Weekly News for CCE STUDENTS / STAFF / FACULTY
February 2008 - Week 1

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CALENDAR
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FEBRUARY 5-7 – NW Transportation Conference at the CH2M-HILL Alumni Center. “Making the Most of What We Have” theme is designed to address innovations that help maintain and improve transportation system service levels in an era of constrained funding and limited resources. The conference includes vendor displays open throughout the three days. Faculty and student are welcome to attend free of charge (lunches $10/day). See Nancy to register, 204 Owen Hall.

FEBRUARY 16 – 3rd Annual SWE Engineering Ball, KEC Atrium.

FEBRUARY 18, Monday - Mock Interviews, 9:00 am– 4:00 pm. Practice interviewing with experienced recruiters and receive valuable feedback so you can make outstanding connections in your future interviews. Practice makes perfect! Contact Career Services, 737-4085 to schedule your 30-minute

FEBRUARY 20 – Engineering Career Fair. See the list of agencies registered to attend. Update your resume, because your mother wants you to get a job.

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SEMINARS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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A WARM WELCOME to James Batti, our new CCE lab manager. James will hit the ground running, helping both Profs. Dickenson and Scholz with labs in Graf Hall. Swing by his office in 311 (737-8231) Owen and say hello.

CONGRATULATIONS to Javier Moncada (BSCE ‘04; MEng ‘07) who was nominated ASCE’s, ‘2008 New Face of Engineering’. An integral part of National Engineers Week (Feb. 17-23) celebration, the program promotes the achievements of young civil engineers by highlighting their contributions and impact on society. More. . .

CEM’s - this is the last term (winter grads) we will allow students who went to an old minor orientation but never actually declared it to graduate w/ the Business Admin minor. In other words, there are a few who apply for graduation who have already completed the old minor req’ts but never declared a minor.
     If you previously attended a College of Business minor orientation, and you intend on graduating with a business minor, you must officially declare the minor to ‘lock in’ your requirements. Please be aware that the old Business Administration minor has been discontinued. Only students who have already declared this minor can now graduate with it, using those requirements. The new minor is Business & Entrepreneurship. The requirements are slightly different. Since orientation attendance does not automatically declare a student, you must be sure to declare the minor in 214 Bexell to “lock in” requirements.
     Here are the requirements for the Business & Entrepreneurship Minor which took effect Spring 2007.
     If you haven’t been to an orientation for declaring the Business & Entrepreneurship minor yet, it is now available ONLINE. To access this go to this URL, then look in the center “programs” column under “minors” for the link to the PowerPoint presentation. Note we still have deadlines to get this done, which are discussed in the presentation, but the next one is Feb. 13th (the last opportunity to get declared before Spring registration.) http://www.bus.oregonstate.edu/services/

ONE DOLLAR can buy five pounds of food through The Linn-Benton Food Share. Tasty treats available for purchase on Cindy’s desk. Cash donations also encouraged – do your part to end hunger in Oregon!

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ADVISING
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SPRING TERM ADVISING is February 13-15. You will receive an email later this week with your Advisor name and location. If your Fall term GPA was below a 2.5 you are required to meet with your advisor. If your Fall term GPA was a 2.5 or higher, you can pick up your audit and advising sheet with PIN from 220 Owen.

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STUDENT CHAPTERS
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February 5, Tuesday – AGC Speaker Meeting, 6:00 pm, 106 Owen. J.E. Dunn Northwest, Portland will present; topic: Assisted Living Facility Construction. Dinner and sodas provided.

February 7, Thursday – AGC Speaker Meeting, 6:00 pm, 106 Owen. K & E Excavating, Inc. will present; topic: GPS-controlled excavation. Dinner and sodas will be provided.

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INTERVIEWS
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Sign-up for an interview appointment with Jan Strombeck in 220 Owen for each of the following;

• Monday, February 4 - Perlo-McCormack Pacific will interview CEM students for internship positions. 
• Wednesday, February 6 - J. E. Dunn Northwest will interview CEM and CE students for full-time and internship positions.
• Friday, February 8 - K & E Excavating, Inc. will interview CEM students for full-time and internship positions.