Important EPICS Week 2 Announcements ________________________________ Off to a great start! We are pleased to have you all learning and making an impact in your community as a member of the EPICS family. This semester we have 43 divisions working on well over 140 projects and the opportunity to make a real difference has never been higher. During the semester I will send emails like this one that contain important course information as well as job and scholarship opportunities. Weekly information about the lecture, skill session, and individual and team assignments can be found in myEPICS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/MyEpics/> and on our website: EPICS -> Purdue (https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue). Myself and the rest of the EPICS staff, advisors, and TAs are here to make sure your time in EPICS is fun, educational, and productive. Please let us know if you need any support or resources during your time in our program and beyond. Welcome! -Andrew ________________________________ Community Engagement 101 - Series Starts Monday! We are very excited for this new PDH series, which will cover the basics of how to work with community partners to maximize the impact of your projects. Strongly recommended for all students, and especially for Project Partner Liaisons. Register in MyEPICS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/MyEpics/index.php>. [Image result for community engagement] ________________________________ Wallet Exercise - Due this week for all first-time EPICS students who are NOT in the learning community The wallet exercise will be conducted as skill sessions throughout this coming week. Please register for one of the sections on MyEPICS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/MyEpics/index.php>. This activity is required if this is both your first semester in EPICS and you are not registered in ENGR 133. Learning community students will complete the exercise in their ENGR 133 classes. If you cannot attend any of these sessions, an online makeup (The Gift Giving Activity) is available online<https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue/individual-documents/professional-development>. Reminder: PDH Deduction for No-Shows to Live PDHs Students who register for a PDH session and fail to attend will be deducted one PDH credit for each missed event. You may deregister up to 24 hours before the event if your schedule changes and you are unable to attend. This change is intended to ensure that students who wish to attend a session are able to do so, rather than have empty seats due to no-shows. ________________________________ Learning Community Required PDH Series Update Dr. Oakes is planning to cover the Ethics/Community Partner Awareness PDH in ENGR 133 this semester, so students in the learning community will not need to complete the online module. LC students need to complete the Intro to EPICS module on Youtube, and the rest of your PDHs will be covered in the ENGR 133 course. ________________________________ EPICS Grading * The Individual Evaluation Rubric (IER)<https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/purdue/team-documents/ier/edit> clearly spells out the requirements for each grade level. * It is advisable to review the IER early in the semester to understand grading in EPICS. * Unexcused absences from lab can have a significant effect on your grade. Be sure to clear any absences with your TA and advisor. ________________________________ Student Service Learning Grants - Due October 5th 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 ________________________________ Team Twitter Accounts We are piloting this semester having each team webmaster make one post to a team twitter account each week. We hope this will make it easy to keep fresh information on your team available to the public, including potential team sponsors. Please help your webmasters by providing them with photos and videos of your teams in action. This change is now reflected in the PDH menu as well. ________________________________ Follow Us: [Image result for twitter logo]<https://twitter.com/EPICSPurdue> [Image result for facebook logo] <https://www.facebook.com/epicspurdue/> [Image result for linkedin logo] <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5109739> 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<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 414-2107 http://www.purdue.edu/epics