EWB-USC Updates 2/15/16

Agenda —Fundraising Plan —Public Health Updates —On-Campus Involvement Opportunities —Project Team Update

Upcoming Events Please keep on collecting your cardboard towel rolls for Feb. 20! Tentative plan meet at Swearingen at 9:30 for set up wear Gamecock or engineering related clothing if possible National Engineering and Computing Week activities, SCE&G competition for student groups on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. (Ruth Patterson is our contact)

Fundraising Two major grants coming up: EWB Spring Grant and the Boeing Grant. Both are due on the 25th of February Boeing Grant application is included in with the EWB Spring Grant Application. Working Meeting Times: Sunday 4:30 PM - Thomas Cooper Library Wednesday 3:45 PM - Swearingen Reading Room To contribute to the document click here

Fundraising University Grants Mini-Magellan Due the 26th of February SURF Funding *(may not be applicable to funding trip) Honors Students Relatively simple application process MUST attend workshop Monday, February 29th, 2016, 4:00 PM (Gressette Room) Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, 12:00 PM (Gressette Room) Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016, 6:00 PM (Gressette Room)

Fundraising Company and Professional Society Outreach E-Week Working on a template email to send out to companies and societies that have a relationship with EWB or have donated to us in the past. E-Week Donations will be accepted at our table. Crowdfunding Through Office of Undergraduate Research Look forward to more details on this

Public Health Current Focus: Data Collection Practices -Meetings will be at 5:20 on Tuesdays at Thomas Cooper Library -Starting Feb 9th (extra meetings will be scheduled if deadlines are near) -Fill out the google doc below this line to let me know what times you can meet -Is this implementable, sustainable, and economical? -Surveying and creating appropriate questions (also last years recordings can be translated to have a place to start from) Water testing kits are coming! …Also the students/ kids love little gifts if you would like to donate crayons or toys let us know! #Dollar Tree is alright too Thanks guys! Janay C

Public Health https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K4EwePew5RSseJ1kPFeyJ8nVYVv5B OTWlQY7NNOy4AY/edit?usp=sharing Main Site: https://sites.google.com/site/ewbpubhealthcommittee/

Social Media Garnet Gate. Facebook Twitter? If you haven’t already, please find us on Garnet Gate and join Engineers Without Borders! Please make sure to update your account to include your preferred email and phone number so we can get in contact even faster if necessary. Facebook Want to go old school? Find our Facebook page @ Engineers Without Borders - University of South Carolina and like/join us! Twitter? Yeah, we got that too! Follow us @ewbusa_usc

Website - ewbusc.org We’re updating the content! Got any EWB-related articles, photos, suggestions for the site? Let Austin know at apahl@email.sc.edu

Committee Meetings Take 10-15 to meet with your committees