UFNSBE Final General Body Meeting

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

6:15pm

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS

Today’s Agenda

Enjoy FOOD from Olive Garden1

Member of the Month2

National Convention Updates3

GAMES and Giveaways4

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Darius Van

LEADERS BUILDING LEADERSAs 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 countryRequirements:

• 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 vicepresident@ufnsbe.org or Robert Williams at

secretary@ufnsbe.org

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 & CostDepart: March 31, 2009Return: April 4, 2009From: JAX or MCOTo: 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 conferenceplanning@ufnsbe.org

or check out the website: http://convention.nsbe.org/

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 emailing Charde at financechair@ufnsbe.org!

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 FocusThe 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 21st

http://www.focus.gatech.edu/faqsEmail: focus@gatech.edu

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 www.engin.umich.edu/sure

Epsilon Lambda ChiNew 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 http://elc.eng.ufl.edu

Deadline: Wednesday, December 9, 2010

COE ScholarshipsReminder! College of

Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Application deadline: Friday, 12/4/09, 5:00pm

The online application is at http://engnet.ufl.edu/students/undergraduate-scholarship-application

GAMES AND GIVEAWAYS

LITTLE KNOWN BLACK HISTORY FACTS

Thomas L. JenningsFirst African American to receive a patent Invented a dry-cleaning process in 1821Used money to purchase relatives out of

slavery and to support abolitionist causes

Henry BlairSecond African American to receive a

patent Invented corn seed planter in 1834 and a

cotton planter in 1836Could not read or write; signed patent

with an “X”

UFNSBE TABOO

UFNSBE BINGO

UFNSBE SCAVENGER HUNT

Engineering Paper

TI-89 Spiral Notebook

2 Engineering

related Textbooks

5 Black Pens

NSBE Torch

Symbol

1 Mechanical

Pencil

Coin with a student’s

birth year on it

IPOD Protractor Black NSBE Polo

Hand sanitizer

75 cents Stick of gum

HP Laptop Non-Engineering

major student

UFNSBE Scavenger Hunt

More GIVEAWAYS!!•Who was the 1st African

American to receive a patent?

–Thomas L. Jennings

•What did he invent?

–Dry-cleaning process

•Who was the 2nd African American to receive a patent?

–Henry Blair

•What was the theme for FRC this year?

–Engineering a Global Impact

[ Questions & Answers ]