1. Chi Epsilon Active Meeting #1 Thursday, January 25, 2017
PLEASE SIGN IN

2. Chi Epsilon – Purdue University
Officers
President: Gwen Cortez
Vice President: Annie Chen
Treasurer: Ximi Qu
Secretary: Alexandra Natoli
Editors: Christian Johnson
Audrie Hillis
Marshals: Nathan Barr
Singh Bath
Pledge Coordinators: Brandon Hardin
Sissy Pomplin
Social Chairs: Natalie Rubalcava
Thomas Schilling
Webmaster: Anthony Gray
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Bowman

3. Schedule of Events Date Time Location Event 1/25 6:00 pm PHYS 223
Active Meeting #1
2/22
Active Meeting #2
7:00 pm
Jake’s Roadhouse
XE Social
3/4
1pm
CoRec
XE Rec Day
3/22
Active Meeting #3
4/4-4/5
ALL DAY
Hampton Hall
Pledge Board Signing
4/5
Active Meeting #4
4/8
4:00 pm
TBA
Initiation
*Can be downloaded from the XE Website

4. Membership Requirements
• Must attend:
- at least 3 of 4 active meetings (no more than 2 unexcused absences)
- Elections (Active Meeting 3 on 3/22)
- Initiation (4/8)
• Excused absences will be granted only if you the Secretary Alexandra Natoli 1 day before the event
• Must fulfill 3 hours of community service by:
- Tutoring in the Help Room for 3 hours
- Attending any XE Community Service Event
- Submitting an Individual Service Hours on Boilerlink (directions to follow)

5. Help Table SIGN UP TONIGHT!
Sign up for dates and indicate which classes you are comfortable with
Not a commitment to regular tutoring
3 dates = 3 hours = completed service hours!
SIGN UP TONIGHT!

6. FE Exam Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination
First step to be a licensed Professional Engineer
Take the exam your senior year (typically final semester)
Each engineering discipline has a varied list of topics
Civils don’t have thermo on the exam
Takes roughly 6 hours and has 110 questions
Exam is taken on the computer
Some Awesome Stats
National average passing rate for Civil is 71%
Purdue has a 92% passing rate!!

7. FE Review Nights
Check our website for scheduling and practice materials!
WHAT? Review FE practice problems with your peers
WHERE? HAMP 2101
WHERE? Thursday Nights, 6-8pm

8. XE Service Opportunities
Help Room!
West Lafayette Public Library
Habitat for Humanity
Natalie’s Second Chance Animal Shelter
National Engineer’s Children’s Day
Registration info will be sent out!

9. Company interest Burns and Mac – structural interns and ArchE
EXPO career fair next week

10. XE Social Events Intramurals
XE Social – February 22rd at 7:30 Roadhouse
XE Rec Day – March 3rd at CoRec

11. National Chi Epsilon Conclave
Wednesday March 14th - Saturday March 17th
University of Texas at Arlington
Why go?
Chance to meet students from other chapters
Discuss new ideas to better Purdue chapter of Chi Epsilon
Help make decisions to effect XE nationwide
More information:
Professor Bowman ASAP if interested

12. Purdue XE Scholarship – The Wood Award
Professor Leonard E. Wood
• Purdue
• The Woods have donated to Purdue’s:
- XE Chapter
- School of Civil Engineering
- Co-op Program
- Athletics
• Wood Commons was built in his memory – for the dedication he demonstrated toward the student population

13. XE Scholarship – Purdue
The XE Wood Award
• $1000 award for Leadership / Academics
• Must be an active XE member
• Ideal way to apply – grab a friend and nominate each other!
• The nomination form will be available on the XE website

14. Chapter Honor Member Nomination
Rick Conner, PE, SE
BSCE 1976 Purdue University
President/COO/Partner of American StructurePoint since 1987
Grown company from $2.8 million annual revenue and 50 employees to $60 million annual revenue and 400 employees
Led company to expand services and locations
Involved in important projects including designing unique interchanges and creating a redevelopment plan for Speedway

15. T-Shirts!
Send me your designs!

16. https://engineering.purdue.edu/~xe/
XE Website
Semester Schedule
FE Review Information
Community Service Information

17. Chi Epsilon – Purdue University
Questions