Welcome to AESB!

Welcome to the Associated Engineering Student Body, home to the many student organizations within the College of Engineering at California State University, Long Beach. The AESB represents all of the students in the College to the University and on behalf of the University, awards grant money to the student organizations to further their academic and community work, and seeks to further the professional pursuits of the students in the College. Involvement on campus and in student organizations has been proven time and again to improve retention and overall success among students both in school and in their professional careers; consequently, every student ought to try to be an active member of a student organization that pertains to one's interests or field of study.

Scholarships:

Associated Students Leadership (4 @ $1,000)
Christina Speaker (1 @ $1,000)
Dr. Stuart L. Farber (1 @ $1,000)
A.S. Working Students (10 @ $500)
A.S. Graduate Students (7 @ $300)
Student Organization of the Year (1 @ $500)

Awards:

Gabrielino/Forty-Niner
Golden Nugget
Irvin Hakim Hurst Memorial
Earl Durham Jr. Student Government
Sheila Ringer Woman of the Year

Applications available March 16th and due by April 16, 2009 @ 4pm to the Center for Scholarship Information (USU-238). For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit http://www.csulb.edu/asi.

Essay Contest for $500

Written by AESB President
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Win up to $500 for writing about your Spring, Summer, or Fall 2008 internship! Just write a 750-word essay about how your internship experience has influenced your career choice. Include the required cover page available at the Career Development Center; do not have your name on any pages beyond the cover page. Some of the areas the essays will be judged on are writing to topic, narrative, originality, organization, mechanics...and passion. Your essay must be received in the Career Development center (BH-250) by 5:00pm on Friday, March 20. Seven (7) scholarships will be awarded at $300 each and one winner will receive an additional $200. For more information, contact the Internship Program Office at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 562-985-8463.

Beach Legacy Referendum

Written by AESB President

Monday, 09 March 2009

The Beach Legacy Referendum (BLR) goes to a vote this week on March 11-12, entirely online. Check your designated email from campus to participate. The proposed Beach Legacy Referendum will add a $95 student fee beginning Fall 2010, and the $7 million in annual revenue will be split half for student athlete scholarships and for the repair and construction of athletic facilities. At this time, $43 in student fees ($1.6 million annually) will be returned to the Associated Students for Instructional-Related Activities (IRA) and the student organizations at large.

In the College of Engineering, we acknowledge that while the influx of funding for athletics will increase the visibility of our athletics program primarily and our campus secondarily. However, the general sentiment among students is that we already have working relations with local industry and that the value of our degree resides in the legacy that we already have as practically-trained engineers from the College of Engineering at CSULB.

Based on the presentation from the Athletics department and the thoughts and opinions of the members of the various student organizations throughout the College of Engineering, the representatives of the AESB as a whole voted 16 for, 1 against and 4 abstentions to formally oppose the Beach Legacy Referendum. This means that the majority position of the students in student organizations in the College of Engineering is "No on BLR." Only a small minority (24%) is in favor of the BLR. With this decision, we recommend that all students in the College of Engineering strongly consider the attitudes of their peers in this regard, and to make an informed vote next week. Please see www.beachlegacyreferendum.com for information from the BLR's proponents.

Link to this article: http://www.aesb.org/blr.

Followup: The BLR did not pass. Please see this Daily 49er article.

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