Important EPICS Week 4 Announcements
Spotlight
on:
Reflections
EPICS
is an experiential learning course, in which you have real-world experiences that facilitate discovery and practice of design concepts. Your team advisors and TAs can help coach you along the way, but you have the freedom to have new experiences in your teams
that can help lead to deeper learning. In order to translate your experiences into tangible lessons, reflective thinking is key. Every week, you should reflect about the experiences you’ve had, and consider what the implications of those experiences are for
the community and for your own professional development. From these reflections, consider what you would do differently the next time you are in a similar situation, and put your learning into practice.
For more information, reference:
https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue/individual-documents/reflections
https://www.simplypsychology.org/learning-kolb.html
Due This Week
Semester Plan/Gantt Chart (TA) · Team Budget (EPICS Office)
· Team Website Update (Webmaster)
· Notebook Review (TA)
Student Service Learning Grants - Due October 4th
All EPICS projects with non-Purdue partners should apply: Purdue’s Office of Engagement provides grants to students or student organizations for work on community service learning projects. This program’s goal is to expand the community involvement
of Purdue students in partnership with communities, nonprofit agencies, schools, and governmental bodies. Both the application and guidelines for the Student Grant Program for Community Service/Service Learning Projects can be found online: https://slg.engagement.purdue.edu
Industrial Roundtable Prep
Industrial roundtable is this week, Sept 9-11. One important way to prepare for IR is to make sure your team website is up-to-date. Many of you choose to include your EPICS experience on your resumes, and the first place many employers
look for information is on the team website. Ensuring the website included current team rosters and projects is critical. Additionally, check and make sure any corporate sponsors logos for your team are prominently displayed on the website. Contact Heather
Fabries at hfabries@purdue.edu if you are unsure if your team has a sponsor.
Siemens at IR
Siemens will be on campus recruiting at Industrial Roundtable next week. Siemens is extremely interested in talking with students from EPICS. If you are interested in their
Engineering Leadership Development Program Internship, visit https://jobs.siemens-info.com/jobs/247655?lang=en-us&previousLocale=en-US or see them at their IR booth.
John Deere Day at Purdue
The 10th Annual JD Day at Purdue is coming up on Monday Sept 9th. This year they plan to have some food on hand from 10am to 4pm, starting with Doughnuts, moving to Pizza and finishing the day out with Cookies. See
the attached flier for details.
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as design reviewers, after graduation.
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Andrew Pierce
EPICS Academic Administrator
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering – Room 1209
701 West Stadium Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
Email: pierce1@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 414-2107