The Innovation: A Dinner Event

As the academic school year comes to a close, it is time for us to look back at all that we have accomplished as the College of Engineering. As we all look back on the past year and look forward to the next, we invite you to partake in an evening of food and festivities in the company of industry friends, students and faculty. "The Innovation" will be held May 8, 2009 from 6-10pm in the Soroptimist House on campus. The cost is $10 at the door; RSVP is mandatory to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PEAR

The following organizations need to submit Post Event Assessment Reports to receive grant money from ASI. Any organization that did not submit a PEAR by today, May 6, needs to contact Paul Nguyen at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it immediately in order not to lose the grant money you have applied for.

New Organization Officers

Organizations that have had elections, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it a list of this year's officers and next year's officers, along with emails and phone numbers for our records. The privacy of all contact information will be respected; the generic organization emails (for IEEE, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) will be forwarded to the president of your organization unless you wish otherwise.

Room Allocations

This Friday's meeting is the second-to-last AESB meeting, which means that motions or proposals that require two readings must be introduced this Friday, May 8, to be considered during this year. This includes Room Allocation requests, and any other resolution or Constitutional amendment you may wish to introduce. Any proposals should be submitted to the This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by 9:00pm tomorrow, May 7, 2009 (correction to last week's mistaken 4/30 deadline). This deadline will be strictly enforced.

The Engine Ear

As a reminder, the deadline for The Engine Ear is this Friday, May 8, 2009 at 5:00pm. All organizations are highly encouraged to submit a 200 word article about a specific event or an overview of the semester's activities. Please feel free to also submit pictures.

Associate Dean for Academic Programs

The College of Engineering is in the process of reviewing candidates to serve as Associate Dean of Academic Programs. Part of this process includes a visit to our campus. Candidates will visit this Monday, May 11, 2009 and next Monday, May 18, 2009. There will be a presentation and open forum from 11:15-12:45, most likely in ECS-304. Students may attend this portion of the visit.

Graduation

Congratulations, seniors - we're almost there! There is an opportunity for the graduating class of the College of Engineering 2009 to give back to the College. In particular, the senior class may purchase benches or tables for the VEC Quad that will be dedicated in your honor. Also, there is a graduation cap decorating contest for a cash prize - student leaders will be present on Commencement day to select the most innovative and unique graduation cap - you are Engineers - go all out! For more information, please contact AESB President, Paul M. Nguyen at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , and get the word out!

ICC

The first Inter-Collegiate Council Meeting, "Social Engineering: Online Collaboration" was held last Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:30 in ECS-105. It was a good event, drawing 40 engaged students from across campus to share experiences about professional communication, working with other leaders, and building up and sustaining organizations. The night included a visit to the SAE lab, where the Mini-Baja and Formula SAE cars are built and tuned, which demonstrated the caliber work that is done in Engineering at CSULB, and the amount of financial support that our programs require. The workshop on the Google Docs suite of online tools, including Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets & Forms, and Calendar received great praise and was the highlight of the night for many. All in all, it was a success and we hope to see future ICC events in the year to come.