EWH ELECTIONS, Shadowing Trip, Alumni Career Panel, Career Day for Girls, and Volunteer Site

This week:
1. Apply for the EWH Executive Board, Applications due Friday
2. Shadowing Trip to TriMedX, Applications due Friday
3. High School Outreach @ Career Day for Girls
4. EWH Alumni Speaker Event, Tuesday Feb 22nd, 7 pm
5. EWH Volunteer Site, Saturday Feb 26th

EWH 2011 2012 Applications
DUE Friday, February 18th

We have opened executive board applications for the 2011-2012 year. This is a great way to get more involved in EWH!

To apply for the EWH Executive board, fill out this form by clicking here: EXEC BOARD APPLICATION

Applications are due THIS Friday, February 18th .

The following document contains descriptions of positions: https://docs.google.com/a/u.northwestern.edu/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B461dg95mRpyZjkyZDI1NTAtYTJhMS00Y2FmLWIwZTktMGQ0YzlkZmFkZTk3&hl=en


Please e-mail northwestern.ewh@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Shadowing Trip to TrimedX
Date: Sunday, February 27th to Monday, February 28th
Location: TriMedX Warehouse in Indianapolis
Cost: FREE!!

We will be traveling to Indiana to work with professional engineers to repair medical equipment from our partner, Mission Outreach, during an intensive daylong repair session. This is a really exciting opportunity to gain expertise to bring back to campus repair sessions while networking with professional engineers. Email us at northwestern.ewh@gmail.com if you have any questions! Thanks to a grant from the IPD office, this trip will be entirely free!

Sign up for the trip here: FORM

High School Outreach at Career Day for Girls
Date: Saturday, February 26th
Location: Ford

We will be hosting girls from around the area on campus to give a presentation on engineering and global health, and work with the High school students to build the ESU testers that we have also been building on campus. This is a great opportunity to give back to the surrounding community and teach high school students about global health and engineering. Contact jaypatel2012@u.northwestern.edu with questions and fill out the following form to sign up: https://spreadsheets0.google.com/a/u.northwestern.edu/viewform?formkey=dFFZSGhtYkFzcExDRFJ0dF81LWhscnc6MQ

Note- it is preferable if you can make the full session, but you may sign up for an hour of the session. We will be taking people on a first come, first serve basis.

EWH Alumni Speaker Event
Date: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Location: TECH M152
Time: 7 PM

Dinner will be provided!!
Interested in Engineering AND Globh Health? Not sure what you want to do with your life?

Come to EWH's Winter Alumni Panel, featuring recent graduates from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences discussing their work in the global health sector. This event is sponsored by the Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA).

Volunteer Site at Mission Outreach
Date: 2/26
Location: Mission Outreach Warehouse (transportation provided)
Time: 9 AM -12PM (leave at 8:30 AM from campus)

In partnership with NCDC/Oasis, we will be sorting donated medical supplies at the Mission Outreach Warehouse so that they can be efficiently sent to hospitals with limited resources. Contact Matt Weathered at matthewweathered2013@u.northwestern.edu for more information and sign up HERE (URL is https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=t-5VrWYBEfS4-xaZc2LhMsA&hl=en&authkey=CLWZts8F#gid=0)

Note that we are accepting people on a first come, first serve basis and there is limited space. If you would like to be on the Mission Outreach site volunteer listserv, contact Matt.