CHI EPSILON The National Civil Engineering Honor Society Chapter 79

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1 CHI EPSILON The National Civil Engineering Honor Society Chapter 79 Spring 2017 Initiation Packet

2 SPRING 2017 OFFICERS Kiersten Miller President William Landreth Vice President Ivo Miskic Secretary Ivor John Maasin Treasurer Marianne Medrano Marshal TImotheé Coutts Editor Shival Patel Webmaster Oliver Castillo External Relations Anna Highsmith Events Coordinator Anthony Nguyen Events Coordinator

3 SPRING 2017 Officer Contact Information Position Name Phone President Kiersten Miller (858) Vice President William Landreth (408) Secretary Ivo Miskic (408) Treasurer Ivor John Maasin (707) Marshal Marianne Medrano (510) Editor Timotheé Coutts (408) Web Master Shival Patel (510) External Relations Oliver Castillo (925) Event Coordinator Anna Highsmith (415) Event Coordinator Anthony Nguyen (408) Chapter Website & Social Media: Stay up to date on news and events happening in the chapter! engr.sjsu.edu/chiepsilon/ FB GROUP: SJSU CHI EPSILON

4 XE Faculty Dr. Laura Sullivan-Green Faculty Advisor Dr. Steven Vukazich Interim Department Chair Dr. Kurt McMullin Department Faculty Muhieddine Maaz Chapter Honor Member Dr. Jan Botha Faculty Honor Member Dr. Udeme Ndon Department Faculty Dr. Jae-Ho Pyeon Department Faculty Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer Faculty Honor Member

5 SPRING 2017 Chi Epsilon Initiate Requirements The initiate requirements listed below are mandatory for all Chi Epsilon initiates. If you will be unable to complete a requirement due to a scheduling conflict or personal reason, please speak with the Marshal, Marianne Medrano, regarding the issue in advance. Scholarship Serve as a tutor for TWO sessions during the CE 95/CE 99/CE 112/CE 120/CE 121/CE 130/CE 160 sessions. Drop in to tutor any day, Monday, Tuesday or Thursday 5-8 PM in ENGR 114A. Officer Signature: / Earn an A on one midterm in a core engineering course Officer Signature: Character Make an XE Transit out of wood on Key Week during the week of April 25 th. Materials will be provided. Officer Signature: Wear a purple tie for a five day period from April 25 th through April 29 th during "Key Week" Officer Signature: Must attend at least three volunteer events: Adopt-A-Creek February 25 th, Franklin McKinley Science Fair March 4 th, SJSU Outreach Tour April 7 th or Admitted Spartans Day April 8 th Officer Signature: / / Must participate in letter campaign during the week of March 20 th. Officer Signature: Sociability Must attend at least two Chi Epsilon Social events: Alumni Night February 17 th, UCB/UCD/SJSU Joint Social February 18 th, Bowling Night March 21 st, Hike March 25 th or April 1 st, or Beach Day April 15 th Officer Signature: /

6 Practicality Introduce yourself to all Chi Epsilon Officers, the Faculty Advisor, Chapter Honor Members, and Faculty. Have them sign below: President: Vice President: Treasurer: Secretary: Editor: Marshal: Public Relations: Events Coordinator: Events Coordinator: Webmaster: Dr. Steven Vukazich: Dr. Kurt McMullin: Muhieddine Maaz: Dr. Jan Botha: Dr. Udeme Ndon: Dr. Jae-Ho Pyeon: Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer: *Faculty signatures may NOT be used for anything other than XE initiation Must attend a general member meeting (February 16 th ) Officer Signature Submit a resume to the Secretary ( or hard copy to Ivo Miskic) Officer Signature

7 History In the spring of 1922, two groups of civil engineering students at the University of Illinois one calling itself Chi Epsilon, and the other calling itself Chi Delta Chi, independently of each other took steps to petition the faculty for permission to establish an honorary civil engineering fraternity. As soon as the existence of the two groups became known to each other, plans were immediately propagated to merge the two groups. Dean M. S. Ketchum, Professor Ira O. Baker, and Professor C. C. Williams, later all chapter honor members, gave moral support to the idea of a departmental honorary fraternity, and on May 20, 1922, the Council of the University granted permission to the petitioning group of 25 charter members to found the CHI EPSILON FRATERNITY. When plans for the local organization had been perfected, steps were taken to expand into a national fraternity by banding together with groups at various other universities. An active expansion policy was decided upon and letters were written to the presidents of all the large engineering schools inviting petitions to Chi Epsilon. Meanwhile, the petition to the State of Illinois to incorporate as a national honorary civil engineering fraternity was granted and the certificate of incorporation issued on February 13, In 1978, the 25th National Conclave voted to change the name of our organization from Chi Epsilon Fraternity to Chi Epsilon. In 1971, San Jose State University was installed as the 79th chapter. Today, Chi Epsilon has grown to 131 active chapters with over 120,000 members worldwide, including 63 National Honor Members and 2373 Chapter Honor Members. As an honor society, membership is limited to a specific segment of the student population. Students eligible for initiation into the society must demonstrate Scholarship, Character, Practicality, and Sociability. Motto The motto of Chi Epsilon is Chi Delta Chi, which symbolizes our English motto: Conception, Design, and Construction. Preamble We, the students, faculty, and alumni of the Department of Civil (and Environmental) Engineering at various colleges and universities, believing that a mark of distinction should be placed on the undergraduate who has upheld the honor of the department by high scholastic ability, and believing that a society with the broad principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability would be an incentive to greater achievements in the civil engineering profession, do adopt this constitution as a guiding instrument for this organization.

8 Purpose Dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession, Chi-Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the civil engineering student. Engineering, the application of scientific principles to the practical needs of society, is assuming a constantly increasing responsibility for the well-being of all people, and thus calling for competence of the highest order. This responsibility can be discharged only by a professional group whose members are possessed of a good basic technical ability, intelligence, moral integrity, and effective social poise in their relationship with the larger community of which they are part. To contribute to the improvement of the profession, Chi Epsilon fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among civil engineers, and its members, by precept and example, toward an ever higher standard of professional service. The objectives of Chi Epsilon shall be: Objectives To contribute to the improvement of the civil engineering profession as an instrument for the betterment of society. To recognize the fundamental characteristics of the successful civil engineer and to aid in the development of these characteristics. To encourage wherever possible any movement which will advance the best interest of engineering education; to actively support, where necessary; and to institute procedures and practices for the improvement of the civil engineering departments at the schools at which chapters of Chi Epsilon are established.

9 NEW INITIATE INFORMATION NEEDED: Date initiation fees paid: Amount Paid: Method Paid: Received by: FOR CHAPTER OFFICE USE ONLY Membership Type: Initiation Date: Last Name: First Name: Middle Name: Title: Prefix Suffix Cell Phone No.: Alternate Phone No.: Expected Graduation Year: Date of Birth, MM/DD only: Current Mailing Address Street 1: Street 1: Permanent Address Street 2: Street 2: Apt. No.: City: State: Country: Apt. No.: City: State: Country: Zip + 4 Zip + 4 School address (Example: xxxx@uta.edu) Non School address (Example: xxxx@gmail.com) Future Security Questions: What is your favorite color? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite sport? What was the brand of your first car? Name of First Pet? Brand of First Computer: Which is your favorite web browser? What is your father s middle name? Name of type of music? What is your mother s maiden name?