Chair: Georgine Mooney Advisor: John Lawson
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Spring 2014
Meet the student chapter from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo! Although nationally recognized as an AEI chapter, we are also locally recognized as a SEAOC chapter (Structural Engineers Association of California). Our AEI/SEAOC joint affiliations give us an important national and local pressure. SEAOC is a professional organization of structural engineers from every region in California.
Since Cal Poly is located in California, many students want to continue to live and work in California. By partnering with SEAOC, the students are provided with great professional networking for firms throughout the Golden State. This year, the club’s membership has reached 140 students including a record 40 freshmen. The board members are delighted with this spike in membership and are focusing efforts on getting the freshmen involved with AEI and SEAOC as early as possible. In fact, New Membership Chair Amy Burruss started a new bigsib/little-sib program this year called ARCE FAM which pairs two older ARCE students with six freshmen. The goal is to create a bridge between the older and younger students in ARCE as well as to provide mentoring for the freshmen. So far, the program has been a great success with a few social events including a beach barbeque and peer class counseling meeting.