CLUBS
CESS
President
of the Year
The Civil Engineering Student Society (CESS) aims to improve campus life by providing
a way for students to connect to one another across different year levels and
engineering disciplines. We host events that engage not just the student community
but also the professional community, so that students can expand their professional
networks. While the club focuses on engineers, anyone can join.
CESS aims to be a platform for students to
meet new people and make great friends.
Last year was an amazing year for us, and
saw the beginning of a strong camaraderie
between engineering clubs.
Previously, engineering clubs had little
communication with one another, and had
no solid plans of working together. The
goal of my presidency was to bring more
cohesion among different engineering
societies in addition to an overall
improvement of the club. As such, I would
regularly attend events from other clubs and
be in contact with club presidents who were
open minded and willing to try something
new. I also had a great team behind me
who had the flexibility and dedication to see
these changes through and maintain good
relationships with these clubs.
My thoughts are that we are all engineers
at the end of the day, and once we enter
the work force we are going to have to work
together. We might as well start now and
enjoy ourselves!
During Semester 1, with the help of the
Electrical Engineering Student Society
(EESS) and the Mechanical Engineering
Student Society (MESS), CESS established
the ‘Engineering Games Trivia Night’ in
which engineering disciplines had a chance
to win a trophy and bragging rights for the
year – more than 100 people showed up!
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Semester 2 brought about an Olympic
themed party which was the first of its
kind to include all three societies together
(CESS, EESS and MESS), also known as
the C.E.M. Bash. The three clubs put on a
great night with a substantial bar tab and
enough neon paint for an art exposition.
There are already plans for bigger and
better events in 2017. The Engineering
Games trivia night will be brought back for
the Civil Engineers to claim the trophy! We
are looking into securing more construction
site tours for our members to participate
in throughout the year, while keeping our
industry nights relevant to students and
their needs. We are also exploring future
projects for members to join in on and
improve their resumes.
Of course it goes without saying, we will be
upholding our reputation - hosting the best
engineering pub crawls on campus!
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