CHI EPSILON The National Civil Engineering Honor Society Chapter 79 Fall 2017 Initiation Packet
FALL 2017 OFFICERS William Landreth President Anthony Nguyen Vice President Jose Diaz Secretary Juan Cruz Treasurer Wai Teng Lum Marshal Hien Nguyen Editor Hugo Arroyo Event Coordinator Shival Patel Event Coordinator Randall Castain Webmaster Ivo Miskic External Relations Kiersten Miller PDC Chair Michael Runchey PDC Chair, San José State University
FALL 2017 Officer Contact Information Position Name Email Phone President William Landreth landreth.will@gmail.com (408) 569-3758 Vice President Anthony Nguyen anthony.ha.nguyen@gmail.com (408) 893-8161 Secretary Jose Diaz diazjose910@gmail.com (805) 253-5213 Treasurer Juan Cruz juan.cruzmartinez@sjsu.edu (831) 869-5477 Marshal Wai Teng Lum waiteng.lum@gmail.com (669) 226-1603 Editor Hien Nguyen hiennguyen4436@gmail.com (408) 464-8367 Webmaster Randall Castain Randall.castain@sjsu.edu (650)392-4106 External Relations Ivo Miskic ivomiskic@zoho.com (408) 628-8386 Event Coordinator Hugo Arroyo arroyoh39@gmail.com (408) 663-7983 Event Coordinator Shival Patel shivalpatel92@gmail.com (510) 557-8560 PDC Chair Kiersten Miller kiersten.miller@sjsu.edu (858) 414-9217 PDC Chair Michael Runchey michael.runchey@sjsu.edu (650) 766-2140 Chapter Website & Social Media: Stay up to date on news and events happening in the chapter! www.engr.sjsu.edu/chiepsilon/ FB GROUP: SJSU CHI EPSILON INSTAGRAM: @XE_SJSU, San José State University
XE Faculty Dr. Laura Sullivan-Green Faculty Advisor/Department Chair Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer Faculty Honor Member Dr. Jan Botha Faculty Honor Member Dr. Juneseok Lee Muhieddine Maaz Chapter Honor Member Dr. Kurt McMullin Dr. Udeme Ndon Dr. Jae-Ho Pyeon Dr. Steven Vukazich, San José State University
FALL 2017 Initiate Requirements The initiate requirements listed below are mandatory for all initiates. If you will be unable to complete a requirement due to a scheduling conflict or personal reason, please speak with the Marshal, Wai Teng Lum, 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 (5-8 PM), Tuesday (6-8 PM), Wednesday (5-8 PM) 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 November 27 th. Materials will be provided. Officer Signature: Wear a purple tie for a five day period from November 27 th through December 1 st during "Key Week". Officer Signature: Must attend at least two volunteer events: Adopt-A-Creek September 30 th, SJSU Outreach Tour October 20 th, or Rebuilding Together October 28 th. Officer Signature: / Must participate in letter campaign during the week of November 13 th. Officer Signature: Sociability Must attend at least three Social events: Alumni Night September 15 th, Beach Day September 23 rd, XE Dinner at Hawaiian Poke Bowl October 6 th, Hike October 7 th or Joint Social November 4 th. Officer Signature: / /, San José State University
Practicality Introduce yourself to all Officers, the Faculty Advisor, Chapter Honor Members, and Faculty. Have them sign below: President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Marshal: Editor: Webmaster: External Relations: Events Coordinator: Events Coordinator: PDC Chair: PDC Chair: Dr. Laura Sullivan-Green: Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer: Dr. Jan Botha: Dr. Juneseok Lee: ---- on sabbatical leave ---- Muhieddine Maaz: Dr. Kurt McMullin: Dr. Udeme Ndon: Dr. Jae-Ho Pyeon: Dr. Steven Vukazich: *Faculty signatures may NOT be used for anything other than XE initiation Must attend a general member meeting (September 14 th ). Officer Signature Submit a resume to the Secretary (email to sjsu.xe@gmail.com). Officer Signature Coordinate with fellow initiates and officers to complete PDC Project. Officer Signature, San José State University
History In the spring of 1922, two groups of civil engineering students at the University of Illinois one calling itself, 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. 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, 1923. In 1978, the 25th National Conclave voted to change the name of our organization from Fraternity to Chi Epsilon. In 1971, San Jose State University was installed as the 79th chapter. Today, 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 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., San José State University
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, 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 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 are established., San José State University
Date initiation fees paid: Amount Paid: Method Paid: Received by: NEW INITIATE INFORMATION NEEDED: FOR CHAPTER OFFICE USE ONLY Membership Type: Initiation Date: Last Name: First Name: Middle Name: Title: Prefix Current Mailing Address Suffix Cell Phone No.: Alternate Phone No.: Expected Graduation Year: Date of Birth, MM/DD only: Permanent Address Street 1: Street 1: Street 2: Street 2: Apt. No.: City: State: Apt. No.: City: State: Country: Country: Zip + 4 Zip + 4 School e-mail address (Example: xxxx@uta.edu) Non School e-mail 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?, San José State University