CEHS has been hosting a peanut butter and jelly and grilled cheese fundraiser in the Armstrong lobby over the past few weeks. People have been excited about getting a made-to-order grilled cheese as well as a combo, which includes a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a bottle of water. We hope to raise more money for our society as this semester comes to a close.
TCNJ Civil Engineering and CEHS Alumni, Lauren Santullo and Alberto Torres, came back to TCNJ to give a presentation about Senior Projects and Graduate School. CEHS was proud to host this event to help educate current civil engineering students about their upcoming future. Our members (and our advisor, Dr. Krstic) were very happy to see and catch up with Lauren and Alberto.
CEHS assisted Dr. Martha Stella, Assistant Dean for Student Services, by helping her move into her new office. Our members were responsible for fabricating legs to support her desk and for securing the hutch piece to the desk itself. Dr. Stella was very grateful to have her hutch back.
A few of our members regularly help out the Civil Engineering Department at TCNJ’s Lions Day Open Houses and admissions events. Our members assist faculty in presenting about our civil engineering program and answering any questions that prospective students and parents may have. This is a departmental service event that CEHS is proud to be a part of!
Our members celebrated Thanksgiving a little early with a friendly pumpkin pie eating contest this week. Two pledges took on two of our current members to see who could eat their slices of pie the fastest without using their hands. It’s pretty clear that our current members won this competition after seeing the video of our President’s pie-eating skills:
We are currently working on implementing tutoring sessions as a service that our society can provide for underclassmen. This service strives to share and spread knowledge in courses specific to the civil engineering curriculum. Further, we hope to unite the civil engineering community at TCNJ by making the bonds across the classes stronger year after year. It seems like the sessions have been successful so far.
Last week, our accepted pledges ran for executive board positions for the upcoming semester. These members will assume their roles in January. Congratulations to our new E-Board!
President: Anthony LaRegina
Vice President: Erin Lafferty
Secretary: Jennifer Puschak
Treasurer: Jeremy Chopp
Fundraising Chair: Ashley Hyde
Communications Chair: Nicole Byrne
Marshal: Tommy Cunningham
Web Master: Ashley Hyde
Community Service Chair: Taylor Barrett
Last week, all CEHS members participated in pledge week by dressing up and wearing badges identifying us as CEHS members or pledges. The purpose of pledge week is to show pride in our accomplishments and be proud of the organization we are a part of. Congratulations to our 8 pledges!
On November 7, CEHS and ITE co-sponsored the Technology-Driven Transportation Systems’s Management & Operations (TSMO) Seminar. Our guest speaker for the seminar was C. William Kingsland, the Assistant Commissioner at NJDOT. We thank him for sharing his knowledge on the upcoming advancements and technology goals NJDOT has planned for the future.
As an act of service, each of our junior members has made a donation to make a loan through Kiva, a non-profit organization. This year, our members decided to loan their money to Tiên from Vietnam to help pay for tuition and school supplies for her children. The TCNJ CEHS Kiva account hopes to get its loan repaid so that next year’s new members can continue to help others around the world one loan at a time.
For more information about Kiva and Tiên, please visit the link below:
