What is Tau Beta Pi

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What is Tau Beta Pi?

• National
• Founded at Lehigh University in 1885
• Second oldest collegiate honor society
• 500,000 national members, 235 chapters
• 16 districts
• Headquarters at Univ. Tennessee-Knoxville

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What is Tau Beta Pi?

• Drexel
• 3,000 members of PA-Zeta chapter
• Leadership
• President Karl Reisig Chief
  Advisor Dr. Moshe Kam
• Vice President Dheeraj Roy
  Advisors Dr. McGowan
• Treasurer Ryan Wittke Dr. Moon
• Secretary Brendan Cunningham Jonathan Max-
• Events Chair Matthew McRae
  Sohmer

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Chapter Activities

• Tutoring
• Volunteering
• Philly Cares
• Univ. City and West Philly Schools
• Hosting lectures
• Social Events
• Ice skating
• New Deck
• Movie Nights

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Membership Benefits

• Recognition
• All engineering disciplines
• Reputation
• Life-Long Membership
• Networking and Job Postings
• Subscription to THE BENT and THE BULLETIN
• Leadership Opportunities

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Membership Benefits

• Engineering Futures Program
• People Skills
• Team Chartering
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Group Process
• Received national recognition as winner of the
  2007 Excellence in Engineering Education
  Collaboration Award (ASEE)

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Membership Benefits

• Undergraduate Scholarships
• Graduate Fellowships
• Student Loans
• The Laureate Program
• All made possible by generous alumni

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Membership Requirements

• Who is eligible to join?
• Undergraduate students
• Graduate students
• Alumni
• Eminent Engineers

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Membership Requirements

• Meet eligibility criteria
• Attend an information session
• 75 (Lifetime membership)
• Attend one of the following
• Engineering Futures
• Volunteering Event
• General Chapter Meeting
• Engineers Week Ph.D. reception with Engineers
  Grad. Association (see calendar)
• Attend a second event from above OR
• perform an individual or group project

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Project Ideas

• Tutor a student
• Plan a food drive or fundraiser
• Plan a service project
• Plan a chapter event
• Polish our chapter Bent
• Your own idea!

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Timeline

• Pay attention to email/watch website
• Attend event(s)
• Complete project/planning by end of February
• Pay membership fee
• Cash
• Credit (Drexel University, Tau Beta Pi
  Membership Fee memo)
• Attend initiation Saturday, March 7th

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Thank You!

• Additional Information
• www.tbp.org
• http//www.dusers.drexel.edu/tbp/
• tbp_at_drexel.edu

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