2008 Woodie Awards
Science, engineering club takes awards for business proposals
Students learn teamwork, fundraising and marketing at National Leadership Conference.
By Stephanie Mikneus
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
Originally published: 4/17/08 at 4:12 PM CSTLast update: 4/17/08 at 11:01 PM CST
The society for Mexican-American engineering and Science students, also known as MAES, won first and third places at the MAES National Leadership Conference April 2-5 in Fort Worth.
MAES is a club that promotes excellence in engineering, science and mathematics while cultivating the value of cultural diversity, according to its Web site at http://sacmaes.org.
Roughly 15-25 students from this college attended the conference. All students attending were split into 12 groups with three other members from other colleges for the competition.
Two students from this college were part of the winning teams.
Biology freshman Kristell Martinez was a member of the first-place team, while engineering sophomore Manny De la Cruz was on the third-place team.
The majority of students attended four-year colleges, including Texas A&M University, University of New Mexico, University of California-Irvine and Texas State University-San Marcos.
The purpose of the conference was for the students to complete a business plan and proposal for various company scenarios. The categories included scenarios about fundraising, organizational behavior and marketing.
The students also participated in activities such as seminars, workshops and a tour of the General Motors assembly plant.
Members had to attend workshops in image protection, how to increase MAES membership, self-awareness, fundraising, marketing and how to make MAES more productive on campus.
"Many students were in workshops working on their laptops for their presentations," said Lisa Menard, faculty adviser and a counselor at this college.
Students were divided into groups and given their scenarios on Thursday, and on Friday, the projects were due.
Students were given time to work on their presentations after 10 p.m., Martinez said.
As a result, her group only slept two to three hours that night.
Martinez was in charge of creating the PowerPoint presentation.
MAES is a club that promotes excellence in engineering, science and mathematics while cultivating the value of cultural diversity, according to its Web site at http://sacmaes.org.
Roughly 15-25 students from this college attended the conference. All students attending were split into 12 groups with three other members from other colleges for the competition.
Two students from this college were part of the winning teams.
Biology freshman Kristell Martinez was a member of the first-place team, while engineering sophomore Manny De la Cruz was on the third-place team.
The majority of students attended four-year colleges, including Texas A&M University, University of New Mexico, University of California-Irvine and Texas State University-San Marcos.
The purpose of the conference was for the students to complete a business plan and proposal for various company scenarios. The categories included scenarios about fundraising, organizational behavior and marketing.
The students also participated in activities such as seminars, workshops and a tour of the General Motors assembly plant.
Members had to attend workshops in image protection, how to increase MAES membership, self-awareness, fundraising, marketing and how to make MAES more productive on campus.
"Many students were in workshops working on their laptops for their presentations," said Lisa Menard, faculty adviser and a counselor at this college.
Students were divided into groups and given their scenarios on Thursday, and on Friday, the projects were due.
Students were given time to work on their presentations after 10 p.m., Martinez said.
As a result, her group only slept two to three hours that night.
Martinez was in charge of creating the PowerPoint presentation.
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