First Year
February 18th, 2010-
Hey first years!
I want to extended a huge congratulations to Matt Lloyd for being hired as the incoming Director of First Year! Now don’t worry, I’ll still be around until March 16th and you can always get a hold of me after that. Congrats to all the new Directors! They are going to be awesome. Also, can I point out that 3 of them are first years! (WOOO FROSH CAN DO ANYTHING!)
There are still so many upcoming opportunities for you! All the service (aka paid) positions will be hired soon as well as all the events coordinators, officers, conference chairs, computer managers and you can always join clubs and design teams.
Check out the application page (http://engsoc.queensu.ca/applications/) frequently for new applications posted and check out TIFR (This Is For Real, the back page of Golden Words) for REAL, not joke, information about opportunities!
Interested in Design Teams or EngSoc Clubs? Check out http://engsoc.queensu.ca/studentgroups/groups-list/ for contact info about all of them! You can join whenever!
See you around!
Robin Johannsen
Thursday January 7th, 2010-
Welcome back to Queen’s! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and is ready to hit the books yet again. Can I just say how weird it felt to type 2010?? SO weird.
Monday, January 18th, first year engineering students (thats you!) are invited to participate in the All-Discipline Night, hosted by the Engineering Society and well, me!
The event will showcase all the engineering disciplines, in an open-house style format, where first year students will be able to talk with and ask questions to upper year students. This is a great opportunity to answer some first year students’ questions and provide a general overview, from a fellow student’s perspective before attending Orientation Evenings later in the semester. Orientation Evenings are hosted by each discipline and allow first year students to meet professors, view facilities and familiarize themselves with various departments. Also, PIZZZZZZA.
The event will be held from 5:30PM to 7:30PM in the ILC Atrium. More information about Orientation Evenings can be found here: http://appsci.queensu.ca/firstyr/orientation/
See you all there!
Love, Robin Johannsen
Director of First Year
Monday November 9th, 2009
Hey First Years!
How much did you LOVE frosh week? If your answer is “SO MUCH” then here is an oppourtunity for you! Apply to become part of the amazing team that is FREC Committee. These full year positions execute all of the events of Frosh Week, from EngCuts to Grease Pole, to managing the budget, to writing the primer and more. You get to work closely with the Chief FREC and the Orientation Chair as well as the other members of the committee in planning this unforgettable week. It is a major time commitment, but it’s also a tremendous amount of fun! Open to all first year engineering students!
you can find the application on the application page! DUHHH
Love,
Robin Johannsen
PS. ONLY ONE MORE MIDTERM!!
Wednesday October 21st-
Hey Froshies!
Don’t you just looooove midterms!? You’ll suvive… hopefully.
So hiring is happening soon for Cheif FREC and FREC Committee! Keep your eyes peeled for more info and applications!
CHECK OUT YOUR SUPER COOL NEW YEAR CREST! BROUGHT TO YOU BY SARAH BURTON, sCI’13, AND BY YOUR VOTES!
Monday September 21st-
YEAR ELECTIONS IN TWO DAYS! Stirling C, Wednesday at 6:30PM. BE THERE. Its a great way to get invovled, make a difference, meet people and make sure that Sci’13 has some awesome events, merchandise and a good year! Check out the post below for more details on how it works and a link to all the postion descriptions.
Now it’s time for some retorical questions. Have you seen those beautiful crests out on Clark Hall Patio and on Upper year GPA’s? Beautiful, I know. How cool would it be to design Sci’13’s crest? SO COOL. Here is your chance to submit a crest that your year will vote on and it’ll be your crest forever! If you eventually get a GPA it’ll go right on the front. AND if your crest is chosen as the winner you will get you very own GPA (hypothetically) for free! That’s right, I said a 355$ GPA for FREE. However, there are some guidelines to follow…
-Can be hand drawn or digitally designed
-Must be full size on letter sized paper (8.2” x 11”)
-Must only contain the Queen’s TriColours; Blue, Red & Gold (Yellow)
-Must say: APPLIED SCIENCE
-Must contain: Year Number (13)
-Must contain: “Q”, Crown, Maple Leaf, Crossed Engineering Hammers
Send your designs to ceo@engsoc.queensu.ca or drop them off at the CEO office, in Clark Hall, by October 1st, 2009.
Happy designing!
Love always from your director of first year,
Robin Johannsen
Monday September 13th-
Hello Sci’13!
Congrats on climbing the pole and becoming a year! You had me worried there for a while. Hopefully your first day of classes went well and you didn’t get too lost…
Over the next couple weeks you will be busy sorting out your classes and workload, balancing your new life and making friends. Don’t worry frosh, you can do it. Also, its the perfect time to get involved as so many opportunities are open to you! First of all, First Year Executive elections are on Wednesday September 23rd in Stirling C and 6:30PM. If you want to run for a position, or even if you don’t, come out and bring your friends. Here is how it all goes down. We start with the presidential election. (Sounds important, eh?) To run you have to be nominated and someone has to second that nomination, and then you accept or respectfully decline. Once we have all the candidates, each one gives a short speech, then they leave the room and the voting happens! You must be in attendance to vote. (This is why you need to bring your friends if you want to run!) Once the president is elected, we move on to the Vice President and so on. For a full list of the positions on the executive check out the link below! I hope this all makes sense to you, if it doesn’t or if you have any questions at all feel free to contact me at firstyear@engsoc.queensu.ca.
See you there!
Robin Johannsen
Wednesday September 2nd-
Hey First Years!
One week until Faculty Frosh week! I hope you are excited to get to Queen’s and are busy getting ready to move into residence. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have at firstyear@engsoc.queensu.ca.
Throughout the year, be sure to check this page as it will feature useful links and information to keep you up to date on society news.
See you soon!
Robin Johannsen
Director of First Year