ewb-ku engineers without borders university of kansas march 6th, 2014 general meeting
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EWB-KU Engineers without Borders University of Kansas March 6th, 2014 General Meeting. Ice Breaker. Ice Breaker. Engineering Design: Focus on Environmentalism Plant 10 trees for every pair Display cases made with reclaimed wood Print materials have 5 different eco-certifications - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EWB-KUEngineers without Borders
University of Kansas
March 6th, 2014General Meeting
Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker
Engineering Design:
Focus on Environmentalism
1. Plant 10 trees for every pair
2. Display cases made with reclaimed wood
3. Print materials have 5 different eco-certifications
4. Pouches made via micro financing
5. Donate 1% of profits to sustainability initiatives
What do you guys think?
How would you design a product and company?
Officer Applications
Positions:
President
International Program Coordinator
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
ESC Representative
Fundraising Chair (2x)
Community Service Chair
Social Chair
Expo Chair (2x)
Publicity Chair
K-12 Chair
Historian
Web Chair
Bolivia Meeting
• Monday March 24, 2014, 7:00 pm• EWB Office
• Bring your laptops!
• We have work for anyone who wants to help from any background!
• What do you want to see or do at these meetings?
FEWB: Freshmen Engineers with Brains
• Hunger banquet update (May 2nd at 6 pm: mark yo’ calendas)• My peeps are getting speakers• My peeps are getting food donated• We’re teaming up with EWB Kansas City professional chapter
(hopefully!)
• Social Event aww yeeeeahhh• THIS SATURDAY at 6 pm at Templin• We’re watching Frozen!• If you want to pool money together for pizza, bring $5. No money, no
pizza. Easy peasy.• BYOB: Bring your own blanket• BYOM: Bring your own mug (for tea idk)• BYO$: Bring your own money (for pizza!)• BYOF: Bring your own friends <3
Relay for Life
What: Fundraiser for American Cancer Society
When: April 25th-26th 6 p.m.-2 a.m.
Where: Memorial Stadium
$10 registration fee
*Contact Meg Huwe (913)952-8403 or [email protected] if interested in joining a team or starting your own
The Big Event
• Saturday, April 12, 2014
• 10am-2pm • Common tasks: raking leaves,
trimming trees, cleaning houses, and planting plants at Lawrence schools,
community organizations, and public spaces.• Sign up at back or room and I’ll
take care of registration!
Save these Dates
• Replant Mount Oread• Each year campus loses trees
due to removal, disease, and age at a faster rate than they are being replaced.
• Stauffer-Flint lawn, April 11
• KU Rain Garden• Native Kansas plants filter the
runoff from the Rec Center roof and sidewalks.
• Spring maintenance project
• Last weekend in March, Time
TBA please sign up anyway!
Irrigation Design Project
Design finished and approved!
Ready to be implemented in late March.
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Fundraising
• Where will you be this summer? Feel comfortable presenting and gaining corporate contacts?
• Indian Health Services• Upcoming FAC: Hope to be
matched by AE, possibly ME, EECS
Fundraising
Kansas Speedway (May 9 & 10)10 Volunteers Each DayWork from 3:00pm-7:00pm (check
in at 1:00pm)If you want to volunteer, sign up!
The Textbook Program
• Collecting Textbooks
• Will be rented out later for free
• More information to come!
• Contact:Brooke [email protected]
Spring Break in New Orleans
● March 15th-21st● ~$350, including hotel,
transportation, and lunch Monday-Thursday
● Applications available now, due by Friday, February 21st
● For more information contact Joshua Persechini:[email protected](913) 645-7559
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Bolivia 2013 photos &
events posted here!
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Office Hours
Office located in Learned 3160. Feel free to stop by, hang out, and study!
Extraordinary EWBers
Professor Bob Lyon is a professional engineer with a lifetime of experience from living in Russia to being a Kansas State Senator.
David Hoffman has numerous experiences with EWB as he has worked extensively with Missouri S&T as well as Florida International University. He is also an award winning professional engineer with a lifetime of personal experiences.
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Bethany Foran has extensive EWB experience and is a civil engineer currently working at Black and Veatch. She is also knowledgeable of five different languages!
Final Thoughts
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