If you have any suggestions for new E-Week activities, please contact Teri Shepherd in 405 Russ, 775-5001. Your interest and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

WEC exists to represent the student body of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. It also plans and organizes various student activities and serves as a link for informaton between the College administration and student body. In essence, it is here to serve you! So, if you have any ideas for activities or events that you would like to see happen, let us know so we can get started on them right away.

WEC will be hosting an Egg Drop, Midnight Cappuccino, Penny Wars, Nerd Fashion Show, CO2-powered cars, and the Golf Holes during National Engineers Week. A schedule will be posted outside 163 RC so you can keep track of all the events. Prizes will be awarded for many of the events during the week. Other club events may develop before E-Week, so keep an eye out for more details later!

If you would like to participate in these events or suggest ideas for future events, stop by 163 RC, call 775-5031 or E-mail us at elowe@cs.wright.edu.

The International Honors On-Campus Program has a new housing opportunity beginning Fall Quarter, 2000. This new housing will match eligible U.S. students with international students in Forest Lane apartments.

Eligibility:

Benefits:

You can also visit the Forest Lane website at: www.wright.edu/studsvcs/housing/apartments.htm

for more details on any WSU housing situations.  

This training program at WSU will be entering its tenth year Fall Quarter, 2000. It is designed to increase the supply of qualified personnel providing rehabilitation engineering services to persons who have disabilities and who are clients of rehabilitation agencies and facilities. The program is in direct response to manpower needs in the State of Ohio and the U.S.

The training can be completed in twelve months. The program consists of 60 quarter hours of lecture/lab courses including an internship within a rehabilitation center. The internship provides practical experience working with rehabilitation teams and in laboratories with special applicability to service delivery. Forty-five (45) BME, CE, EE, HFE, and ME engineers have successfully completed the program to date.

Applicants should apply to the Graduate School for admission to the Masters of Science in Engineering with emphasis in Rehabilitation Engineering and contact Dr. Rowley. Enrollment in this program is limited to available internship positions.

Applications are being accepted for Masters level Graduate Fellowships in the Rehabilitation Engineering Training Program for Fall Quarter 2000. These are one-year fellowships (stipend and/or tuition) that begin in September and go through to the following August.

Those receiving a fellowship do their internship within a rehabilitation center in Dayton, Ohio. Upon satisfactory completion of the program, the Master of Science in Engineering will be awarded. Those who receive a stipend are expected to be employed for two years for each year of support in an appropriate agency providing services to individuals with disabilities.

Prerequisites include a B.S. in Engineering and acceptance to the WSU School of Graduate Studies. For a stipend, U.S. citizenship or permanent U.S. residency is required.

Prior knowledge of the human anatomy and physiology is highly recommended but can be picked up while in the program. Applications for a fellowship should be made by letter to Dr. Rowley explaining your desire to become a Rehabilitation Engineer. Questions should be directed to:

WARNING---WARNING---WARNING---WARNING---WARNING!

LOCK ANY VALUABLE ITEMS AND MONEY IN YOUR DESK AT NIGHT.

Recently, there have been a few instances of money stolen from unlocked desks in the Russ Center, as well as several "portable items" from Russ and other campus locations.

Please, don't tempt fate by leaving money or other valuables in plain sight or in unlocked desks or cabinets. If you have something you value in your office, please be sure to secure it in the evenings and on weekends in a locked desk or cabinet.

In the event that you are unfortunate enough to be the victim of a theft, please be sure to report it to the Office of Public Safety, (937) 775-2111.

Technology affects many areas of our lives, especially in the workplace. Few would deny that over the last decade e-mail and the Internet have forever changed our work day.

But what about the way we speak? Recently, e-lingo has busted out of computer labs and insinuated itself into all sectors of our society. Executives, television newscasters, journalists, and more can be heard tossing off terms such as "real time," "spam," and "hits." A vocabulary in the wrong hands, however, can be a dangerous thing–especially when the definitions can’t be found in the dictionary. Previously, there was no source available to verify the meaning of the multitude of e-terms that are beginning to proliferate our language.

Now, there is Polaris Consulting, a Philadelphia-based e-business company that has created a list of current terms related to e-commerce. Many terms have both technical and business-related definitions.

So, before you write that next paper for Dr. Finkelstein’s class, maybe it would be a good idea to reference www.polarisconsulting.com in your bibliography.

Note: The above article was excerpted from Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers–JOBS, January 2000, p. 8.

Important Dates To Remember . . .

February 4 – Last day for all but freshmen to drop a class with a grade of "W"

February 5 – Junior registration begins for Spring Quarter 2000

February 7 – Faculty Senate meeting, 2:30 p.m.

February 12 – Sophomore registration begins for Spring Quarter 2000

February 15 – Winter Quarter General Faculty meeting, 3:30 p.m.

February 19 – Freshman registration begins for Spring Quarter 2000

February 20-26 – National Engineers Week

February 21 – Russ Engineering Center Open House, 1—5 p.m.

February 24 – JETS/TEAMs and Trebuchet Competitions for High School Students

February 25 – Last day for freshmen to drop a class with a grade of "W"

March 1 – Last day to apply for June Graduation

March 6 – Faculty Senate, 2:30 p.m.

March 13-18 – Winter Quarter Final Exams Week

March 25 & 26 – Campus-wide electrical power shutdown

March 27 – First day of Spring Quarter classes; Late registration fee begins

March 31 – Last day to register, add classes, and receive 100% refund in person

April 2 – Last day to register, add classes, and receive 100% refund by Raider Express