Hello Everyone,

We hope that your first week back to school has gone well. This is to inform you that we will be having our first general meeting for the new year this wednesday.

Date: Wed Jan 16, 2013
Location: McMaster University Student Center Club-Space (Second Floor Student Center) Room 215 B
Time: 19:45 - 20:30

We will be talking about the upcoming events and NSBE programs that we will be having this semester. This is a great opportunity for our members to give us inputs/suggestions of events that we could have to make NSBE more worthwhile and interesting for you guys!

First Year Students should definitely attend this event because we can help you guys with your courses and program selection for next year ! I know choosing which program you should go into can be very stressful and difficult. We can help you!!

Refreshments will be provided at the general meeting This event can be found on face book, go to the link below to view it.
Facebook Event

Feel free to invite your friends and classmates.

Thanks for coming out and making the event a success!

Good luck with exams and capstone projects!
Happy Holidays from the NSBE Exec Team !!!

Presentations
• Important issues and questions we will have as undergraduate students will be addressed
• Sharing experience about Graduate school
• Things to know when you are looking for Co-ops and internships
Guest speakers
• Dr. Thomas A. Adams II
• Alicia Pascal (Graduate Student)
• Stacey MacDonald (ECCS representative)
• Free refreshments will be provided
• Social time after the talks to ask further questions and/or interact with speakers
• Socialize and get to know NSBE members and upper years
• Free food is great food!!

Check out the Facebook Event Page

Make your Saturday worth while for some lucky High School student, you can sign up to volunteer with DCA tutoring (In conjunction with ACA ) - If this is something you would like to do, please send us a reply letting us know of your interest !

DCA tutoring
The program will be at Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School (130 York Boulevard) and run from 9am until 12pm. Starting on October 20, 2012 you will met up in the Student Centre and go together.
To get there you can take the HSR (1A, 51, 10, 52, 5A,B,C,D) to Main St. E and Bay and just take a short walk down to York Boulevard, school will be on you're left right at the intersection.

This year, the Fall Canada Conference will be based on the national theme of honouring our past and driving the community forward.
We aspire to provide our attendees with an environment in which they can understand the history of our organization, granting them the opportunity to add their footprint in our journey of academic excellence and professional development.
We will be focusing primarily on engaging our leaders, members and non-members to improve their ability to be interdependent. In our compet itive society, it is paramount that we learn to work together in order to excel in NSBE, school, the workforce but ultimately life.
Come join our infusion of youth, collegiate and alumni as we engage in workshops, stimulating discussion, and fun competition. Are you ready?

There's going to be a general meeting discussing the full details and telling you more about NSBE. The NSBE general meeting will take place on Wednesday October 3rd, 2012 from 6pm - 7pm Location: Clubspace, second floor of student centre. FREE refreshments will be provided Some of the benefits of becoming a NSBE member include: - Leadership Development – Develop your leadership skills by serving in many chapters and some regional leadership roles - Scholarships and Awards – Awarded to NSBE members. - Post your resume free of charge to top engineering companies in NSBE’s Job Placement Center (JPC). You can also search for internships, co-ops, and full-time job opportunities. NSBE members enjoy FREE access to the latest Microsoft development software, including (but not limited to): - Microsoft windows 8 - Microsoft XNA game studio 3 - Microsoft Expression studio 4 And also, - Opportunity to meet other NSBE members who have similar interests. - Opportunities to be mentored and/or tutored by Upper year McMaster Students or Technical Professionals currently working in science, technology, engineering & math (STEM) field.

Come check out our table at Clubsfest.

Several students attended the Annual NSBE Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Annual Convention annually recognizes excellence among technical professionals, corporate, government, and academic leaders, as well as university and pre-college students.

Effective ways to Spend your Summer/Finding a Job
We have a panel titled "Effective ways to Spend your Summer/Finding a Job" if you have not found one yet. The workshop is going to focus more on how to get a job and overcome obstacles in the job hunt process and also answer the following questions:
- Importance of extra curricular activities and which ones are more beneficial to your resume
- The importance are grades?
- Reasons why people don't get hired
- How referrals work?


Date: Thursday March 1, 2012
Room: ETB 237 (the new engineering building)
Time: 5:45pm (prompt)
Free Pizza and drinks would be provided.

The speakers are: Isaac Olowolafe - an Economics graduate from U of T and President and CEO of Dream Fund Holdings. He is also actively involved in helping youths achieve their goals. (http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/isaac-dream-maker-olowolafe/24/865/3ab)
Thomas Tewolde-medhin - an Electrical and Computer Engineering fro U of T. He is the founder and CEO of TNTech Canada and is currently a relater at Dream Maker Realty. (http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-tewoldemedhin/30/98a/220)
Remember that this is your chance to network with and allow them to introduce you to their contacts. They are both dedicated to youth development and are here to help you. Also remember to spread the word.


Elections: Also we are accepting applications for Executive positions for next year. If you want to be a part of the NSBE team next year, please email Yanicke at sec.nsbemac@gmail.com by Friday March 2nd. Positions available for vice president, treasurer, secretary, senator and programs/community outreach. Next year we are looking to be more involved in youth programs.

NSBE Games night is taking place this Wednesday, October 26th on the 4th floor of Mills Library in the Media Centre from 6-9pm! This will be a fun event to attend, a perfect way to take a break from school !

NEWS

Interested in joining NSBE or finding out more information feel free to get in touch with any of our exec members. We will be having out monthly games night and engagement meeting on october 18th or 19th either so stay tuned! Watch out for Study halls every week - help with with Capa, chemistry, physics and math

Conferences and Competitions

NSBE Canada Conference at Concordia on October 29th

Location: Concordia University

Cost:$30

Deadline: Soon

Region 1 Fall Regional Conference - Nov 17-20, 2011 Fall Regional Conferences (FRC) attract between 800 and 1,000 pre-college, collegiate and technical professional members within each of the six (6) regions. Conferences include a career fair (average of 30 companies); General Conference with workshops; general sessions and entertainment; a Pre-College Initiative Conference, (for high school and middle school students), featuring a science fair, competitions, group projects, and workshops; and a Professional Development Conference, (for technical professionals), featuring networking sessions, career fair, professional development workshops, and entertainment. Register at NSBE.org

Deadline: October 30th

Cost: $85

Location: CoCo Key Hotel & Water Resort - BostonDate: 11/17/2011 3:35:01 PM

Scholarships

Scholarship applications are open at NSBE.org

There are Prizes to be won for the chapter with most transcripts submitted.Transcripts can be emailed to scholarships@nsbe.org

Location: Biology Lounge, LSB 213
This Wednesday October 5th, the African-Carribean professors of McMaster will be having a meet and greet from 530pm-7pm, in the Biology Lounge, LSB 213 (the same place their general meeting took place). There will be pizza and drinks, and this will be a very excellent opportunity to not only meet the successful African-Carribean profs at Mac, but also to expand your network and eat free food :).

Location: MDCL (Back Near 1110)
Welcome Back To School and Hello To All the First-Year Students!I Hope School Is Going Awesome For Everyone So Far.
We met you at Club Fest and We Want To Invite You To Our First General Meeting for NSBE On Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30pm .
We hope you can Attend This Meeting. So Come Out To Meet All The Execs and find out more about the organization and all of our
FUN Events that we have.
We Will Be Providing Refreshments At The General Meeting!
See You All There !

There are 4 positions available for the next year's executives of the NSBE McMaster Chapter: Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Programs committee (more than 1 person). Please email vp.nsbemac@gmail.com with the position of interest by April 17, 2011.

The convention was a huge sucess with provding our members with the provide members with the pipeline to continue to strive for success in one�s academics, profession, and community
Toye Ojo competed in the Technical Research Exhibition

Toye Ojo was awarded the Kolwale Glover Scholarship for exemplifies dedication to the service of our membership while preserving academic success and a sense of cultural responsibility. This scholarship was created in memoriam of the late Region 1 Regional Executive Board member, Kolawale Glover.

Thank you to everyone that attended and showed support for the chapter. NSBE McMaster is now and official MES Club and will be receiving up to $550 in funding next year.

Five members of the chapter will be attending the convention representing McMaster University. Toye Ojo will be presenting a research study aimed at developping engineering solutions to dialysis treatment which was conducted with the Chemical Engineering Department at McMaster and Scarborough General Hospital's Nephrology and Dialysis Center.
The Annual Convention is the premiere event for the organization which encompasses members from around the world. During the convention there will be various programs and workshops that will be in place to benefit grade school, collegiate, graduate, technical professional, and international entities of the Society. The convention will showcase the NSBE culture, achievements of the membership, local and nationwide talent, and black-owned businesses in the Pittsburgh area. The goal of this convention is to provide members with the pipeline to continue to strive for success in one�s academics, profession, and community. More information to come!

Networking and Development Workshop on Thursday, February 10th, 2011, from 5 - 7:30 pm at ETB room tbd. The guest speaker for this event will be Ricky Neckles. Tickets for this event are free and can be obtained from Toye (cc.nsbemac@gmail.com). Pizza and Pop will also be provided for this event.

NSBE McMaster Chapter has been ratified as an official McMaster Students Union club.

At the McMaster Engineering Societies first semi annual general meeting NSBE McMaster was recognized as an affiliate club. Thank you to everyone would came out, voted and showed supported for the club.

Our Chapter is pleased to welcome Dr. Raja Ghosh to the NSBE Team as an advisor.

Thank you to everyone for coming to the 1st General Meeting and chapter introduction on Wednesday September 22nd. It was a great success and we're excited to get our programs underway. If you weren't able to come out and are interested in join McMaster's NSBE Chapter please email our membership chair Abrar at mc.nsbemac@gmail.com

As a national student and professional based organization, The National Society of Black Engineers does hereby dedicate itself to increasing the participation of minority students in the fields of Engineering and Applied science. As a part of our mandate, programs will be initiated both within and outside the university community, which will serve to strengthen relations between industry and the minority community. Members of this organization are encouraged to join and participate in activities of the McMaster Engineering Society and professional societies advocating their respective discipline of Engineering. This organization will endeavour to provide a nurturing atmosphere that will foster the growth of members� professional, academic, leadership and social skills.

President - Doyin Osuntogun (pres.nsbemac@gmail.com)
Vice- President - Tolu Fadiya (vp.nsbemac@gmail.com)
Senator - Doyin Osuntogun
Senator - Tolu Fadiya
Secretary - Tega Oghor (sec.nsbemac@gmail.com)
Treasurer - Femi Okenla
Programs Chairperson - Tolani Makanjuola (pc.nsbemac@gmail.com)
Communications Chairperson - Andrew Toye Ojo (cc.nsbemac@gmail.com)
Membership Chairperson - Abrar Sidahmed (mc.nsbemac@gmail.com)

Constitution