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| Elections for the 2010 BE Undergraduate Board will be held during the end of semester study break on '''Tuesday, December 8th from 11am-12pm'''. | | Elections for the 2013 BE Undergraduate Board are '''today''' at the end of semester study break on '''Wednesday December 12th'''. |
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| Candidate platforms are due on '''Friday, December 4th'''. Platforms should be submitted to '''Maryelise Cieslewicz''' at '''meciesle@mit.edu'''. After submission, platforms will be posted on the page.
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| ==Positions== | | ==Positions== |
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| The time commitment for all of the positions is about three hours a week. Responsibilities mainly include attending board meetings, sending emails to students and faculty, and attending events.
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| Faculty go-to person, runs the board and bi-weekly BE meetings | | Faculty go-to person, runs the board and bi-weekly BE meetings |
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| '''Vice President''': | | ''Katie Bodner & Nikki Neibloom'' |
| A little of everything, FPOP coordinator
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| '''Secretary''':
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| Sends out emails, takes minutes, reserves rooms for meetings
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| '''Treasurer''':
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| Orders food, budgets events, handles t-shirts, all other money situations
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| ==Platforms==
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| '''President'''
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| ''Kevin Hu''
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| Hi everyone. I'm Kevin Hu, and I'm running for president of the Biological
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| Engineering Undergraduate Board (BEUB). After regularly attending meetings, I
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| was extremely impressed by the ideas and genuine commitment that board members
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| had towards improving Course 20 for future biological engineers. I want to play
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| an active role in this group make a significant impact on the future of this
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| I would be a great addition to the BEUB because, over the past year, I have been
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| personally involved in the activities that this group has spearheaded. In
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| addition, I am one of the few members who have consistently participated in the
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| majority of the meetings for the past semester, which has given me a great
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| understanding of the organizational structure of the board and its ongoing
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| projects. Because of this experience, I have a unique grasp on what BEUB can
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| accomplish in the most effective and efficient manner, which would help me as
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| the leader of this organization.
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| I believe I have the skills needed to represent your thoughts and input. My RAA
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| experience has given me the skills needed to communicate suggestions that
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| undergraduates have for professors or advisors. As president of the BEUB, I
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| feel that I would be an excellent conduit for undergraduate opinions so that
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| faculty members can change and improve Course 20. One of the projects that I
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| want to lead is the creation of an underground guide (much like course 6),
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| which gives more informative feedback on various BE core classes and electives. Another idea may be fun social event where upperclassmen mingle and share their
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| experience and ideas with underclassmen (of course with food and refreshments
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| I look forward to the opportunity of working with you next year.
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| ''Sivakami Sambasivam''
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| Dear Course 20,
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| My name is Sivakami Sambasivam, and I am running to be your BEUB president. Last Spring, I attended a couple of the BEUB board meetings, and I was very excited to see the events and initiatives that were happening. The BEUB works to throw fun events and organize fun initiatives for the BE community and I would like to help lead it. The BEUB has done so much in the past year, and I see the potential it has to go so much further. As President, I will look to think outside of the box and bring in a new perspective that will allow the BEUB to reach its potential.
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| I have lots of experience with event planning and my goal this year is to make all the BE events, events that you want to come to and will show up to. As a member of the 2011 Class Council for 3 years, I have experience throwing events and listening to what the class wants. We organized a trip to Pour House, and this weekend, I am project managing the free ice skating event that will have chocolate fondue as well. I am also very detail oriented and will make the BEUB my top priority. I have experience working in teams as I co-chaired the SAAS Culture Show (a show with about 200 participants in Kresge for an audience of about 900 people), and as I was on crew freshman year. Further, I have worked closely with the Student Activities Office, and I know how to use a small budget to throw great events.
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| I also spoke to Professor Manalis, one of the professors who works closely with the club, and I am confident that I will be able to work closely with him as president to ensure that we can make BE the major you want it to be. I am very excited to develop a community within BE, and I am hoping to hear your input on how we can do this. How can we make the BE lounge a place where you want to pset with your friends or a place where you will frequently stop by? What BE gear do you want? What panels of BE alumnae do you want to hear from? Do you want a BE alum/student mentor program? Do you want more faculty/student lunches? I am also very excited about the idea of a BE FPOP that was presented at one of the BEUB meetings I attended, and I want your help to help us make this idea a reality. I am excited to hear from you, and I will work very hard with my executive board this year to make sure that your voices are heard and that events and initiatives that you will enjoy are undertaken.
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| Thank you very much, Sivakami
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| '''Vice President'''
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| ''Ginger Yang''
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| Coming into MIT, I didn't really have any interest in bioengineering or knew what it exactly was. However, after attending events hosted by the BE Undergraduate Board, I have decided to become a bioengineering major. I would love to become part of the BE board in order to facilitate discussion between faculty and students because I feel many students are hesitant to approach professors. Also, as bioengineering is a relatively new major at MIT, there are still definitely room for change and feedback from the students and I would like to be a part of this. Finally, having organized many different types of events through other leadership roles (ATS, MUBA, MITCE, RAA, and REX chair), I feel that I have the necessary experience to carry out the job. I am very excited and enthusiastic about becoming a course 20 major and hope that as either Vice President or Secretary of the BE Board, I will be able to share this enthusiasm with other course 20s.
| | Nikki Neibloom and Katie Bodner are running for 2014-2015 BEUB Co-Presidents. As juniors this past year, Nikki has performed as Vice President of BEUB and Katie has been the Secretary. We are both engrossed in course 20 and want to be even more involved in BEUB in the coming semester. One of our goals as presidents is to highlight opportunities for course 20 students after graduation other than going to grad school. We also want to help rising seniors find grad schools and connect them with current graduate students. More importantly, we believe that course 20 really needs some t-shirts and a whole lot more cheesecake. Thanks! |
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| ''Anne Ye'' | | ''Edgar Aranda-Michel & Kevin Hu'' |
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| Hello, Course 20, I’m Anne Ye, and I’m running for the BE Undergraduate Board. I attended several events organized by BEUB last year that were very helpful in giving me an opportunity to get answers from professors and upperclassmen to my questions about Course 20 – its classes and faculty, innovative research in the field, and potential career paths. This year, I would like to become part of the BE Board and get involved in organizing these types of events and more to help prospective and current Course 20 students.
| | Hi! Edgar and Kevin here. We'd like to be your BEUB Co-Presidents. We're both juniors with plenty of experience working with faculty and extensive knowledge about the current curriculum of BE and related majors like Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Computational Biology. Together we will promote changes in the department (especially the curriculum) based upon student feedback and ensure that you can make the most of your time at MIT. To start off, we've already sent out a survey to the current seniors asking for feedback on their experiences in the major. In case that's not enough for you, we'll also be having more of our usual study breaks that we all love. See you there! |
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| As a member of the BEUB, I will work to encourage more interaction and discussion between students and faculty, whether it be through more student/faculty lunches, panels of faculty members to offer advice and talk about their career paths and research interests, or other ideas for informative, engaging events that you are interested in. Other new projects that I hope to launch are industry career development events, such as industry tours, and an event similar to a Grad School Admissions panel, but geared towards applying for internships/jobs at companies in biotech, pharmaceuticals, etc. I will work to communicate students’ suggestions and feedback to faculty members, so that Course 20 undergrads can play an integral role in developing a curriculum and department that best meet their needs and interests.
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| I believe I can make a significant contribution to the BEUB and to Course 20 because I am good at being proactive in communicating with professors and industry representatives. I am also highly organized and good at managing time efficiently. Finally, I am always really interested to hear the ideas and input of other students, and combined with my own experience on deciding my major, picking classes, etc., I believe I have a good feel for common questions and suggestions. I am very excited to join Course 20, and I hope I can contribute to improving the major even more.
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| | A little of everything, responsible for coordinating FPOP |
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| ''Sivakami Sambasivam'' | | ''Deniz Askel'' |
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| Dear Course 20,
| | I’m Deniz Aksel, and I would like to be the next Vice President of the BE Undergraduate Board. I find this position to be very important, as it involves organizing the Discover Biological Engineering FPOP; an important resource for the department in terms of getting incoming students excited about the major and expanding the MIT BE community. As someone that has experienced the FPOP from both the incoming freshman and counselor perspectives, I believe I have a clear understanding of what representing our department in a fun and effective way entails. In addition to the FPOP organization, I believe that the VP position has a lot of untapped potential. I would personally like to focus on improving and strengthening the community feeling of our department. I plan on helping organize study breaks with visiting professors to improve faculty-student relations. I will also be very open to other event or improvement suggestions from you. I believe that the VP position entails not only showing incoming freshmen, but also current BE students that Course 20 is the best! |
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| My name is Sivakami Sambasivam, and I am running for your BEUB. If I cannot be your president, I would still like to contribute to the Board as your VP! Last Spring, I attended a couple of the BEUB board meetings, and I was very excited to see the events and initiatives that they were happening. The BEUB works to throw fun events and organize fun initiatives for the BE community and I would like to be a part of it. The BEUB has done so much in the past year, and I see the potential it has to go so much further. As President, I will look to think outside of the box and bring in a new perspective that will allow the BEUB to reach its potential.
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| | * '''Secretary''': |
| | Takes minutes, adds notes to wiki, reserves rooms for meetings |
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| I have lots of experience with event planning and my goal this year is to make all the BE events, events that you want to come to and will show up to. As a member of the 2011 Class Council for 3 years, I have experience throwing events and listening to what the class wants. We organized a trip to Pour House, and this weekend, I am project managing the free ice skating event that will have chocolate fondue as well. I am also very detail oriented and will make the BEUB my top priority. I have experience working in teams as I co-chaired the SAAS Culture Show (a show with about 200 participants in Kresge for an audience of about 900 people), and as I was on crew freshman year. Further, I have worked closely with the Student Activities Office, and I know how to use a small budget to throw great events.
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| I also spoke to Professor Manalis, one of the professors who works closely with the club, and I am confident that I will be able to work closely with him as president to ensure that we can make BE the major we want it to be. I am very excited to develop a community within BE, and I am hoping to hear your input on how we can do this. How can we make the BE lounge a place where you want to pset with your friends or a place where you will frequently stop by? What BE gear do you want? What panels of BE alumnae do you want to hear from? Do you want a BE alum/student mentor program? Do you want more faculty/student lunches? I am also very excited about the idea of a BE FPOP that was presented at one of the BEUB meetings I attended, and I want your help to help us make this idea a reality. I am excited to hear from you, and I will work very hard with my executive board this year to make sure that your voices are heard and that events and initiatives that you will enjoy are undertaken.
| | ''Jennifer Thornton'' |
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| Thank you very much, | | Hi there! My name is Jennifer Thornton, and I'm a junior running for Secretary of the BE undergraduate board. I’m excited to get involved with the BE board because I want to work to make the Course 20 student body connected, well fed, and in-the-know! In terms of my secretarial skills, I have experience taking minutes for student groups and I love keeping organized notes and getting things done. Also, I’m specifically aiming to redesign and consistently update our BEUB wiki so that it is easy to navigate and full of information on current events and projects for BE undergrads. The board exists to benefit every Course 20 undergrad-as Secretary, I will work tirelessly to make sure that it does. Thank you! ACG CAC GCA AAU AAA UCG :) |
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| '''Secretary''' | | * '''Treasurer''': |
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| ''Ginger Yang''
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| Coming into MIT, I didn't really have any interest in bioengineering or knew what it exactly was. However, after attending events hosted by the BE Undergraduate Board, I have decided to become a bioengineering major. I would love to become part of the BE board in order to facilitate discussion between faculty and students because I feel many students are hesitant to approach professors. Also, as bioengineering is a relatively new major at MIT, there are still definitely room for change and feedback from the students and I would like to be a part of this. Finally, having organized many different types of events through other leadership roles (ATS, MUBA, MITCE, RAA, and REX chair), I feel that I have the necessary experience to carry out the job. I am very excited and enthusiastic about becoming a course 20 major and hope that as either Vice President or Secretary of the BE Board, I will be able to share this enthusiasm with other course 20s.
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| | Hi Course 20! My name is Karinna Vivanco, and I am running for BEUB treasurer. This past year, I've acted as the BEUB campus representative and have really enjoyed helping to develop communication within the department. I would really like to continue on the board to help plan even more study breaks and events that could connect the department even further. I know there is so much interest within our major to meet more Course 20s but not as many organized opportunities. I would like to improve upon that with careful event planning to make bonding more practical. Aside from serving on the board, I've been an active leader on the executive boards of both my dorm and dance community. I believe I have the experience and enthusiasm to help improve our department. Thank you! :) |
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| ''Anne Ye''
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| Hello, Course 20, I’m Anne Ye, and I’m running for the BE Undergraduate Board. I attended several events organized by BEUB last year that were very helpful in giving me an opportunity to get answers from professors and upperclassmen to my questions about Course 20 – its classes and faculty, innovative research in the field, and potential career paths. This year, I would like to become part of the BE Board and get involved in organizing these types of events and more to help prospective and current Course 20 students.
| | ''Hannah Kempton'' |
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| As a member of the BEUB, I will work to encourage more interaction and discussion between students and faculty, whether it be through more student/faculty lunches, panels of faculty members to offer advice and talk about their career paths and research interests, or other ideas for informative, engaging events that you are interested in. Other new projects that I hope to launch are industry career development events, such as industry tours, and an event similar to a Grad School Admissions panel, but geared towards applying for internships/jobs at companies in biotech, pharmaceuticals, etc. I will work to communicate students’ suggestions and feedback to faculty members, so that Course 20 undergrads can play an integral role in developing a curriculum and department that best meet their needs and interests.
| | Hey Course 20! My name is Hannah Kempton and I'm a junior running for treasurer of the BE undergraduate board. I'm excited and passionate about course 20--outside of class, I'm a BE associate advisor and I UROP in the Zhang lab in the Broad. I would love to get more involved in the department by combining my two main interests: biological engineering and food! For the past 2 years I have been on the planning board of SWE, where my main responsibility was organizing events for members and (most importantly) ordering food for said events. As a result, I have experience working collaboratively to plan study breaks, budgeting events, dealing with reimbursements, and ordering food from the tastiest restaurants in Cambridge! As your treasurer I promise to plan many delicious study breaks throughout the semester and to work on hopefully getting course 20 tshirts for the department. Thanks! :) |
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| I believe I can make a significant contribution to the BEUB and to Course 20 because I am good at being proactive in communicating with professors and industry representatives. I am also highly organized and good at managing time efficiently. Finally, I am always really interested to hear the ideas and input of other students, and combined with my own experience on deciding my major, picking classes, etc., I believe I have a good feel for common questions and suggestions. I am very excited to join Course 20, and I hope I can contribute to improving the major even more.
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| ''Ragheb El Khaja'' | | ''Jennifer Ibanez'' |
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| Hey my name is Ragheb, I am a Sophomore in Course 20 and I am running for treasurer of the Biological Engineering Undergraduate Board. I would like to join the team because I believe it truly enhances the experience of all BE majors. I really enjoyed the events held by the board (both social and academic) and I would like to contribute to its success. I would like to help the board reach out to more students, help freshmen choose their majors and enhance the sense of community in BE in general. I am currently the Treasurer for my floor in Burton-Conner. I hope to be able to work with the board to make Course 20 even more awesome!
| | Throughout my time here at MIT, the BE department has shown me nothing but love. Though the major is no doubt one of the more difficult, I have always found the faculty and student body to be very supportive and accessible to each other. I am running for Campus Representative because I would love to become more involved in the BE community, and I believe having students’ opinions represented in the Board is very important. In high school, I was on several planning committees and also served as student representative in various student-faculty groups. |
Elections for the 2013 BE Undergraduate Board are today at the end of semester study break on Wednesday December 12th.
Positions
Faculty go-to person, runs the board and bi-weekly BE meetings
Katie Bodner & Nikki Neibloom
Nikki Neibloom and Katie Bodner are running for 2014-2015 BEUB Co-Presidents. As juniors this past year, Nikki has performed as Vice President of BEUB and Katie has been the Secretary. We are both engrossed in course 20 and want to be even more involved in BEUB in the coming semester. One of our goals as presidents is to highlight opportunities for course 20 students after graduation other than going to grad school. We also want to help rising seniors find grad schools and connect them with current graduate students. More importantly, we believe that course 20 really needs some t-shirts and a whole lot more cheesecake. Thanks!
Edgar Aranda-Michel & Kevin Hu
Hi! Edgar and Kevin here. We'd like to be your BEUB Co-Presidents. We're both juniors with plenty of experience working with faculty and extensive knowledge about the current curriculum of BE and related majors like Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Computational Biology. Together we will promote changes in the department (especially the curriculum) based upon student feedback and ensure that you can make the most of your time at MIT. To start off, we've already sent out a survey to the current seniors asking for feedback on their experiences in the major. In case that's not enough for you, we'll also be having more of our usual study breaks that we all love. See you there!
A little of everything, responsible for coordinating FPOP
Deniz Askel
I’m Deniz Aksel, and I would like to be the next Vice President of the BE Undergraduate Board. I find this position to be very important, as it involves organizing the Discover Biological Engineering FPOP; an important resource for the department in terms of getting incoming students excited about the major and expanding the MIT BE community. As someone that has experienced the FPOP from both the incoming freshman and counselor perspectives, I believe I have a clear understanding of what representing our department in a fun and effective way entails. In addition to the FPOP organization, I believe that the VP position has a lot of untapped potential. I would personally like to focus on improving and strengthening the community feeling of our department. I plan on helping organize study breaks with visiting professors to improve faculty-student relations. I will also be very open to other event or improvement suggestions from you. I believe that the VP position entails not only showing incoming freshmen, but also current BE students that Course 20 is the best!
Takes minutes, adds notes to wiki, reserves rooms for meetings
Jennifer Thornton
Hi there! My name is Jennifer Thornton, and I'm a junior running for Secretary of the BE undergraduate board. I’m excited to get involved with the BE board because I want to work to make the Course 20 student body connected, well fed, and in-the-know! In terms of my secretarial skills, I have experience taking minutes for student groups and I love keeping organized notes and getting things done. Also, I’m specifically aiming to redesign and consistently update our BEUB wiki so that it is easy to navigate and full of information on current events and projects for BE undergrads. The board exists to benefit every Course 20 undergrad-as Secretary, I will work tirelessly to make sure that it does. Thank you! ACG CAC GCA AAU AAA UCG :)
Orders food, budgets events, handles merchandise, all other pecuniary needs
Karinna Vivanco
Hi Course 20! My name is Karinna Vivanco, and I am running for BEUB treasurer. This past year, I've acted as the BEUB campus representative and have really enjoyed helping to develop communication within the department. I would really like to continue on the board to help plan even more study breaks and events that could connect the department even further. I know there is so much interest within our major to meet more Course 20s but not as many organized opportunities. I would like to improve upon that with careful event planning to make bonding more practical. Aside from serving on the board, I've been an active leader on the executive boards of both my dorm and dance community. I believe I have the experience and enthusiasm to help improve our department. Thank you! :)
Hannah Kempton
Hey Course 20! My name is Hannah Kempton and I'm a junior running for treasurer of the BE undergraduate board. I'm excited and passionate about course 20--outside of class, I'm a BE associate advisor and I UROP in the Zhang lab in the Broad. I would love to get more involved in the department by combining my two main interests: biological engineering and food! For the past 2 years I have been on the planning board of SWE, where my main responsibility was organizing events for members and (most importantly) ordering food for said events. As a result, I have experience working collaboratively to plan study breaks, budgeting events, dealing with reimbursements, and ordering food from the tastiest restaurants in Cambridge! As your treasurer I promise to plan many delicious study breaks throughout the semester and to work on hopefully getting course 20 tshirts for the department. Thanks! :)
Responsible for communicating with the student body, emails, and publicizing events
Jennifer Ibanez
Throughout my time here at MIT, the BE department has shown me nothing but love. Though the major is no doubt one of the more difficult, I have always found the faculty and student body to be very supportive and accessible to each other. I am running for Campus Representative because I would love to become more involved in the BE community, and I believe having students’ opinions represented in the Board is very important. In high school, I was on several planning committees and also served as student representative in various student-faculty groups.
