ETA KAPPA NU (HKN)
FIRST GENERAL MEETING
Alpha Chapter at UIUC
Fall 2014
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WHAT IS HKN?
A
student organization created to promote
scholarship, character, and leadership
 The
honor society of the UIUC ECE
department
 The
honor society of the IEEE
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W
HAT DO WE DO?
Student Services
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Tutoring
DEN
Mock Interviews
Various tutorial sessions
 Corporate
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Tech Talks
Talk to recruiters and get you interviews
Meet other smart students
 Social
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Events and Networking
Events
Power lunches
Mario Kart Mondays
Broom Ball
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HOW CAN I GET
INVOLVED?
 Join
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a Committee
No membership requirement to be on a
committee!
 Come
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to our events!
Corporate tech talks, social events, etc.
 Become
a tutor, lead a review session, or
become a mock interviewer
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We could really use your help!
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HOW DO I BECOME
A MEMBER?
 Top
33% of Seniors OR
 Top 25% of Juniors OR
 Top 20% with 45-59 credit hours OR
 Be a graduate student
 At least 3 ece classes
 At least 1 semester at UIUC
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MICHAEL LOWNEY
lowney2@illinois.edu
President
 Liaise with the ECE department
 Oversee everything HKN related and
create a vision for the future of HKN
Alpha Chapter
 ECESAC representative for HKN
Ways to get involved
 Have an idea or an opinion about the
direction of HKN? Let me know
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AJ LIU
aliu13@illinois.edu
Vice President
 Oversees officers and
coordinates board meetings
and notes
 Network and organize events
with alumni
Ways to get involved
 Suggest ways to expand HKN’s
outreach to alumni
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MATT TSAO
mwtsao2@illinois.edu
Treasurer
 Manage Money
 Fundraise
 Buy Pizza!
Ways to get involved
 Think of ways to make more money!
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DAN FERNANDES
daferna2@illinois.edu
Technology
 Manage the HKN website
 Manage the mailing lists
 Undertake tech projects for the
rest of HKN
Ways to get involved
 Join Technology Committee
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SIDDHANTH MUNUKUTLA
munukut2@illinois.edu
Director of Corporate Relations
 Correspond with corporate
representatives
 Organize tech talks and other events
 Update the resume book
 Professional development
Ways to get involved
 Join Corporate Committee
 Help coordinate tech talks
 Think up ideas for new corporate
events
 Help manage the resume book
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SERENA LI
sli61@illinois.edu
Director of Publicity
 Publish weekly newsletter
 Co-manages HKN events gCal
 Creates and distributes flyers for events
 Facebook
Ways to get involved
 Join Publicity Committee
 Help me create and post up flyers
 Improve the newsletter
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SAM BUERKLIN
buerckl2@illinois.edu
Editor-in-Chief of Dr. Everitt’s Neighborhood
 All things DEN
Recruiting writers
 Editing/revising course reviews
 Web development for DEN, with help from
Director of Tech
 Surveys to gather information for course feedback
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Ways to get involved
 Join DEN Committee
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Need editors, help with web and wiki
development, new initiatives
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BRANDON SEISER
seiser2@illinois.edu
Director of Events
 Organize and publicize social events for
students
 Work with Corporate Director to help
companies sponsor events
 Eat lots of free food
Ways to get involved
 Help plan events
 Attend and help run events
 Who do you want to see for Power
Lunches?
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YINGXI HAI
hai2@illinois.edu
Secretary
 HKN photographer
 HKN representative at EC
 Communicate with HKN
Nationals
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JOHNNY DUAN
xduan6@illinois.edu
Director of Student Services
 Organize review sessions and
tutorials
 Organize Mock Interviews
Ways to get involved
 Join the Student Service Committee
Create, plan and teach new tutorials
Organize review sessions for ECE
classes
 Manage tutoring
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Help run review sessions
Mock technical interviews
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SAM ALMULLA
almulla2@illinois.edu
Director of Initiate Affairs
 In charge of the initiation
process
 Answer any questions for new
initiates of UIUC HKN
 Organize initiate events and
initiation
Ways to get involved
 Join HKN!
 Suggest ways to improve the
initiation process
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SHAWN AHN
sahn15@illinois.edu
Director of Operations
 Organize the HKN office
 Manage past exam colection
 Track/manage office hours
 Help run the new ECE open Lab
Ways to get involved
 Suggest ways to keep the office organized
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ALEX HSU
awhsu2@illinois.edu
Student Resources – EE
 Create and manage student resources
Video tutorials
 Manage one-on-one tutoring program
 Tutorials for various ECE classes
 Eagle and Matlab workshops
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Ways to get involved
 Join Student Resources Committee
Sign up to be a tutor
 Help make youtube videos
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DARIO ARANGUIZ
arangui2@illinois.edu
Student Resources - CompE
 Create and manage student
resources
New Wiki page to review ECE
course Material
 Tutorials for various ECE classes
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ECE 198/ECE 391 GDB and Valgrind
Ways to get involved
 Join Student Resources
Committee
 Write articles for the Wiki page
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 Add
our gcal!
 Social Events
Happy at 4pm on Fridays at Legends
 End of semester thank you celebration
 Video game Mondays
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 Tech
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Talks
John Deere (Sept 9th); 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Bloomberg (Sept 15th); 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Qualcomm (Sept 23rd); 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Lunch with Goldman Sachs (Sept 9th); 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Intel Corporation (Sept 22nd); 1015 ECEB 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Qumulo (Sept 22nd); 1013 ECEB 7:00pm to 8:00pm
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QUESTIONS?
Sign up for the mailing list!
Sign up for committees!
Be an interviewer!
Like our facebook page:
facebook.com/hknillinois
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