From: Cenk Aytimur
[vpsa@engsoc.queensu.ca]
Sent: November-09-09 22:46
To: AllEng@lists.engsoc.queensu.ca
Subject: EngSoc Newsletter - Nov 8 to
Nov 14
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Hi Everyone,
Here’s this week’s newsletter:
1. Register for PEO Student Conference (PEO SC)
2. QPID Cooperant Application Period Extended
3. Apply to be a Logistics Coordinator for Frosh Week 2010
4. Concrete Toboggan is Hiring
5. Looking for Bands to play at EngWeek Battle of the Bands
6. Concrete Toboggan’s End of Midterm Madness
7. Golden Words Presents: A Costume Contest Gone Awry ft. The Brothers Molotov
9. Queen’s Feminist Review – Call for Submissions
Hi Queen's Engineers!
This year Queen's will be hosting the 5th annual Professional Engineers of Ontario Student Conference. This conference provides a forum where the future of Ontario's Engineers can come together and discuss ideas and issues surrounding the Engineering Profession as well as global issues. Engineering students at Universities from all across Ontario will be attending the conference and we want to see lots of Queen's Engineers there as well!
The conference is running November 27-29, 2009 and is only $75 for Queen's students. To register for the conference and for more information, please visit the website, web.me.com/peosc.
Only 30 Queen's Engineers will be able to attend to get your registration in as soon as you can!
Interest in Global Development? Want to travel to Nunavut or Ghana this summer? QPID is looking for you!!
QPID has extended cooperant applications! Don't miss out on this amazing
opportunity to get hands on experience in development. Applications are
extended until Friday November 13th at 5:30 pm.
Check out engsoc.queensu.ca/applications or email Andrea and Misha at qpid.projectsdirector@gmail.com for more details!
This
message is for all upper year students! If you want to satisfy that frosh week
fix, then apply to be a Logistics Coordinator! As LCs, you would have a major
role for Frosh Week in purchasing, sponsorship, logistics, training and much
more. Besides being on FREC Committee, you would also get to drive
the FREC Mobile and play the music! Applications are available on
the EngSoc website and in the EngSoc lounge in the ILC.
Apps are
due Thursday, November 12th at 5:30 pm in the EngSoc mailbox in
the lounge. If you have any questions, e-mail Claire Wunker,
Orientation Chair, at 8cmmw1@queensu.ca.
Got a little free time on your hands? Want to become a part of an exciting and competitive design team. Each year, the Queen’s Concrete Toboggan Team designs, builds and races a toboggan with a concrete running surface. The toboggan includes braking and steering systems, as well as a full roll cage.
We are currently looking for a webmaster to design and maintain our website. Applications are available in the EngSoc lounge and online at http://engsoc.queensu.ca/applications. Applications are due by November 12th at 5:30 pm. If you have any questions, feel free to Nathan Murdoch at toboggan@engsoc.queensu.ca.
Are you or your friends part of a band? Interested in taking part in Eng Week's Battle of the Bands in January? Contact Ross Kennedy at 7rk9@queensu.ca.
Where: Clark Hall Pub
Host: Queen's Concrete Toboggan Team
When: Saturday November 14th, Doors Open at 9 pm
Tickets: $4 at Ritual, $5 at the door
Hope to see you there!
Location: Clark Hall Pub
Date: November 20th
Time: 9:00 pm
Ticket Price: $3
Ticket Sales: Starting Monday November 9th in the ILC, JDUC, and Mac-Corey Costume Categories: Mr. Dressup's Worst Nightmare, Best Use of Duct Tape, Most "Impressive" Duo, Deadliest Use of Colours, and stuff we'll just make up!
All proceeds from the event will be going to the Sunshine Foundation. We will be having lots and lots of prizes for all that enter and even just show up! Celebrity judges will be deciding the best of the best in each category.
CLARK BREW IS NOW ON TAP!!
Wednesday
Join the beer league sensation as the Clark Hall Pub Foosball League rages on. $15.50 pitcher and pizza deal served with love all night.
Thursday:
Big Rock UNTAPPED presents free live music.
Friday:
RITUAL join the party.
Saturday:
Celebrate the end of midterms courtesy of the Concrete Toboggan team. Tickets are $4 at Ritual or $5 at the door. Doors open at 9.
Hey engineers!
The Queen's Feminist Review (QFR) is looking for SUBMISSIONS! Get
your writing and art published in Queen's only feminist-minded and
-inspired literary publication. QFR is going into its 18th year and this is a
fantastic opportunity to boost your publication credits and to gain exposure as
an artist and activist in the wider Kingston community.
We accept:
- short stories
- poetry
- artwork
- academic essays
- photography
Send your submissions to qfr@ams.queensu.ca by NOVEMBER
30th! If you have any questions, email us.
And before you ask: You don't need to be female (or a Queen's student, for that
matter) to submit!
8 submissions max per person. Don't forget to include your name. And you are
absolutely allowed to submit the same piece to other campus publications!
Hope everyone has a great week,
Cenk
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Cenk Aytimur
Vice-President (Society Affairs)
Engineering Society
Queen's University
T: (613) 533-6008
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