February 23, 2009

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Celebrate ENGINEERS WEEK! The OSU Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers is hosting the 4th Annual Engineers Ball on Sat Feb 21 in the KEC Atrium from 7-10 pm. This year's theme is SWING, and music will be provided by the famous Zaworski Brothers and their Band! Tickets are available in room 103 MU for $7 each or a pair for $12. Don’t miss out on this fun event.

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OPPORTUNITIES
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Now is the time to pre-register for the Feb 26th Smart-ups Pub-Talk event being held in Corvallis at Cloud 9 (126 SW First St.). It's a business plan competition from 5-7:30pm. It's $20 if you pre-register and $25 at the door (includes food and bev). Attend and cast your vote for the most viable business plan. The winner of the main event will have their entrance fee into the Willamette Angel Conference waived. Come out and show your support. Three local start-up companies will be delivering 10-minute presentations - and up to five start-ups will be delivering Ignite pitches - where they are each given 3.5 minutes to deliver their pitch. It's a high energy event that you don't want to miss. Entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and students are encouraged to attend. Companies featured at this event are:

10 Minute Pitches
• Floragenex (Nathan Lillegard)
• Toggle3D (Rory Plaire)
• Precision Plant Systems (Larry Plotkin)
Ignite Pitches
• Evolution Learning (Danny Kalman)
• Recycle Your Mat (Stephanie Stano)
• American Herbal Dispensary (Nome McBride)
• AMES Technology (Roger Weyel)
• DesignMedix (Lynn Stevenson)

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COLLOQUIA/SEMINARS
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GRADUATE EXAMS
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JOBS
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Don't forget to check out the AfterCollege job site, tailored especially for our EECS students.

• Lionbridge
  Internet Search Consultant (Columbus, Cleveland, Other, OH)
• Comforce Redmond
  AX Architect - Enterprise Applications Group (Seattle, WA)
• Insight Global Inc.
  SDET (Bellevue, WA)
• Microsoft Partner
  Senior Consultant, PM, Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Boise, ID)
• Onvia
  SQL Server Database Administrator (Seattle, WA)
• Perot Systems
  Software Development Engineer (Kirkland, WA)
• Tyler Technologies, Inc.
  .NET Developer - Education Software (Seattle, WA)
• VanderHouwen & Associates
  Sr. QA Test Analyst (Oracle, SQL) (Portland, OR)

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