Welcome to Tau Beta Pi!
Overview What is Tau Beta Pi? Initiation Requirements How-To for Action Items Upcoming Events Wrap-Up
Welcome! What is Tau Beta Pi? An honor An opportunity for service An opportunity to meet like-minded peers Only honor society that represents the entire engineering profession Michigan Gamma (MI-G) chapter was founded in 1906, has since initiated 10,003 members Second largest chapter in the nation
What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is Community Service TBP MindSET Cooking K-12 at Outreach Ronald Cub Scouts Day Circuits Program McDonald House Module Tau Beta Pi(e) Day Cub Scouts Day Egg Drop!
What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is a way to meet new people
What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is Professional Development TBP/SWE Career Fair brings ~350 companies each fall TBP- hosted Corporate info sessions Recruitment of Tau Bates 2016 Career Fair Planning Committee SWE/TBP Directors & Chairs 2014
Officer Corps + Advisors What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is leadership experience Countless opportunities for leadership: Officers Project Leaders Team Leaders Committees Chairs
What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is community Fall 2016 Initiation Class Winter 2017 Initiation Class
What is Tau Beta Pi? TBP is fun! Kyle Lady at demonstrating End of Semester Banquet Awards Banquet The Engineering the TBP Applau Games! MI-G Delegates at 2016 Convention National Convention 2014
Convention 2017 Annual Convention - Ann Arbor-Dearborn, MI Oct 11th - Oct 14th, 2017 Edwards Village Hotel, Dearborn (Thursday, Friday) Ann Arbor Campus (Saturday) 4 weeks of preparation, 3 official days, 2 cities, 500+ attendees... We need you!!! tbp-convention@umich.edu tbp.service@umich.edu
Professional Benefits Employment Related Access to exclusive online job boards Automatic entry-level advancement for US Government work Special TBP recruiting center Test Preparation 30% discount on FE/EIT and PE exam prep materials Insurance GEICO discounts Travel & Relocation Hotel discounts Special mortgage benefits Check out https://www.tbp.org/memb/benefits.cfm for more information!
Officer Introductions Executive Team President: Joanna Ciatti Vice President: Greg Willett Graduate Student Vice President: Ciara Caldwell Secretary: Elvhin Encarnacion Treasurer: Angelo Vozza External Vice President: Brianna Lax and Ben Cohen Convention Arrangements: Eshita Khera
Officer Introductions Events Team Service Coordinator: David Martel K-12 Outreach Officers: Ryan Miller and Michael Panagos Campus Outreach Officer: Alexa Cichon Activities Officer: Rachel Fenberg Professional Development Officer: Kevin Greenman Chapter Team Chapter Development Officer: Ilkka Kovanen Historian: Keenan Harvis Publicity: Katelyn Kaniewski Membership: Jeeho Lee
Intermission Graduate Students: Please relocate to 2166 Dow at this time.
Membership in Tau Beta Pi Eligibility requirements: Distinguished Scholarship Assessed by GPA - top ⅛ of junior class or top ⅕ of senior class Exemplary Character Assessed with a character interview and questionnaire *TBP Slang: Gen or General refers to meetings where joining and active members may attend Actives meeting refers to meetings that joining members may NOT attend, only active members Electee refers to someone going through the electing process to join TBP
Initiation Requirements
Folder Contents Information Sheet Electee Requirements Service Project Description Electee Checklist Electee Exam Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) Background Check form
Requirement: Meetings Attendance at all (5) General meetings + Elections Electees with valid conflicts may use additional service hours to fill this requirement Meeting Dates: First General - Tuesday, Sept 12 (today) Second General - Tuesday, Oct 3 Third General - Monday, Oct 30 Fourth General - Tuesday, Nov 14 Elections - Tuesday, Nov 28 Fifth General - Tuesday, Dec 5
Requirement: Service Completion of 16 total hours of service 1 hour Tutoring 3 hours K-12 Outreach 2 hours TBP/SWE Career Fair 3 hours TBP National Convention 7 additional hours Sign up and get hours early so there is no last minute scramble around initiation 5 external service hours may count for this requirement Email tbp.service@umich.edu for approval
Requirement: Social & Prof. Dev. Attendance at 2 social events is required for initiation These are fun, most of the time free food is provided! In the past, these have included: Intramural Sports teams TG s at BWW i.e. Free wings at Buffalo Wild Wings Game Nights Attendance at 2 professional development events is also required In the past, these have included: TBP sponsored Corporate Information Sessions North Campus Sustainability Hour talks (free food!) TBP sponsored Professional Headshots
Requirement: Electee Team Activities Attendance at two meetings of your Electee Team Past events: Smoothies at Tropical Smoothie Cafe Polishing the Tau Beta Pi Bent in front of BBB Meeting for coffee
Requirement: Character Evaluation Completion of Electee Questionnaire + Resume upload Due by Tuesday, September 19 at 11:59pm Can only be done after making a website profile at tbp.engin.umich.edu Completion of in-person Character Interview with active Tau Bates Interviews will be held Sept 20 to Oct 20 in 1226 EECS Interviews will last 25 minutes, beginning no later than 5 minutes after scheduled start time (advance sign-up required) Interview sign-up is on the website (tbp.engin.umich.edu)
Requirement: Paperwork & Dues Completion of low-pressure Electee Exam by Fifth Gen Exam is found in your folder Knowledge of the history of Tau Beta Pi and the MI-G chapter Drop by office hours with questions! Don t take it too seriously! Completion of 6 Casual Peer Interviews by Fifth Gen Interview fellow electees and actives to get to know one another Also meant to be fun, like the exam! (don t take it too seriously) Payment of $90 one-time Membership Fee by Fifth Gen Paid to the Treasurer (Angelo Vozza) - covers your national membership, personal engraved Bent, etc.
Requirement: Initiation & Banquet Participation in an Initiation Ceremony on Dec 9 To become an active member of Tau Beta Pi, all electees must attend the Initiation Ceremony Following Initiation will be a banquet to celebrate the semester If you are unable to attend Initiation on 12/9, alternate arrangements can be made for you to attend another chapter s Initiation on a different date
How-To for Action Items
K-12 Outreach Youth Protection Training and Background Check Complete Youth Protection Training by Oct 3rd In person, at Second Gen, on Oct 3rd Or online (20 min) http://tinyurl.com/tbp-boyscoutstraining AAPS forms (in folder) to K-12 Officers ASAP, no later than Oct 3rd ProTip: Fill it out tonight - give to any officer! Both are REQUIRED before you will be able to sign-up for K-12 events on the website
Career Fair Sign up to volunteer at Career Fair! Link for sign-up: tinyurl.com/cf17volunteer Required 2 hours of volunteering at Career Fair Questions?: cf17volunteers@umich.edu Free T-shirt! Important Dates Career Fair: September 18th and 19th, 10am-4pm, North Campus Undergrad receptions: September 17th and 18th, 6-8pm, EECS Atrium Grad receptions: September 17th, 3-5pm, BBB Atrium
Service Event Sign-Up Event sign-up procedure overview Sign up under the Event List tab in the Calendar menu Un-sign up if you can no longer attend; e-mail the event leader if you are cancelling your attendance within 48 hours of the event
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events - Service Requirement: 7 hours of service in addition to categories Upcoming service events Sequoia Place I (Wed. Sept, 20, 7-8 pm) More to come! Projects are being put up on the website so keep checking Lead a service project: email tbp.service@umich.edu
Upcoming Events - Activities Requirement: 2 hours of social credit Upcoming social events Euchre tournaments: Thursdays @ TBD > 6:00 pm Sand volleyball: Tuesdays 10pm (sign up: imleagues.com) Pizza Crawl: Sept. 21st (limited spots!) First TG: 6:30-8:30pm Sept. 28th at BWW: free wings! Check the website, updated throughout the semester!
Upcoming Events - K-12 Outreach Requirement: 3 hours of K-12 Outreach 3 MindSET modules, Sundays 12:30-4:30pm Oct. 22 - Bridges Oct. 29 - Lunar Landers Nov. 5 - Magnetism Other events: Cub Scouts Day, Engineering Explorer, Science Olympiad Coaching
Upcoming Events - Prof. Dev. Requirement: 2 hours of Professional Development Credit Upcoming info sessions Sept 13th: One Energy, Applied Predictive Technologies Sept 14th: Domino s Sept 17th: 3M Sept 18th: CIA, Exponent, Whirlpool, Power Engineers Sept 19th: NASA JPL, Chevron, Boeing See website calendar for more! Help flyer for info sessions for service hours Get flyers from Bullpen (1226 EECS) during office hours Email tbp-corporate@umich.edu after flyering
Wrap-Up
Important Undergrad Action Items Make a website profile - Submit a resume Volunteer at the Career Fair! - Link to sign up: tinyurl.com/cf17volunteer Sign up for a Character Interview: Sept 20 to Oct 28 - Fill out the Electee Questionnaire by Sept. 19th 11:59pm Complete AAPS background check form and Youth Protection Training
Why You Should Join Make great friends! Develop leadership skills Attend fun events Great organization and community Lots of fun and worthwhile activities- social, service, professional development, and more Free food! Recognition & esteem Incredible national network of accomplished engineers
Dinner Please join us in the BBB Atrium for dinner! Wear a name tag, it s your ticket for food.