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Academic StandardsTitle IXBU PDSAGE

GWISE Closing Remarks

Sol EisenbergDomenic LomannoDavid BrownJonathan RosenThomas LittleEqual Opportunity OfficeDeputy Scott PareMeghan ThommesKira Sullivan-Wiley, Divya IsraniDomenic Lomanno

Orientation Agenda

Solomon EisenbergSenior Associate Dean, Academic [email protected]

Welcome toBoston University College of Engineering

Home to over 60 Colleges and Universitiesincluding 9 major research universities

Approximately 250,000 students in the city

Boston

THE best place in the world to be a graduate student!

The City

Boston UniversityCharles River Campus 33,500 students; ~17,000 graduate & professional

16 degree granting Schools & Colleges

~3900 faculty

Medical Campus – Boston South End Approximately 2 miles via shuttle bus

3 Departments & 2 Interdisciplinary Divisions

4 Undergraduate degree programsBiomedical, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical

1550 Undergraduate Students

22 Graduate degree programs (MEng, MS, PhD)

800 Graduate Students

120 Faculty; 25 research faculty; 80 postdocs

The College of EngineeringA t a G l a n c e

Graduate Programs• Christen Bailey: BME Graduate Coordinator

3-5759; [email protected]

• Cali Stephens: ECE Academic Programs Manager3-0092; [email protected]

• Seth Robertson: ME Academic Programs Manager 3-2812; [email protected]

• Elizabeth Flagg: MSE/SYS Academic Programs Manager

8-0351; [email protected]

ENG Research Funding

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total w/o ARRA ARRA

2011-2015

ENGINEERING RESEARCH ATBOSTON UNIVERSITY

Next-Gen Fiber-optics

Smart Parking

Bionic Pancreas

Synthetic Biology

EPIC - Engineering Product Innovation Center

A unique hands-on facility to educate all engineers on product design-to-deployment-to-dustainability.

Facility Includes:• Computer Aided Design• 3-D Printing• Robotics• Laser Processing• Supply chain management

ENG – Construction UnderwayCenter for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Student Account Information

Presented by: Isabel TeresoGraduate Programs Office

Email: [email protected]

Two fees everyone is responsible for…The Community Service Fee of $20 that is charged each semester.

The Sports Pass gives students tickets to some BU sports home games. This $130 fee is charged each semester. Please go to the Link, Money Matters tab, to waive the Sports Pass Fee if you don’t wish to attend gates.

Students must be in compliance each semester. This includes:

- Immunizations are current and up to date - current BU alert emergency contact phone

number- student account settled- MVL – Mass. vehicle registration (US citizens and

permanent residents only)

Students can check their compliance on the Link.

International students are required to check in with ISSO or their home department each semester to maintain their status.

Changes to students’ home address or other contact information should be updated on the Link.

Compliance…

Important Locations…881 W Commonwealth Avenue – questions about health insurance; schedule appointments with a practitioner (617.353.3575).

Registrar’s Office and Student Accounting Services are located at 881 Commonwealth Avenue. (In school deferment loan form is available at the Registrar’s office.)

ISSO is located at 888 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd floor. (617-353-3565)

More information…Students who are US citizens and permanent residents may waive the cost of BU health insurance if you can prove you have health insurance – see the Link, Money Matters tab, for further information.

International students cannot waive the BU medical insurance.BU does allow for EFT (electronic fund transfers) for tuition payment – please contact Student Accounting Services for further information – 617.353.2264, 881 Commonwealth Avenue or [email protected].

Students’ accounts must be settled by September 16, 2015.The last day to add a class is September, 16, 2015. Please see your packet for a detailed list of important dates for the fall semester.

Libraries

Educational Resource Center

Fitness and Rec Center

Student Health Services

Office of the Ombuds

ENG PracticeInternship

ENG Practice

Who We Are

Dave Brown, Assistant DirectorWorks with ME students

Subhadra England, Assistant DirectorWorks with BME students

Kathleen Fay, Assistant DirectorWorks with ECE students

Job Search PreparationResume & Cover Letter Review, Networking & Interviewing Skill Development

Job PostingsBU CareerLink

Connect Students & EmployersCareer Fairs, Information Sessions, On-Campus Recruiting, BU CareerLink

Connect Students & AlumniCareer Advisory Network, Networking Nights

What Do We Offer?

Upcoming Events – Fall 2015Job Search Workshops:

Resume & Cover Letters, Interviewing, Summer Planning and Networking Strategies

Career FairWednesday, October 7

Company Information Sessions (CIS)October & November, February-April

On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)October-December, January-April

Networking Nights (by Department)November & mid-March

Career Fair 2015

Wednesday, October 7th11:00am to 4:00pm

George Sherman Union, Metcalf Hall

Register online through BU CareerLink to speed the check-in process

BU CareerLink

• Your own account• Upload your resume• Search for jobs• Sign up for the Career Fair and other events• Look who is coming to interview on campus

What Next?• Update your resume and cover letter• Continue to expand your network• Join our Linked In, Facebook and Twitter• Use BU CareerLink & other web resources• Apply for jobs through company websites• Seek out the advice of faculty members• Attend on/off campus career fairs• Communicate with us!

Send weekly emails! Updates on flyers, flat screens, posters, in classrooms & more!

Come Visit!

• Make an Appointment:Call: 617-353-5731Email: [email protected]

• Walk-in Hours:Tuesday 1:30pm - 4:30pmWednesday 9:30am - 12:30pmThursday 9:30am - 12:30pmFriday 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 to 2:00Jonathan Rosen [email protected]

We can help you…design your dream job, light-up your LinkedIn, and inspire your interviews!

When and where?Tues, Sept 29th 6p-8pTues, Oct 20th 6p-8pTues, Nov 17the 6p-8p

ERB 203

Dr. Jonathan Rosen, Director Innovation ProgramsKirstie Miller, Director Professional Programs and Corporate Relations

Don’t miss these great sessions on “How to Steer your Career!”

Academic Conduct Topics

• Plagiarism: not giving credit to someone’s work/ideas/text/images

• Fair use: laws that allow use of other person’s content under certain conditions

• Course expectations: rules established by instructor in support of learning objectives and assessment (e.g., collaboration)

Recurring Problem Areas

• Using a graphic from the internet without attribution• Cutting and pasting text from someone else’s work in a

graded assignment• Submitting source code authored by another person• Using someone else’s idea without giving them credit

It is difficult to make

predictions, especially

about the future -- Mark Twain

Amending the Constitution is notoriously hard, which is why it has happened only 27

times in American history — 10 of which were passed en masse when our country

was founded.

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51Scenarios – Any problems here?

It is difficult to make

predictions, especially

about the future -- Mark Twain

Amending the Constitution is notoriously hard, which is

why it has happened only 27 times in American history —10 of which were passed en masse when our country was

founded.

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3

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Library of congress via wikipedia (pub domain)

Work for hire

Photo by T. LittlePoor reference

Huffington Post

Washington Post - verbatim

public class StringExample{ public static void main(String[] args)

{ String s1 = "Computer Science";int x = 307;

String s2 = s1 + " " + x;String s3 = s2.substring(10,17);

String s4 = "is fun";String s5 = s2 + s4;

System.out.println("s1: " + s1);System.out.println("s2: " + s2);System.out.println("s3: " + s3);System.out.println("s4: " + s4);System.out.println("s5: " + s5);

//showing effect of precedence

x = 3;int y = 5;

String s6 = x + y + "total";String s7 = "total " + x + y;

String s8 = " " + x + y + "total";System.out.println("s6: " + s6);System.out.println("s7: " + s7);System.out.println("s8: " + s8);

}}

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https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~scottm/cs307/javacode/codeSamples/Strin

gExample.java

Summary Feedback from Faculty

• Don’t copy and paste from Wikipedia• Follow course rules stipulated by the instructor • Plagiarism is never acceptable• If you do something unacceptable, be forthright in

communicating a mistake• Course site access can and have been used to identify

misconduct

More Information

BU ENG Policy on academic conduct• http://www.bu.edu/eng/current-students/grad/conduct-

code/

Fair Use and Plagiarism• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Common_misund

erstandings

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Website: www.bu.edu/sage• Officers and representatives• Event calendar• Event descriptions• Survival wiki

Email: [email protected]

Meghan ThommesPresident

Christine NykyforchynVice President

Elizabeth ShenkSecretary

Zack WebsterTreasurer

Fall Events• Fall Welcome Social

Thursday, September 10th, 7 PM, at the Lansdowne Pub (Fenway)• General Assembly

Friday, September 18th, 4:30 PM• Intramurals

All year! (sign up for fall sports at booth)• PhD Movie Viewing

October (TBD)• Pub Nights

1st, 3rd, & 5th Fridays of every month, 5:30 PM, at the BU Pub• September: 4th, 18th

• October: 2nd, 16th, 30th

• November: 6th, 20th

• December: 4th, 11th

• Visit the Graduate Programs Office (GPO) for your SAGE sticker!

NominationsPositions

• Webmaster/Public Relations Chair

• BME Representative• ECE Representative• ME Representative• SE Representative• BI Representative• LEAP Representative• International Representative

Requirements• Plan one event per year

(which you attend for free!)

• Assist in planning one event per year

• Attend board meetings• Attend the fall retreat

Nomination Form:www.bu.edu/sage/home/nominations

Graduate and Professional Leadership Council (GPLC)

We provide students with a forum to discuss concerns and advocate policy change

Solicit Input

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Recommend Action

Accomplishments 2014-2015 (Inaugural Year)Saturday BU Shuttle service

Mental health services on medical campus

Get InvolvedAttend an Open Meeting in September (look for the e-mail!)

Be a leader in your college or [email protected] bu.edu/gplc

What is Toastmasters?Learn-by-doing workshops to become a confident public speaker

Gain practical presentation experience in a safe place to make mistakes and learn

Work on• Delivery• Speech organization• Eye contact• Gestures• Avoiding “filler” words (e.g. uh, um, like)

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• September 21st

• October 5th

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LSEB (Life Science and Engineering Building)24 Cummington MallRoom 103

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