XE Rec Day – March 3rd at 1pm @ CoRec

National Chi Epsilon Conclave Wednesday March 14th - Saturday March 17th University of Texas at Arlington Why go? Chance to meet students from other chapters Discuss new ideas to better Purdue chapter of Chi Epsilon Help make decisions to effect XE nationwide More information: https://www.xeconclave2018.org/ Email Professor Bowman (bowmanmd@purdue.edu) ASAP if interested

Purdue XE Scholarship – The Wood Award Professor Leonard E. Wood • Purdue 1953-2004 • The Woods have donated to Purdue’s: - XE Chapter - School of Civil Engineering - Co-op Program - Athletics • Wood Commons was built in his memory – for the dedication he demonstrated toward the student population

XE Scholarship – Purdue The XE Wood Award • $1000 award for Leadership / Academics • Must be an active XE member • Ideal way to apply – grab a friend and nominate each other! • The nomination form will be available on the XE website

Chapter Honor Member Nomination Rick Conner, PE, SE BSCE 1976 Purdue University President/COO/Partner of American StructurePoint since 1987 Grown company from $2.8 million annual revenue and 50 employees to $60 million annual revenue and 400 employees Led company to expand services and locations Involved in important projects including designing unique interchanges and creating a redevelopment plan for Speedway

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https://engineering.purdue.edu/~xe/ XE Website https://engineering.purdue.edu/~xe/ Semester Schedule FE Review Information Community Service Information

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