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EWB Kick Off Meeting - Tuesday, Oct 6th, 5 pm at ESB 1001

Welcome back everyone,

Engineerings Without Borders is hosting their annual Kick-off meeting today (Tuesday) at 5 pm in ESB (Engineering Science Building) 1001. That's the small conference room below the staircase. Come enjoy snacks and learn about our great and exciting team projects from the people that have worked on them personally. Sign-up sheets will be available for those who are interested in getting involved.

Hope to see you there!

Patton
Co-President

Welcome to the new year!

EWB UCSB would like to welcome all the new and returning students alike!

EWB Spring Gala

We'd like to thank everyone who partook in this years EWB Spring Gala. We'd especially like to thank the farmers at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market for their generous donations and the EWB volunteers who volunteered their time to help make this event happen.

Join EWB-UCSB's Leadership Team for 2009-2010!

We are currently looking for next year's EWB-UCSB leadership team. If you are interested in being an officer next year, please fill out the form linked below. Please send all completed forms or questsions to Carolyn Ching (cching@bren.ucsb.edu).

Click here to go to the officers role descriptions and nomination form

EWB Spring Gala

Engineers Without Borders UCSB will be hositng their 3rd annual Spring Gala to celebrate our accomplishments and learn about the recent advancements in our current projects. The event will be held this Friday, May 29th from 5 to 7 pm at the Cliff House at Coal Oil Point. We encourage everyone, from UCSB Faculty, Staff, EWB members, and professionals, to come enjoy the great food and company!

Feel free to bring friends and family or anyone you know that might be interested in learning about what EWB has to offer.

Project Team Blogs

The EWB Peru & Kenya teams are now blogging! Check out their project pages for the latest news on the project!

EWB Charity Golf Tournament was a success

This years Charity Golf Tournament, which was held May 1st, was a great success! EWB UCSB would like to thank everyone that participated and all our donors that helped make this event happen: Dennis & Patty Forster, Telegraph Brewing Company, Rincon Engineering, BJ Danetra, Village Modern Foods, South Coast Deli, Anna’s Bakery, Borders, Del Pueblo Café, Beachside Bar-Cafe, Trader Joes, Hollister Brewing Company, Vons, Tri-County Produce, Kahuna Grill, Julia Webb

EWB 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament

EWB is hosting their First Annual Charity Golf Tournament where teams of four will compete in a best ball challenge. Join in an afternoon of golf and BBQ to support our community-based organization in improving the environment of disadvantaged communities worldwide.

Date of Event – May 1 2009

Location, address, time of event – Hidden Oaks Golf Course, 4760 Calle Camarada, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, 2pm

Ticket/Donation cost - $50 per person, Teams of four encouraged

EWB General Meeting - January 21, 2009 at 5pm

We will be hosting our first meeting of the winter quarter. Both newcomers and current members are encouraged to attend. We’ll be receiving project updates, hearing a presentation about the recent trip to Baja, and possibly watch a few great films from past EWB trips!

The meeting will be held January 21st at 5pm. The location is TBA

Happy Holidays

Everyone here at EWB UCSB would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday!

Speaker - Dr. Chales Mbohwa

Speaker: Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 5:30pm, room ESB1001

About the speaker:

Dr. Charles Mbohwa is a senior lecturer in the Department of Quality and Operations Management at the University of Johannesburg. As a Fulbright Scholar, he recently visited The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a new master's course in supply-chain management and conduct research on the adaptation of electronic supply-chain systems to less industrialized countries. He earned his PhD from the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Japan.

Talk abstract:

Charles will discuss the challenges, difficulties and problems faced by humanitarian organisations in running logistics systems in Africa and particularly in Southern Africa, with a focus on some systems in Zimbabwe. He will introduce mini-case studies of the operations of the World Food Programme, the International Red Cross Society and the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the Zimbabwean Civil Protection Organisation in Zimbabwe.

Welcome to a new year at UCSB!

UCSB EWB would like to welcome back to all the students, staff, and professors at UCSB.

Baja Mexico - Help Build Houses in Baja!

EWB UCSB is tentatively planning another Baja home building trip for Veteran's Day weekend November 2008. This trip will be very similar to our Veteran's Day trip in November 2007 where EWB - UCSB sent students to Baja California, Mexico to build a small home for a Mexican family. This project worked in collaboration with a San Diego-based organization that has successfully built 1000s of small homes in Mexico. Families are selected by a Mexican organization on the basis of need. The homes are simply designed and can be constructed within 4 days by a team of 15-20 people with or without construction experience. EWB-UCSB will be recruiting participants in early Fall quarter. This project is not only for current members, all students across campus are encouraged to participate.