Sam Gheesling ASME Andrew Gall SME John Schaufelberger WSPE George Bondor SAE Dave Butcher IEEE Paul Kostek. INCOSE Kelsi Bonner SWE LeSi Qu SWE
Special Meeting to discuss a STEM opportunity
Luis Leon received information about an opportunity for PSEC and asked that the Council discuss it.
The opportunity is the “Tacoma Police Department’s 4th Annual Kids Health & Safety Fair “
This will take place at the Tacoma Dome on 29 August 2026 from 10 am to 1 pm.
This year they are “are expanding our vision to inspire children to explore future career opportunities and better understand pathways to success. We are also working to include interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) demonstrations and hands-on exhibits to show youth what is possible for their future, we’re very excited about this!”
Andrew explained that the event, organized by the Tacoma Police Department, aims to expand into a STEM and back-to-school focused event where PSEC would be invited to set up 2-3 interactive engineering booths similar to their engineering fair format.
Dave agreed to handle the follow-up and forwarding of information to the PSEC community.
The group agreed this sounded like an excellent opportunity.
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Other business
The group briefly discussed the Engineering Banquet and the possibility of having it in 2027. This will be hashed out in depth during our Fall meetings.
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Societies Activities
ASMI: Luis ASMI completed their trustee meetings with successful presentations on metallurgical issues (GE engine blade issue and a Boeing battery issue). WSPE: John, no meeting planned ASME: Sam planning a mousetrap contest SME: Andrew – SAE: George, private pizza meeting and presentation and recruitment, tentatively scheduled for 9 Jun. Also had a ZOOM presentation on UW SAE formula electric car. INCOSE: Paul, meeting 24 Jun tour of PACCAR truck electrification lab and a presentation by Tracy Farwell on energy management systems IEEE: Dave No Jun meeting on schedule yet SAMPE: Tiffany upcoming tour of UW Advanced Composite center and the successful outreach event with Seattle Public Schools
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Treasurers Report
Dave reported $12K in the bank,( about $1.6K increase over last years balance at this time due to no banquet this year)
Engineering Banquet
The future of the banquet is in a state of flux. A few topics were mentioned Low number of award nominations. Low attendance Appetizer or buffet instead of table served meal Different lower cost venue Hold the banquet every other year Plan to discuss the Banquet in the September meeting Andrew requested an update to Randy Slate’s Government Engineer of the year to include his work at Snohomish County; Dave agreed to handle this
Mentor nights
The UW Bothell event went well with a good turnout
Other Business
Discussed a possible PSEC board social event, possibly a Mariners game
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor Still looking for volunteers to step into these positions President Elect Need a webmaster K-12 Activities Chair
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Societies Activities
AIAA: See other business ASMI Luis 5/14 at 6:00 at Ivars, Erik, trustee from ASM, presentation on 787 battery investigation it will be the last meeting for the year WSPE: John, nothing planned for May ASME: Sam Gheesling, May 3rd Engagement, green lake clean up and brunch, 5 section members and Chelse from national participated ASCE: Rom Past Events April 11-12 – PNW Symposia – Concrete Canoe Races hosted by UW – Held at Lake Sammamish April 17-18 – PNW Symposia – Steel Bridge, Timber Strong Design, Surveying, etc. Competitions – Hosted by University of Alaska Anchorage April 30 – Dinner with SEAW at Ivar’s Acres of Clams – I-90/Sound Transit Light Rail Upcoming Events May 20 – UW and SU Dinner Meeting at UW Top two students teams from each school will present August 20 – ASCE Seattle Section Awards – Hotel Sorrento
SME: Andrew – April 28th SASPUG meeting at Museum of flight, SAE – George, private pizza meeting and presentation and recruitment, date TBD INCOSE – Paul, 13 May, Chris Armstrong to talk on Systems Modeling Language (SysMl) Version 2 IEEE: Dave, May 14-15th at WSU Everett, AI workshop IISE, Kaz, 28 May Board Mtg 7 May Top Golf at 5:00 14 May UW IISE Awards night at 6:00 Mariners game date to TBD SWE – LeSi Qu .May 17th – SWE PNW Annual Spring Banquet Leadership applications are open. May 23rd AI Workshop SHPE – Stef 6 May Edmonds Community College Career Panel ASHRAE – Emily – Chapter meetings, April 10th Student night UW-Bothell ASHRAE club
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General
Treasurers Report: Dave PSEC to pay $1032 for Engineering Fair background checks per vote taken in April meeting Paid $130 for Drop box storage Current balance $11938
Engineering Fair: Per April meeting vote PSEC will pay for background checks. These checks are good for next year as well
Mentor nights
Luis has tried to engage UW Tacoma – had meeting last week, First two weeks of April, Tacoma CC is not interested
Luis has made several unsuccessful calls to Green River. No response
UW Bothel. 29 May. ASME Chapter at UW Bothell is hosting an industry mentorship night, featuring a series of round-table discussions with rotating groups of engineering students. The event will be at UWB DISC-162 on Friday, May 29th, from 5:30–8 p.m. We ask that mentors arrive 10-15 minutes early if possible. https://gather.uwb.edu/rsvp?id=380820
Other Business
LeSi met a member of AIAA who expressed interest in PSEC. She will forward contact info to Andrew or Dave to send a formal invite to the member.
Discussed a possible PSEC board social event, possibly a Mariners game
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor Still looking for volunteers to step into these positions President Elect Need a webmaster K-12 Activities Chair
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Societies Activities
AIAA: Patrick, report? ASMI Luis 5/14 at 6:00 at Ivars, Erik, trustee from ASM, Fatigue Analysis Engine Components presenting at UW Material Science as well SAMPE: Tiffany, SAMPE event April 27-30, hosting Seattle Public Schools event as well. WSPE: John, no updates ASME: Sam Gheesling, April 3rd Tour at Microsoft (and online), moving meetings to the UW? ASCE: Rom April 10-11 UW hosting concrete canoes,legislative meetings in Washington D.C., along with upcoming events including concrete canoe and steel bridge competition ASHRAE: Emily. upcoming student night event at the University of Washington Bothell on April 10th. SME: Andrew – nothing new SAE – George, section challenges, including addressing membership apathy and website hosting issues, as well as ongoing difficulties finding meeting speakers. INCOSE – Paul, announced a speaking engagement about software certification improvements at Boeing on April 8th in Bellevue. IEEE: Dave, no update IISE, Kaz, considering a merger with another organization due poor participation SWE – Kelsii and LeSi .PNW’s outreach activities, including participation in the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair, STEM nights at elementary schools, and upcoming events like the Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Engineering Roundtable, and Earth Day park cleanup. LeSi equested suggestions for keynote speakers 17 May event SHPE – no update
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General
Treasurers Report: Dave Paid website renewal fee of $281 Received a bill of approximately $1000 from Pacific Science center for Engineering Fair exhibitors background checks.
Engineering Fair: Group discussed bill for Engineering Fair volunteer exhibitors background checks. A proposal was put to the floor for PSEC to cover the cost of the background checks. This was voted on and approved.
Mentor nights
UW Tacoma decided not to hold a mentor night this year. Luis has made several unsuccessful calls to Green River. No response
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for volunteers to step into these positions President Elect Need a webmaster K-12 Activities Chair
Meeting terminated at 6:40 pm
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Luis Leon ASMI Sam Gheesling ASME Andrew Gall SME Romulus ASCE John Schaufelberg WSPE George Bondor SAE Dave Butcher IEEE Paul Kostek. INCOSE Dave Butcher IEEE Kaz Takeda IISE Stef Fernandez SHPE Tiffany Tang SWE and SAMPE Kelsi Bonner SWE Rachel Brown SU
Approval of Feb Meeting Minutes
Dave motion to approve , Sam seconded, approved
Societies Activities
AIAA: Patrick, report? ASMI Luis 5/14 at 6:00 at Ivars, Erik, trustee from ASM, Fatigue Analysis Engine Components presenting at UW Material Science as well SAMPE: Tiffany, working on a student event for March, SAMPE event at the end of April 27-30, hosting Seattle Public Schools event as well. WSPE: John, nothing planned for March, Fair was great experience, most were younger students, 5 Junior High or High School ASME: Sam Gheesling, Kenworth tour did not go, going to reschedule, April 3rd Tour at Microsoft (and online), moving meetings to the UW? ASCE: Rom just came back from ASCE at Reno, 200+ members attended, February had Seattle U panel, One at UW, Pathways for Engineers. March 14th will be Popsicle Bridge Competition at Museum of Flight, March 26th Joint Dinner Meeting for Geo and general section. April 10-11 UW hosting concrete canoes, August 20th Seattle Section Awards Dinner at Sorrento ASHRAE: – report SME: Andrew – nothing new SAE – George, section had a great meeting speaker for February 17th Virtual Meeting , Phil Stevens Director at PACCAR Technical Center, battery for semi-trucks INCOSE – Paul, March INCOSE Seattle Metro Chapter (SMC) General Membership Meeting will be held in-person and virtually on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM (PST). Our featured speaker is Dr. Dallas Rosson, PhD, PMP, CSEP, an accomplished systems engineer, computer scientist, and project manager with over 20 years of Department of Defense software development experience IEEE: Dave Butcher, next Tuesday on March 10th at Seattle U IISE, Kaz, IISE, upcoming IISE below: Georgetown Steam Plant, Saturday, March 14, 2026 12:30 PM SWE – Kelsii – Highschool Engineering Fair at March 7th, West Seattle Engineering Fair, April 2 at Edmonds College, Collegiate Scholarships are now open. SEAW, Mike – SEAW is no longer going to support PSEC through dues. SHPE – Stef, Participated in PSEC Engineering, Brunch Sunday March 8th with Sumo Tech, Guest speaker from Microsoft
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General
Treasurers Report: Dave Account balance $12667 SAE $229 and ASME $259 dues received American Online Giving $175 Dave to send note to ASCE
Engineering Fair: Kelsi
Went really well, much younger age group, may want to taylor, Science Center was very responsive This year we are partnered with PacSci on 2/22, all day 10-5 Kickoff for national engineers week We had 6 booths, and 8 organizations signed up (ASCE and SWE were a joint table, ASME, SAE had a SAE Baja car ASCE and SWE shared a booth Background check takes 1-2 weeks – we should start background checks early. No more than 3-4 volunteers per booth Paying for background checks. Info coming soon
Mentor nights
Planned Feb 12 at Highline College – group of regulars, 60 or so Students, 7-8 mentors, pictures posted on Linked In Planned Feb 26 at WSU Everett campus – only second time, 5-6 mentors very low only 15 mentees, juniors and senior students Rachel Brown, Seattle U joined up, looking at Capstones, 60 projects up 100%, looking for project sponsors, needed mechanical engineers and electrical engineering, June 5th is project Day, starts October to June, cost is $20k-$30k, brownra@seattleu.edu North Seattle March 12? No feedback from Green River Luis has tried to engage UW Tacoma – had meeting last week, First two weeks of April, Tacoma CC is not interested Stef has a contact at Edmonds College – Luis to pass info on about Everett event Andrew to reach out to UW Bothell
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for President Elect Need a webmaster Need Engineering Fair chair K-12 Activities Chair
Meeting terminated at 7:02 pm
Next meeting
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30 Mar 2026 Virtual Zoom only, 6:00pm
Note: It was decided at the March PSEC meeting to have the April meeting on 3/30
Luis Leon ASMI Sam Gheesling ASME Andrew Gall SME George Bondor SAE Dave Butcher IEEE Kaz Takeda IISE Kelsi Bonner SWE
Approval of Nov Meeting Minutes
Dave motion to approve , Sam seconded, approved
Societies Activities
AIAA: Patrick, report? ASMI: Luis,Luis joint meeting with AWS next Tuesday 11/11 at Ivars, Mr. Scott Rhodes, friction stir welding, was a real good meeting, ASW was in attendance as well. January meeting to come with SAMPE SAMPE: Tiffany, WSPE: John, ASME: Sam, Holle is working on tour at KW Renton in January ASCE: Paul ASHRAE: Kathi, report SME: Andrew, Nothing new SAE: George, Board meeting next Tuesday speaker for February Meeting, Director of PACCAR Technical Center, battery for semi-trucks INCOSE: Paul Kostek IEEE: Dave,3 day API summit at UW bothell on AI and other tracks, cyber security, Maria Cantwell will give keynote IISE: Kaz,,IISE, upcoming IISE below: Dec 13 @ 2:00 The Garage, 1130 Broadway, Seattle Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org Jan 13 @ 6:00 IISE UW Student Mentor / Coaching night Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org
SWE: Kelsi,Holiday part this Saturday with food drive SEAW: Mike, SEAW is no longer going to support PSEC through dues. SHPE: Stef,
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General
Treasurers Report Dave Sent out dues notices, received 3 checks ASHRAE, INCOSE and WSPE Balance 10445 plus 491 pending
Engineering Banquet 2026
Proposal is to postpone event for 2026 and revisit in 1 year to see if there is increased interest in the event. Proposed by Andrew, seconded by Sam, approved by majority.
Engineering Fair Motion to move to the Pacific Science Center for the engineering fair, it does not require us to reserve and set up booths (no cost) timing is comparable with the MOF activity centering around engineering week. First by Mike, Motion was approved.
Some questions needing answers are the number of booths allowed, can we bring a Formula SAE car o the event, cost of background checks will be $45 per person . Current plan:PSEC partnering with Science center Sunday February 22 or Saturday 2/28, does require a background check of booth participants maximum of 20 booths, excited at having Formula SAE Andrew cancelled set up for the museum of flight
Mentor nights
Seattle Central – Event Brite, last Thursday in January 29th, they will send out their form this month please forward to your constituents. Look for the invite this week. Green River, Luis – had a back and forth with them February UW Tacoma, Tiffany had a contact Luis to follow up North Seattle – Andrew to reach out Edmonds – Andrew/Stef Everett/WSU – Tiffany UW Bothell – Andrew, reach out to Joe to see if they are doing one this year, March April? Highline – Luis – meeting scheduled for Monday December 8th, they typically do it in March or April
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for President Elect Need a webmaster Need Engineering Fair chair K-12 Activities Chair
Meeting terminated at 6:42 pm
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Luis Leon ASMI Sam Gheesling ASME Andrew Gall SME John Schaufelberger WSPE George Bondor SAE Dave Butcher IEEE Kaz Takeda IISE Mike Visser SEAW Kelsi Bonner SWE
Approval of Oct Meeting Minutes
Dave motion to approve , John seconded, approved
Societies Activities
AIAA: Patrick, report? ASMI: Luis, joint meeting with AWS next Tuesday 11/11 at Ivars, Mr. Scott Rhodes, friction stir welding SAMPE: Tiffany, WSPE: John,Remote meeting 11/17 at 6:00 PM Microsoft Teams, legislative council, related to professional engineering ASME: Sam, Holle is working on December, new venue at UW ASCE: Paul ASHRAE: Kathi, report SME: Andrew, Nothing new, workshop held last month SAE: George, Board meeting next Tuesday working on meeting topics INCOSE: Paul Kostek IEEE: Dave, IISE: Kaz,,IISE, upcoming IISE below: 30 people at Mentor night, ABET on campus IISE Filson Factory Tour on 11/7 at 13:00 Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org IISE Billiard Social Event at “The Garage Billiards and Bowl” in Seattle on Saturday 12/13 @ 14:00. Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org IISE Annual Conference on 5/16-19 in Arlington, TXSEAW: Mike,NCSE summit, 10/14-17 SWE: Kelsi, Had planning kick off last month, had international conference, virtual meeting this week, regional coffee social hours Tacoma Bellevue, planning on Holiday Party SEAW: Mike, 15th annual fall forum at 11/13 at Benaroya Hall SHPE: Stef, can’t make it tonight, last week was SHPE national convention, SHPE wants to participate in the Engineering Fair, she will reach out to Luis regarding Edmonds College
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General
Treasurer’s Report: David Butcher Received check from ASME $10,445
Engineering Banquet 2026
Proposal is to postpone event for 2026 and revisit in 1 year to see if there is increased interest in the event. Proposed by Andrew, seconded by Sam, approved by majority.
Engineering Fair Motion to move to the Pacific Science Center for the engineering fair, it does not require us to reserve and set up booths (no cost) timing is comparable with the MOF activity centering around engineering week. First by Mike, Motion was approved.
Some questions needing answers are the number of booths allowed, can we bring a Formula SAE car o the event, cost of background checks will be $45 per person . Current plan:PSEC partnering with Science center Sunday February 22 or Saturday 2/28, biggest does require a background check, maximum of 20 booths, excited at having Formula SAE
Mentor nights
Seattle Central – Event Brite, last Thursday in January 29th, they will send out their form this month please forward to your constituents. Green River, Luis UW Tacoma, Tiffany had a contact Luis to follow up North Seattle – Andrew Edmonds – Andrew/Stef Everett/WSU – Tiffany UW Bothell – Andrew Highline – LuisNorth Seattle Everett/WSU UW Bothell Highline
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for President Elect Need a webmaster Need Engineering Fair chair K-12 Activities Chair
Meeting terminated at 6:30 pm
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Approval of Sep Meeting Minutes
Dave motion to approve , John seconded, approved
Societies Activities
AIAA: Patrick, report? ASMI: Luis, Luis board meeting is going on in parallel to this meeting SAMPE: Tiffany, Conference, planning an October 16th Event Ivars WSPE: John, out tonight on ABET trip ASME: Sam, Holle is working on November, did Coleman park event for Blackberry cleanup. ASCE: Paul, 10/8/2025 Resume Review Night, Seattle U Oberto Commons, 5-7pm, BRPELS Talk, 10/22/25 5:30-9 PM, Seattle U https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewEVQscdbyvb5kGf72oLugxUUTmX5vJHhADW7ZBCI-A5bUlQ/viewform ; ASCE Convention Seattle 10/8-11 ASHRAE: Kathi, report SME: Andrew, Held Board Meeting 9/30, Workforce Critical for Sharing Talent, 10/16 8:30 am – 7:30 pm Museum of Flight, https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/2025-pacific-northwest-manufacturing-roundtable-454222 SAE: George, Board meeting next Tuesday INCOSE: Paul, WSRC at UW Bothell all this week IEEE: Dave, Next Tuesday is normal meeting, need speaker 10/14 IISE: Kaz,, IISE UW Mentoring – Resume Review & Mentoring Night on 10/9 at 18:00. RSVP: Email us at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org to sign up IISE Port of Tacoma Bus Tour on 10/15 at 13:00. Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org UW IISE Job Fair – Sign Up on 10/27 @ 11:00. Ise.washington.edu IISE Filson Factory Tour on 11/7 at 13:00 Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org IISE Billiard Social Event at “The Garage Billiards and Bowl” in Seattle on Saturday 12/13 @ 14:00. Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org IISE Annual Conference on 5/16-19 in Arlington, TX SWE Kelsi, – Had planning kick off last month, had a happy hour too, planning on Holiday Party SEAW: Mike,NCSE summit, 10/14-17 SHPE: Stef, see below engineering career panelists. Busy October, Resume review with SHPE UW, Microsoft, resume review with Seattle U on Wednesday, MBA promotion event, mock interview with UW SHPE
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General
Treasurers Report: Dave Butcher, no checking acct activity
Engineering Banquet 2026
Banquet Committee met last week (Andrew, Sam, John, George) April 25th is available, both venue’s however, having a hard time justifying expense Only 2-3 societies are nominating awardees and that limits overall attendance. Proposing to cancel Banquet and to concentrate on other events, mentor nights, engineering Fair Engineering Banquet, awards, and exhibit (engineering fair) ~ bylaws require only two committees
Recommended Dates April 25th, last weekend before $$’s go up $6500 food and alcohol minimum, food and alcohol? That is $7865 comparable to MoF for last year ($112 per person based on 70 paying/80 total) May 2nd both are available at the Hayne’s Hall Anderson school $15000 food and alcohol minimum + 21% Need to pay 50% at time of booking. Talked to Laura Lilly
Proposal is to postpone event for 2026 and revisit in 1 year to see if there is increased interest in the event. Proposed by Andrew, seconded by Sam, approved by majority.
Engineering Fair
Kelsi presented results of detailed research on an alternative location for the PSEC Engineering Fair. The Pacific Science Center looks very attractive. Some of the veteran PSEC members recalled that we have in the past had the Fair there. After much discussion Motion to move to the Pacific Science Center for the engineering fair. It does not require us to reserve and set up booths (no cost), timing is comparable with the MOF activity centering around engineering week. First by Mike,Seconded by group. Motion was approved.
Some questions needing answers are the number of booths allowed, can we bring Formula SAE to the event, cost of background checks .
Mentor nights
Hi All,
Hope all is going well. We’re partnering once again with Edmonds College to provide them with 2-3 professionals that can share their career and inspire young minds. This quarter’s information is below, if you have any questions please let me know.
The panel will be held on Tuesday, Oct 21, from 9:30 – 10:20 am. The panel will be held on Zoom and will be recorded for students who cannot attend. The recording will not be hosted publicly. Panelists may attend via Zoom if that is more convenient for them. We recently polled our engineering students to see what engineering majors they are interested in learning about. The majority of our students are interested in mechanical and aerospace engineering, but there is significant interest in computer science, civil engineering, and electrical engineering. Sign up link: https://forms.gle/gU2zpfnN33LCcKqx7 Thanks in advance!
Best, Stef
Estefanía (Stef) Fernández, Volunteer Director of External Relations – Nonprofits Puget Sound Professional Chapter SHPE: Leading Hispanics in STEM
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Others needing follow-up Green River UW Tacoma North Seattle Everett/WSU UW Bothell Highline
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Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is: Past President: Kathy Shoemake President: Andrew Gall Treasurer: David Butcher Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for President Elect Need a webmaster Need Engineering Fair chair K-12 Activities Chair
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Following up, I have attached our flyer for the upcoming Engineering Resume Review Night. I also wanted to share the LINK TO REGISTER – since sometimes scanning a QR code can be tricky. Below, is a brief overview of the program structure and overview as well:
This fall, Seattle University is hosting our annual Engineering Resume Review Night on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
This event is an opportunity for SU alumni and engineering professionals to give back to the Redhawk community while helping students prepare for internships and full-time opportunities during a particularly competitive hiring season.
The evening will begin with a short professionals-only session where our team will walk through the program structure, provide tips for supporting students in this setting, and offer light snacks. From there, we’ll transition into speed-round resume reviews. Each professional will be paired with small groups of 1–5 students from their discipline to review resumes, answer questions, and offer advice. After each round, you’ll rotate to a new group of students.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 5:00–7:00 p.m. PT
4:45–5:00 p.m. | Arrival, Check-in, Light Snacks
5:00–5:15 p.m. | Professionals-Only Program Review & Resume Support Tips
5:20–7:00 p.m. | Resume Review Roundtables
Location: Seattle University, Oberto Commons
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
If you’re interested in participating, please register here: FORMS LINK.
What additional information would you and org need?
Thank you so much for sharing this info with the group, it means a lot to us here at SU.
Best,
Sam Kohn (she/her) | Associate Director, External Relations
