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Guest
Speaker Opportunities
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Guest
Speaker Opportunities
The
following is a brief introduction and explanation of the
opportunities available for General Engineering alumni
to spend time with current undergraduates in the classroom.
GE 291 SENIOR SEMINAR - "Leadership
and Life Skills"
GE 291 is a course designed to expose our seniors to real-world
issues to better prepare them for entering the workforce.
We would like to maximize the opportunities for exposing
our seniors to the diverse career accomplishments of our
General Engineering Alumni. Past topics have included:
presentations on life experiences and professional opportunities,
engineering ethics, entrepreneurship, marketing yourself
and your ideas, dealing with attorneys, persuasion and
negotiation, money management, what to look for in a job
offer. GE 291 meets Wednesdays at 12 Noon for 1 hour.
If you are interested in being a guest speaker for GE
291 or need additional information, please contact Angie
Dimit at m-dimit@uiuc.edu.
ENGINEER IN RESIDENCE
The ENGINEER IN RESIDENCE program was established with
a gift from Thomas A Prickett, 1997-1999 President of
the General Engineering Alumni and Industry Advisory Board.
Having spoken to our GE 291 students for several years,
Tom understands how quickly 1 hour goes by! He wanted
to give alumni and students more of a chance to interact
and discuss issues on a personal level, especially questions
that might be related to the presentation and careers.
The ENGINEER IN RESIDENCE program includes:
Spending
approximately 24 hours on campus.
Speaking to our GE 291 class on Wednesday at 12 Noon.
Staying "in residence" for an afternoon and/or
morning for individual appointments in a private office.
Enjoying an informal time with our students over a pizza
in the early evening.
Receiving a $250 honorarium to assist with travel and
lodging expenses.
If
you are interested, please contact Angie
Dimit at m-dimit@uiuc.edu.
TOTAL QUALITY EDUCATION (TQE)
TQE is a cooperative effort between alumni, industry,
students, and faculty that aims to empower General Engineering
students to obtain the highest quality education through
the team approach. TQE was developed by Prof. David Goldberg
and is currently facilitated/taught by Angie Dimit. The
course objective is to provide a foundation of knowledge
and understanding of "project management by team"
through hands-on experience and exposure to real world
factors. This course includes freshman-to-senior integration
and is encouraged as preparation for GE 342 Senior Design
Projects.
Topics include: project unity, project management/planning,
presentation skills, interpersonal communication skills,
leadership, dealing with conflict, understanding customer
needs, influencing change, competencies and evaluations,
quality circle, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. We are VERY interested
in having company representatives (preferably alumni,
but not required) as guest speakers. We would like to
expose these students to such things as our commonly included
in corporate professional development programs. TQE meets
Mondays at 12 Noon, but often evening presentations (5:00-7:00
p.m.) are held instead for scheduling purposes. Please
contact Angie Dimit
at m-dimit@uiuc.edu
if you or your company would be interested. This is great
exposure for recruiting!!
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