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Harris Romanoff (President)
Jim Brennan (Vice President)
Nancy Harris (Vice President)
Russ Miller (Vice President)
Farnia Fresnel (Secretary)
Stan Warchaizer (Treasurer)
Directors
Robert Berkovits
Dane Carswell
Ernest Churchville
Carl Clyde
Hank Guckes
Matt Quale
Eileen McCarthy Feldman
Jocelyn Nelson
Alan Schultz
Harry Vartanian
Associates
Jason Bethala
Alison Capponi
Jeannine Carr
Richard Cisek
Bill Kane
Sevile Mannickarottu
Wayne Robbins
Craig Schorr
Jane Fried Sheinfeld

Motivation:
Reach out to engineering undergraduates the summer after their graduation. Welcome letter from EAS about our group and how to stay connected.
Status:
 Sent letter last year to graduates
 Will send letter to this year’s graduates
 Recommend future EAS presidents continue in tradition

Motivation:
School alumni societies (like the EAS) have a different set of challenges relative to that of regional alumni groups. As such an ongoing exchange of ideas and best practices between
Penn’s School Alumni Societies would be beneficial to such groups.
In the past year, several meetings have taken place among leaders of Penn’s School Alumni Societies and those in attendance found the meetings to be productive and educational. A proposal has been made to establish a more formal standing committee for School Alumni Societies under the umbrella of Penn Alumni.
Status:
 Obtained verbal approval for the proposal from Hoopes
Wampler, Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations
 Writing up formal proposal for review by Hoopes in
August
 If approved, will be presented to Penn Alumni for consideration at the Fall Planning Meeting

Champion: Russ Miller
Committee:
What are you proposing?
I am proposing an improvement to the 2008-2009 initiative that established an EAS presence on LinkedIn and
Facebook.
While this establishment initiative was successfully completed, both the LinkedIn and Facebook groups are largely inactive. There is a need to improve the quality and quantity of the content of both of these websites.
The Board should appoint members to a committee that is focused on making recommendations to the Board that improves the content at these two websites.
Why should we do this?
There are more that 380 Penn Engineering alums on LinkedIn and 38 Penn Engineering Alums on Facebook who have indicated their interest in Penn Engineering by joining these groups. The EAS can directly reach these alums and push
Penn Engineering information to these interested alums by providing additional content to these groups.
Doing so has the potential of increasing alumni involvement in Penn Engineering and the EAS.
When (time of year) should we do it?
This should be a continuing effort with an immediate start date.

Champion: Jason Rifkin
Committee:
What are you proposing?
My proposal is a “Day in the Life of a Biotechnology Company” presentation. It seems that there is not enough focus on the biotech/bioengineering component of SEAS in terms of career opportunities, and this would be a way for students and members of the board to get a feel for what goes on in a biotech company, particularly a developmental stage company. I envision a panel made up of people filling the regulatory role, clinical operations role, business development role, intellectual property role, and finance role. Each would give a presentation on what they do on a day-to-day basis, and how it is unique in the current economic/medical/political atmosphere. My goal is to make this question/answer heavy.
Why should we do this?
I experienced a lack of biotech company presence while doing my masters program, and students need to at least know that great opportunities in industry are out there for science savvy people. There are a number of different roles within a biotech company that need to be filled, and much of what is required to perform these tasks is not taught or discussed in class. I’d rather not have people miss out on the opportunity to meet with hiring biotech companies at career fairs because they don’t know what their day-to-day duties would be.
When (time of year) should we do it?
This should be done in the fall so that students can incorporate what they hear into their current job hunt.

Champion:
Committee:
What are you proposing?
Why should we do this?
When (time of year) should we do it?

Event: Patent Presentation (2007, 2009)
Suggested Tasks:
1) Collaborate with Career services on planning the date
2) Format: Presentations by a small panel comprised of at least 1
Patent Attorney and a representative from Penn’s Technology Transfer dept.
Co-Chair Person: ______________ Co-Chair Person: __________________
Committee Members: _________________, ___________________, __________________
Event: PE Presentation
Suggested Tasks:
1) Schedule a panel presentation for students of at least 3 engineers who have a PE
2) Collaborate with Career services on planning the date
Co-Chair Person:
Committee Members:
Co-Chair Person:

Event: Homecoming Weekend
Requirements:
1) Collaborate with Development office on planning events for homecoming
2) Promote event to EAS
Chair Person:

Event: Senior Design Competition
Suggested Tasks:
1) Review rules & edit materials for design competition
2) Facilitate event day of
3) Serve as judge and/or score enterer
Co-Chair Person: Walter Korn Co-Chair Person:
Committee Members:

Event: Alumni Weekend
Suggested Tasks:
1) Collaborate with Development office on planning events for alumni weekend
2) Promote event to EAS
Chair Person:

Event: Graduate Student BBQ
Suggested Tasks:
1) Collaborate with Development office on planning Graduate Student BBQ
2) Sit at sign-in table, check IDs, welcome crowd
Co-Chair Person: Co-Chair Person:

Award: D . Robert Yarnall Award
Suggested Tasks:
1) Collaborate with Development office on obtaining recommendations
2) Tele-conference to review candidate bios
3) Make recommendation to board
4) Reach out to nominees
Co-Chair Person: Co-Chair Person:
Committee Members:

Activity: Student Mentoring
Suggested Tasks:
1) Collaborate with Career Planning on facilitating freshman mentoring program
2) Help Career Planning in finding needed alumni
3) Promote mentoring program to students and alumni
Co-Chair Person:
Committee Members:
Co-Chair Person:

Activity: Increasing Participation in Alumni Activities
Suggested Tasks:
1) In January, identify board members who are members of undergraduate classes with reunions the following year.
2) Find out who the assigned staff person is at Penn Alumni Relations for that class.
3) Encourage the board members to contact these staff people
4) Check on status in April or May.
Co-Chair Person: Co-Chair Person:
Committee Members:

Activity: Maintain EAS Website
Suggested Tasks:
1) Continually review website content to ensure it’s up to date
2) Post pictures, board meeting dates, etc
Chair Person:

Activity: Schedule Guest Speakers for Board Meetings
Suggested Tasks:
1) Shake engineering alumni tree for potential speakers
2) Contact potential speakers
3) Present Bio to board
4) Coordinate times that work for EAS & Speaker
Co-Chair Person: Co-Chair Person:
Speaker Suggestions 2009-2010
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• Penn Museum

Activity: Update SEAS Wiki Updates
Suggested Tasks:
1) Continually review SEAS Wiki content to ensure it’s up to date
2) Post new content
Chair Person: