PreMeeting Activities

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Welcome

• Pre-Meeting Activities
• Pick up Initiate Handbook
• Fill out top of Initiate Survey (last page)
• Fill out 2 catalog cards (Chapter is IL-A)
• Agenda
• Introduction
• Tau Beta Pi Benefits
• Initiation Process
• What next?

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TBP History

• Phi Beta Kappa (general) Honor Society was
  created in 1776
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society was
  created out of
• PBK in 1885 by Edward Williams, Jr. at Lehigh
  University
• TBP now has over 500,000 members from 241
  universities
• across the US

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IL-A History

• Chartered 1897
• Fifth chapter
• nationally
• Almost 10,000
• members

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Eligibility

• Juniors Top 1/8th
• Seniors Top 1/5th
• Class standing based on
• credit hours

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The Society

• Most prestigious society for engineers
• The brightest and most motivated
• Emphasis on service
• Fostering a spirit of liberal culture

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Benefits

• Life-long Member
• Undergraduate Scholarships Awards
• Graduate Fellowships
• Networking with Alumnus members
• Kaplan and Princeton Review Discounts

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Other Awards

• Freshman and Sophomore Awards
• Outstanding Alumnus Award
• TBP Laureate
• Eminent Engineer Membership

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Hayward Scholarships

• Ruth and Harold Hayward Scholarships
• Open to all Engineering Students
• Tau Beta Pi recognizes the winners every year
• 3,000 for the next school year
• Applications available online (tbp.ec.uiuc.edu)
• Apply in the Spring

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Initiation Process

• Initiate Social
• Sunday, Sept. 14 2-4pm
• Illini Union
• Service Activities
• Team Activity
• Bent Polishing
• Initiation Ceremony Banquet
• Saturday, Nov. 29th

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Requirements

• 8 service hours total comprised of
• 3 Internal Activities
• 3 External Activities
• 2 Elective
• 1 Team Activity in the first 4 weeks
• Bent polishing
• During the first 4 weeks
• Come to the initiate social for more info!
• 75 Initiation Fee
• Due October 1

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External Projects

• Peer Tutoring
• 1 hour for 2 weeks 1 external hour
• Swann Center
• Work with disabled children
• Community Projects
• Fall Foliage Fest, Soup Kitchens, etc.
• Engineering Open House
• Jerry Sander Design Competition
• Scholastic Bowl February 10th
• Write questions or be a moderator

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Internal Projects

• Social Activities
• Bar Crawls, Happy Hours, sporting events - always
  fun ?
• Liberal Cultures
• Music, performing arts, cultural dance, foreign
  languages
• General Meetings
• Corporate visits, life-skills workshops, alumni
  visits
• Spring Engineering Career Fair
• Co-sponsored career fair with ECS

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Internal Projects

• Publicity
• Help advertise the various events and services
• Engineering Futures
• Workshops on people skills, team dynamics,
  problem solving
• Electronic Communication
• Anything to do with our website
• Historian
• Help photograph all our events!

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Happy Ending
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Only the start

• Numerous service and leadership opportunities
• Scholarships / Fellowships
• TBP inCircles
• Long-lasting friendships

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What next?

• Attend initiate social this Saturday!
• Watch for newsletter Read your email!
• Sign up for and get involved with projects!
• Visit tbp.ec.uiuc.edu