Fall Welcome Fest

Thursday, September 19, 2024
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Outside on the EMS Plaza

(inside EMS lobby in case of rain)

Students, faculty and staff of the College of Engineering & Applied Science are welcome to join us for our annual back to school welcome event held outside on the EMS Plaza (between EMS and Physics).

  • Meet students, faculty and staff from our college.
  • Learn about our student organizations.
  • Play some lawn games (bag toss, giant Jenga, ping pong, giant checkers).
  • Collect stamps at different tables to win a prize.
  • Keep an eye out for Pounce!
  • Group photo with Pounce, students, faculty and staff at 12:15 pm.

Welcome

  • Check-in hosted by your Academic Advisors (bring your ID.)
  • Get your stamp card
    • You need the stamp card to get your free lunch.
    • Write your name, major and preferred contact info on the card.
    • See what kind of prizes you can get for stamps.
  • Ask any questions you might have.

Get your Free Lunch

  • Jimmy John’s sandwiches, chips, soda and water.

Collect Stamps for a Prize

  • Meet some people from our college community and collect stamps from the student orgs, your deans and our college departments tables to get a prize.
  • Deans
    • Dean Brett Peters
    • Associate Dean for Research, Andy Graettinger
    • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Prasenjit Guptasarma
    • Assistant Dean, Todd Johnson
  • Accelerated Graduate Degree
  • Career Services
  • Connected Systems Institute
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Undergraduate Research (SURF)
  • Tutoring Center

Free T-Shirt for Freshmen & Transfers

  • Stop by the Student Support Center table.
  • Complete the new freshmen and transfer student survey (it only takes 3-5 minutes online).
  • Get a free t-shirt from our college (while supplies last).

Prizes

  • The more stamps, the better the prize! Redeem at check-in table by 1:30 pm.
    • 1-3 stamps = sticker, magnet or keychain
    • 4-5 stamps = short lanyard or 5-in-1 engineer pen
    • 6-7 stamps = pint glass, mason jar, or coffee mug
    • 8-10 stamps = baseball hat, journal
    • 11+ stamps = umbrella
  • One prize per person, while supplies last.
Stop by the Student Org Fair on the EMS Plaza. Meet some new people and get involved outside the classroom.

Biomedical Engineering

  • Biomedical Engineering Society at UWM (BMES)

Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)

Computer Science

  • Google Developers Group at UWM
  • The Computer Society (IEEE-CS)

Electrical Engineering

  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IIE)

Materials Engineering

  • American Foundry Society (AFS)

Mechanical Engineering

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • Association of Energy Engineers
  • American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Electrical Vehicle Club (EVC)

More Student Organizations

  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
  • Prototyping Club
  • Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Student Org Leaders – Register to host a table at the event here by 9/12/24

We’re Looking Forward to Seeing You!

Questions? Michelle Boehm boehmmm@uwm.edu