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FEC Kickoff EventSeptember 4, 2015

Schedule

4:00 – 4:15 Welcome

4:15 – 4:45 Group Activity

4:45 – 5:15 Food + EXPO Q&A

5:15 – 5:25 Small Group Breakout

5:25 – 5:45 Small Group Competition

5:45 – 6:00 Wrap-up

Introductions• Dan Sullivan➢ChE➢Third Year➢The Woodlands, TX

• Prasanna Tamminayana➢ChE➢Second Year➢Katy, TX

Introductions• Family Cluster Leaders

➢Ishita Madan

➢Pablo Maceda

➢Vivek Anand

➢Ali Diaz

➢Joseph Reistroffer

What is FEC?

Group Activity = Photo Challenge!Rules/Instructions

1. Open Snapchat or your phone’s camera app

2. Add fecut2015 on Snapchat or be ready to email photos to fecphotochallenge@gmail.com

You can also scan this snapcode!

Group Activity = Photo Challenge!Rules/Instructions

3. Find someone or a group of people who fit one of the criteria on the tag sheet

4. Take selfies or photos of each other and add a caption using the appropriate hashtag on the tag sheet (if emailing, you can just send the photos)

5. If using Snapchat, set the time to 10 seconds, and send the snap to fecUT2015

Group Activity = Photo Challenge!Example:

#cluelessdirectors

Send 10 sec snapchat to fecUT2015

or email to fecphotochallenge@gmail.com

Group Activity = Photo Challenge!• The person who sends the most photos as

determined by number of emailed photos or snapchat time (10 second intervals) will receive a small prize!

• We will screenshot the photos and show some of them at our next meeting!

A little more

Dan: What I’ve learned from EXPO

• Make sure you know how to pronounce the company’s name correctly

• Be honest with employers about what you do or do not know about their company

• Try to relax! The recruiters are there because they want to meet you too!

Prasanna: What I’ve learned from EXPO

• Talk to the cool people

➢CIA

• Free stuff runs go after professional stuff ➢Frito-Lay

• Practice makes perfect

Don’t forget:

Questions?• Resumés?

• Attire?

• Talking to recruiters?

• Getting to/from EXPO?

• Anything else?

Small Groups: Balloon Tower Competition!• You will be given one roll of masking

tape and 75 balloons

• You will have 20 minutes to construct a balloon tower using the provided supplies

• You may tape the balloons to the floor, but you are not allowed to tape the balloons to any other fixtures in the room

• The team with the highest freestanding tower (no holding it up with your hands) when time is up wins!

Stay Connected!

• Join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UTFEC2015/

• Join our email list:

http://goo.gl/forms/yQKP8SGWlv

• Feel free to add us (Dan and Prasanna) on facebook!

Upcoming Events• FEC Resume Review (Drop-in)

➢ 7-8pm Tuesday, September 8 in ECJ 1.204

• FEC Lunch Buddies

➢ Sign up here: http://bit.ly/1JUun31

• Fall Fest

➢ 5pm Friday, September 11 at Creekside Lawn

➢ Meet at CPE at 5pm to walk over with FEC!

• 2nd General FEC Meeting

➢ 7pm Tuesday, September 15 in ETC 2.108

IM Signups coming soon!