UFNSBE Final General Body Meeting Wednesday, December 2, :15pm

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS Today’s Agenda Enjoy FOOD from Olive Garden 1 Member of the Month 2 National Convention Updates 3 GAMES and Giveaways 4

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Darius Van

LEADERS BUILDING LEADERS As a member of the UFNSBE Executive Board, you will get the opportunity to directly impact policies and events as well as own a piece of one the largest student run organizations in the country Requirements: Attend 3 zone meetings Attend 3 E-board meetings Participate in 1 volunteering event Attend 2 socials Attend 1 Leaders Excelling and Developing (L.E.A.D.) seminar Sound Interesting? Sign-Up for our UFNSBE LBL program. Mentor under an executive board member and see what it’s like to own a piece of your chapter of The National Society of Black Engineers. Please contact Mykel Fisher at or Robert Williams at

NATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATES

GETTING TO TORONTO!!! Best Option – Flight to Buffalo, NY from Jacksonville or Orlando – Greyhound Bus from Buffalo Airport to Toronto Airport – NSBE shuttle to hotel

Flight Information & Cost Depart: March 31, 2009 Return: April 4, 2009 From: JAX or MCO To: BUF Southwest Airlines: $196 – Cheaper from Orlando – Includes non-stop flights Orbitz: $188 – Cheaper from Jacksonville

Bus Information $40 Refundable Fare Things to consider when booking: Flight arrival time in sync with bus departure time About three hour bus ride from Buffalo to Toronto

Other options Fly directly to Toronto – More convenient but also more expensive – Cheapest I’ve seen is around $450 Fly to Syracuse – Buffalo flights may also get expensive due to demand – Longer bus ride to Toronto

Hotel Information Westin Harbor Castle Hotel 7 rooms booked for our chapter Working on getting rooms paid for – Money allocated for Nationals in budget – Concessions – Regional and National Chapter Relief – Departmental Funding

Thank You! If you have any more questions, you can contact Hussein Abdelhalim at or check out the website:

Upcoming Concessions Events Friday, December 11th Volleyball 1:30PM Saturday, December 12th Volleyball 2:00PM Friday, December 18th Graduation/Commencement 2:00PM Saturday, December 19th Graduation/Commencement 2:00PM Please sign up for the dates that you are available, by ing Charde at

Programs Zone Updates UF-NSBE completed the first submission of the ICD report Spring Study Groups EOY Committee Next Meeting – Thursday, December 3rd at 6:30pm

Considering Grad School? GeorgiaTech Focus The Focus Scholars program is designed to increase awareness of undergraduate juniors and seniors of the advantage and benefits of receiving an advanced degree Program dates: January 14 – 17, 2010 Deadline to apply: December 21 st

Considering Grad School? Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering University of Michigan Full time internship during the months of June and July 2010 Students receive: $4,000 stipend On-campus housing Some meals Travel allowance GRE Test Prep Additional seminars and activities For more information go to

Epsilon Lambda Chi New Membership Application ELC is the only College of Engineering Leadership honorary Purpose: Distinguish those students and alumni in Engineering who have shown exceptional leadership ability or potential, exemplary character and endeavor to foster the spirit of unity among leaders and pride in the engineering profession For more information go to Deadline: Wednesday, December 9, 2010

COE Scholarships Reminder! College of Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Application deadline: Friday, 12/4/09, 5:00pm The online application is at dergraduate-scholarship- application dergraduate-scholarship- application

GAMES AND GIVEAWAYS

LITTLE KNOWN BLACK HISTORY FACTS Thomas L. Jennings  First African American to receive a patent  Invented a dry-cleaning process in 1821  Used money to purchase relatives out of slavery and to support abolitionist causes Henry Blair  Second African American to receive a patent  Invented corn seed planter in 1834 and a cotton planter in 1836  Could not read or write; signed patent with an “X”

UFNSBE TABOO

UFNSBE BINGO

UFNSBE SCAVENGER HUNT

Engineering Paper TI-89Spiral Notebook 2 Engineering related Textbooks 5 Black Pens NSBE Torch Symbol 1 Mechanical Pencil Coin with a student’s birth year on it IPODProtractorBlack NSBE Polo Hand sanitizer 75 centsStick of gum HP LaptopNon- Engineering major student UFNSBE Scavenger Hunt

More GIVEAWAYS!! Who was the 1 st African American to receive a patent? – Thomas L. Jennings What did he invent? – Dry-cleaning process Who was the 2 nd African American to receive a patent? – Henry Blair What was the theme for FRC this year? – Engineering a Global Impact

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