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Orientation Chair

2021-03-23T02:27:49Z

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The Orientation Chair is responsible for the organization and execution of [[F!rosh Week]]. Since the event is so large and involves an operating budget of over $100,000, the Orientation Chair is often assisted by six vice-chairs. Each Vice-Chair manages one of six portfolios: Finance, Logistics, Internal, Operations, Marketing, and Leadership. Each Vice-Chair oversees a group of subcommittee chairs & volunteers except for Vice-Chair Leadership, who oversees the Head Leedurs and the leedurs in addition to their subcommittees. The Orientation Chair is elected at the January Special Board of Directors Meeting so planning for Orientation can start earlier. For more information on Orientation itself, please see the [[F!rosh Week]] page.
==Past Structure==
The Orientation Chair was often assisted by a co-chair and three vice chairs until 2011. Each vice chair often oversees one of three areas: Finance, Spirit, and Logistics .
==Past Orientation Chair==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Name
|-
||2021
||Aidan Grenville
||NΨ 2T2+PEY
|-
||2020
||Gabe Sher
||ECE 2T1
|-
||2019
||Ben Mucsi
||NΨ 1T9+PEY
|-
||2018
||Andrew Kidd
||NΨ 1T8+PEY
|-
||2017
||Carol Yeung
||Indy 1T8T1+PEY
|-
||2016
||Dareen Kutob
||Indy 1T7T1+PEY
|-
||2015
||Milan Maljković
||Elec 1T6+PEY
|-
||2014
||Amanda Aleong
||NΨ 1T4+PEY
|-
||2013
||Vivek Kesarwani
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
||2012
||Maegan Chang
||ECE 1T3T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011
||Abhishek Mathur
||Mech 1T2+PEY
|-
||Michelle Chen (co-chair)
||Mech 1T2T1
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
||Owyn Notario
||Civ 1T1+PEY
|-
||Andy Chun (co-chair)
||Mech 1T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
||Ines Lucia Fernandez Valdiviezo
||Indy 0T9+PEY
|-
||Laura Bradbury (co-chair)
||NΨ 0T9+PEY
|-
||2008
||Brandon MacLean
||Mech 0T9+PEY
|-
||2007
||Norman Goh
||NΨ 0T7+PEY
|-
||2006
||Stephanie Whitehurst
||Indy 0T7
|-
||2005
||Luke Wesley
||Mech 0T5
|}
<brclass="mw_emptyline_first" /><brclass="mw_emptyline" />The title of Orientation Director was changed to "Orientation Chair" at the November 2018 Board of Director's Meeting.

Orientation Chair

2021-03-23T02:24:46Z

99.229.212.35: /* Past Orientation Chair */

The Orientation Chair is responsible for the organization and execution of [[F!rosh Week]]. Since the event is so large and involves an operating budget of over $100,000, the Orientation Chair is often assisted five vice-chairs. Each Vice-Chair manages one of five portfolios: Finance, Logistics, Operations, Marketing, and Leadership. Each Vice-Chair oversees a group of subcommittee chairs & volunteers expect for Vice-Chair Leadership, who oversees the Head Leedurs and the leedurs. The Orientation Chair is elected at January Special Board of Directors Meeting so planning for Orientation can start earlier. For more information on Orientation itself, please see the [[F!rosh Week]] page.

==Past Structure==
The Orientation Chair was often assisted by a co-chair and three vice chairs until 2011. Each vice chair often oversees one of three areas: Finance, Spirit, and Logistics .

==Past Orientation Chair==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Name
|-
||2021
||Aidan Grenville
||NΨ 2T2+PEY
|-
||2020
||Gabe Sher
||ECE 2T1
|-
||2019
||Ben Mucsi
||NΨ 1T9+PEY
|-
||2018
||Andrew Kidd
||NΨ 1T8+PEY
|-
||2017
||Carol Yeung
||Indy 1T8T1+PEY
|-
||2016
||Dareen Kutob
||Indy 1T7T1+PEY
|-
||2015
||Milan Maljković
||Elec 1T6+PEY
|-
||2014
||Amanda Aleong
||NΨ 1T4+PEY
|-
||2013
||Vivek Kesarwani
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
||2012
||Maegan Chang
||ECE 1T3T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011
||Abhishek Mathur
||Mech 1T2+PEY
|-
||Michelle Chen (co-chair)
||Mech 1T2T1
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
||Owyn Notario
||Civ 1T1+PEY
|-
||Andy Chun (co-chair)
||Mech 1T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
||Ines Lucia Fernandez Valdiviezo
||Indy 0T9+PEY
|-
||Laura Bradbury (co-chair)
||NΨ 0T9+PEY
|-
||2008
||Brandon MacLean
||Mech 0T9+PEY
|-
||2007
||Norman Goh
||NΨ 0T7+PEY
|-
||2006
||Stephanie Whitehurst
||Indy 0T7
|-
||2005
||Luke Wesley
||Mech 0T5
|}
<brclass="mw_emptyline_first" /><brclass="mw_emptyline" />The title of Orientation Director was changed to "Orientation Chair" at the November 2018 Board of Director's Meeting.

TrackOne

2020-08-29T02:24:59Z

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[[File:TrackOne1.png|500x500px|thumb|right|Collection of TrackOne swag at the 10th-anniversary celebrations (Photo Credit: Alan YuSheng Wu, NSci 1T4).]]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTnkZvG4vOXJC0WjAtNvud6DXkVjQFSd/view?usp=sharing CLUE FOR AMAZING RACE]

The TrackOne program (abbreviated as T1) is a direct-entry first-year undergraduate program in the
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, which allows students to enroll in one year of classes
before deciding on a disciplinary major amongst the “Core 8” (all programs except for Engineering
Science). Students in the TrackOne program transfer directly into the second year of their program
of choice assuming that they meet the academic requirements to do so.
As a first-year only program, TrackOne has no home department or [[List of Clubs|Discipline Club]] to oversee their
activities. On the Faculty’s side, the program is overseen by the TrackOne Liaison (formerly Lesley
Mak, Curtis Norman, Cori Hanson, currently Emzhei Chen) and the academic Chair of First Year (formerly Prof. Susan
McCahan, Prof. Kim Pressnail, currently Prof. Micah Stickel). On the student side, activities and
initiatives for the T1’s are delivered by the TrackOne Class Representative and a collection of upper
year former T1 students who volunteer as part of the [[TrackOne Mentorship Program]].

''Written by Albert Huynh, TrackOne Representative 0T8-0T9.''
==History==
<p class="mw_paragraph">[[File:TrackOne2.png|300x300px|thumb|right|Prof. Susan McCahan with upper year former T1's at an orientation event]]
The TrackOne program was first conceived by Prof. Susan McCahan (at the time the academic
Chair of First Year) and Trevor Cuddy (at the time the Director of the Engineering Student
Recruitment and Outreach Office) as a way to compete with other universities offering general first
year programs without alienating students who already knew what disciplinary major they wanted to
stream into. The first class was established in the Fall of 2007, with 92 students completing that first
year.

Given that there was no discipline club to organize initiatives and events for students in the program,
the TrackOne Committee was established by Wayne Lin, the first T1 Class Rep, to serve this
function. In that year, the TrackOne Committee was also recognized by and included into the
EngSoc by-laws and provided funding under a new model, distinct from other discipline clubs. Since
2007, it has been left to the discretion of the T1 Class Rep every year to decide whether or not to
formally convene a committee comprised of their classmates to act as the TrackOne Committee as
well as how to structure it.

The first version of the TrackOne Mentorship Program was established in 2009 by Daniel Moon and Donnie Yee.
After running for a couple of years, it became dormant before being reestablished in 2013 by Vibhor
Sachdeva, Kevin Wang, Stephanie Gaglione, and Katherine Marek, creating the foundation for its
current version which not only provides direct mentorship but also organizes broader TrackOne
social events. In recent years, the TrackOne Mentorship Program has taken on some of the original
social and community building function of the TrackOne Committee.
[[File:TrackOne3.png|200x200px|thumb|left|Location of the first TrackOne common room.]]

The first common room for TrackOne was granted by the Faculty in Winter 2009 and was originally
located in the office space of SF4301C. Before that, the TrackOne students were granted access to
every other Core 8 program’s common rooms as a compromise for not having one of their own. This
first common room was outfitted with nothing more than a small couch and a corner desk. Given that
the room was located amongst graduate student offices, noise complaints were called in about the
T1’s frequently, which created a real risk of losing the rights to a common room altogether.
Ultimately the solution to the noise complaints was to move the common room to the third floor in
2010 and eventually to its current location outside of SF1105 (a room formerly used for storage by
the Engineering Computing Facility).
</p><h2>Events</h2><p class="mw_paragraph">[[File:TrackOne4.png|thumb|right|Icebreaker games were played as part of the first TrackOne Dinner Dance held in GB202. (Photo Credit: Yi-Wei Ang, INDY 1T2T1+PEY)]]
The first TrackOne Dinner Dance was hosted in Winter 2009 under the name “Indecision” and was
organized by Stephanie Chow, Becky Gan, Jin Hee Kim, and Jolene Chu, with no funding (the event
broke even with ticket sales). The actual event was held in GB202 and the food was heated in
residence ovens at New College. In subsequent years, the event was renamed “8-ball” and starting
in Winter 2012, was re-envisioned by Evan Boyce as a Dinner Dance that could serve the entire
Skule frosh population.

For its first 4 years, TrackOne also had an annual “beach party/BBQ” which was held in May. In its
fifth year, the event became a group trip to a Blue Jays Game before being dropped in consideration
for how many students leave the city for the Summer. At the beach party, it was customary to sign
the TrackOne volleyball, which has since fallen into a state of disrepair.
[[File:TrackOne5.png|thumb|The TrackOne volleyball was signed by each new class at the annual beach party. (Photo Credit: Yi-Wei Ang, INDY 1T2T1+PEY)]]

In 2012, on the occasion of the first significant graduating class of T1’s (considering that the majority
of them went on PEY), Lesley Mak, the TrackOne Liaison at the time, created the tradition of hosting
a graduation party. This graduation party eventually came to serve both the actual graduating class,
as well as the current first-year class who would be “graduating” into another program in the second
year. In 2017, a 10-year anniversary reunion at the Faculty Club replaced this graduation event.

[[File:TrackOne6.png|500x500px|thumb|centre|Students, alumni, staff, and faculty members at the TrackOne 10th anniversary reunion. (Photo Credit: Alan YuSheng Wu, NSci 1T4)]]
</p><h2>Symbol/Motto</h2><p class="mw_paragraph">[[File:TrackOne7.png|thumb|right|The first TrackOne patch contained a typo omitting a "c" in the word "scisco" ]]
The traditional symbol/logo for T1 has always been the 8-ball. It was chosen both to represent the 8
disciplinary paths available upon completion of the program as well as the idea that magic 8-balls
are used to provide answers to tough questions or decisions (in this case the relevant decision being
which program to pick).

The motto for T1, “scisco iterum laxus,” also draws on this theme. The phrase was a 2007 Google
translation of “ask again later,” a common response by T1 students to the question “what program
are you going into?”. This motto appears on the first two iterations of the T1 patch.
Since the traditional “T” notation of program and graduation year did not afford for former T1’s to
easily identify themselves after transitioning into their program of choice, T1 students began adding
an additional “T1” to the end of their graduating year to indicate this. For example, a former T1
Mineral Engineering student who graduated in 2013 with PEY is denoted “MIN 1T3T1+PEY” and a
former T1 Industrial Engineering student graduating in 2021 would be “INDY 2T1T1”.
</p><h2>Trivia</h2><p class="mw_paragraph">In 2017-2018, the U of T [[Concrete Canoe Team]] named their canoe "TrackOne" to fit in with their selected amusement park theme. They placed 5th in the overall Canadian competition that year.
</p><h2>Class Representatives</h2><p class="mw_paragraph">The TrackOne Class Representative is the official head of the TrackOne Committee and is elected
with all other first-year class representatives in September.

[[Category:Programs]]
</p>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Name
|-
||2018-2019
||Selina Tong
||INDY 2T2T1
|-
||2017-2018
||John Peri
||MECH 2T1T1
|-
||2016-2017
||Jane Illario
||COMP 2T0T1
|-
||2015-2016
||Alex Caton
||ECE 1T9T1
|-
||2014-2015
||Erwin Lam
||ELEC 1T8T1+PEY
|-
||2013-2014
||Amir Sheidaei and Ozan Coskun
||INDY 1T7T1+PEY & MECH 1T7T1
|-
||2012-2013
||Tabish Gilani
||MECH 1T6T1+PEY
|-
||2011-2012
||Evan Boyce
||MECH 1T5T1+PEY
|-
||2010-2011
||Teresa Nguyen and Matthew Lattavo
||CIV 1T4T1+PEY & CIV1T4T1+PEY
|-
||2009-2010
||Anthony Alayo
||ELEC 1T3T1+PEY
|-
||2008-2009
||Albert Huynh
||CHEM 1T2T1+PEY
|-
||2007-2008
||Wayne Lin
||INDY 1T1T1+PEY
|}

Materials Science and Engineering Club

2020-08-29T02:24:13Z

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[[Image:MSEClub_logo2012.jpg|thumb|300px|The MSE Club logo]]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y8LCECQWLALvJ71H0Pf2OcfSMmKtf_Cm/view?usp=sharing CLUE FOR AMAZING RACE]

The '''Materials Science and Engineering Club (MSE Club)''' at the University of Toronto represents the approximately 200 MSE undergraduate students in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. The Club is headed by the student council, which organize and hold various, and awesome, events for MSE students throughout the year.

In addition to being a great discipline regularly, this year marks the CENTENNIAL of the MSE Department! To celebrate this mile marker, MSE Club has made limited edition “100 year” t-shirts and will be holding bigger and better events.

The Club also owns 60 half-lockers in the basement of Wallberg. They are sold throughout the year and can be kept until the following September.

So come hang out with the MSE Club, we know what we’re made of!

[[Image:MSE Chariot Race.jpg|thumb|300px|<strong>Ye Grande Olde Chariot Races 1T2:</strong> Although MSE may be one of the smaller disciplines in the faculty, they certainly do not lack in spirit. Here they are posing after putting their newly built chariot to the test]]
==Services==
The MSE Club works to make the student experience more bearable during the hectic Skule™ year. We organize events such as:
* Smokers (September 14, 12-2pm in WB143)
* Poker and Games Nights
* Remembrance Day Poppy Give-Away (Nov. 11)
* Charity Bake Sales
* Two Student’s Town Hall
* Secret Santa and Brunch
* An annual Dinner Dance (Bucky Ball; TBD)
* Valentine’s Day Candy Grams
* Interdisciplinary Ski Trip (Reading Week)
* Iron Ring Celebration
* Annual Ping Pong (TAU) Tournament
* Talent Shows/ Open Mic Nights
* Fantasy Sports Leagues
* Movie Nights

and many more!

Check the calendar on [http://www.mse.skule.ca mse.skule.ca] to plan your visit to an MSE Club event!

[[Image:MSE Executive Team.jpg|thumb|300px|The MSE Club executive team]]
==Executive Team==
The MSE Club Executive Team for the 1T7-1T8 Skule™ year consists of:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
||Chair
||
||Stephen Manion (1T7+PEY)
|-
||Vice-Chair
||
||Brittny Eileen Carter (1T9)
|-
||Communications Director
||
||Joshua Ilse (1T9)
|-
||Financial Director
||
||Joseph Choy (1T9)
|-
||Sports Director
||
||Diana Vucevic (1T9)
|-
||Social Director
||
||Paraneetha Parameswaran (1T9)
|-
||Events Director
||
||Ruiping Yang (1T9)
|-
||Technical Director
||
||Henry Lu (1T7+PEY)
|-
||Academic Director
||
||Jeffrey Wang (1T9)
|}

[[Image:MSE Common Room.jpg|thumb|300px|MSE Common Room, Wallberg Building Room 143]]

==Contact==
Common Room: Wallberg Building Room 143<br />Email Address: mse@g.skule.ca<br />Website: [http://www.mse.skule.ca mse.skule.ca]

[[Category:Discipline Clubs]]

Min Club

2020-08-29T02:23:37Z

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[[Category:Discipline Clubs]]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/180ednl1dOhSHWeloNxLZ-NSyhLI0-pJK/view?usp=sharing CLUE FOR AMAZING RACE]

Min Club is the discipline club for Lassonde Mineral Engineering students.

Mechanical Engineering Club

2020-08-29T02:22:59Z

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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q2GZ91WyFMqn3x3Ymzs4QKKQrJC2zWb4/view?usp=sharing CLUE FOR AMAZING RACE]

The '''Mechanical Engineering Club (Mech Club)''' represents the entire Mechanical Engineering student body at the University of Toronto. The peer-elected student executive members are the main points of contact between the students and wider faculty, bringing concerns and issues to attention. Aside from academic and course support, the club also strives to enhance the social aspect of engineering. The common room was recently renovated, with updated furniture and a new mural to make it a more usable space. As usual, the annual MIE Dinner Dance and class socials continue to run. For up-to-date information and upcoming events, please visit our website at [http://www.mech.skule.ca mech.skule.ca] or check out our [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mechanical-Engineering-Club-University-of-Toronto/187842731243479 Facebook page] and [https://www.instagram.com/mechclub/ Instagram]. The Mech Club can be found in MB225C and there will always be someone in the office between 1-2pm, or feel free to drop by if you ever see the light on!

[[Image:Mech Dinner Dance.jpg|thumb|300px|<strong>MIE Dinner Dance</strong>: A fancy night out at a banquet hall with friends! Enjoy great food, company, and music to help take your mind off of school! MIE dinner dance is usually in the fall semester between October and November! Remember to check [http://www.mech.skule.ca mech.skule.ca] for details!]]
==Services==
The Mechanical Engineering Club provides a number of services to students to help make the year more enjoyable! Our services include:
* '''Common Room''': MB225B, a place where you can enjoy ping pong, video games, refreshing drinks and snacks, or just hanging out with friends!
* '''Dinner Dance''': A night to enjoy dinner and dance with friends. Consistently rumoured to be the best dinner dance of them all!
* '''Mentorship Program''': For students that need guidance, all years welcome!
* '''Coffee House''': Coffee (and house music) and some entertainment.
* '''Lockers''': Located in MC basement, MB basement, and outside of the common room; see website for more details.
* '''Merchandise''': Hats, t-shirts, hoodies, scarves, and much more!
* '''Website''': [http://www.mech.skule.ca mech.skule.ca], features a calendar of events and information about mech club services.

==Executive Team==
The Mech Club Executive Team for the 1T9-2T0 Skule™ year consists of:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
||Chair
||Marie F.
|-
||Vice-Chair
||Khaled G.
|-
||Mentorship Director
||Diana B.
|-
||Communications Director
||Phil C.
|-
||Events Co-Director
||Hussein O.
|-
||Events Co-Director
||Vacant
|-
||Academic Director
||Sumyung J.
|-
||Webmaster
||Christine Y.
|-
||Common Room Director
||Liza D.
|-
||Mental Health and Wellness Director
||Vacant
|-
||4th Year Rep
||Vacant
|-
||PEY Rep
||Vacant
|-
||3th Year Rep
||Vacant
|-
||2nd Year Rep
||Vacant
|-
||1st Year Rep
||Vacant
|}

==Past Chairs==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
||Year
||Chair
|-
||1T9-2T0
||Marie Floryan
|-
||1T8-1T9
||Nicholas Petrelli
|-
||1T7-1T8
||Milan Yang
|-
||1T6-1T7
||Vinoj Suthakaran
|-
||1T5-1T6
||Kunal Taneja
|}

==Contact==
<p class="mw_paragraph">Common Room: Mining Building Room 225<br />Email Address: mechclub@g.skule.ca<br />Website: [http://www.mech.skule.ca mech.skule.ca]

[[Category:Discipline Clubs]]

</p>

Industrial Engineering Club

2020-08-29T02:22:24Z

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[[Image:Indy Club Logo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Indy Club logo]]

[[Image:Simul8 Simulation Competition.jpg|thumb|250px|Simul8 Simulation Competition]][https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FiFnlkwSJfU5w2JNX9zLUW9a4okXicy0/view?usp=sharing CLUE FOR AMAZING RACE]

'''Indy Club''' is student run discipline club at the University of Toronto. Each and every Industrial Engineering student at the University of Toronto is a member of Indy Club and is encouraged to participate in Indy Club activities and events! Your Indy Club Executive is an elected team of Indy Club members with the common goal to enhance your student experience as Industrial Engineering students. Your Executive works hard throughout the year to hold amazing events for all Indys, as well as to represent the Industrial Engineering student body to faculty, UTSU, Skule and the professional world. Being an active member of Indy Club is a great way to meet new people, and the first and easiest step to learning more about what it means to be an Industrial Engineer at the University of Toronto and beyond. Consider joining the '''Indy Club Executive'''; Indy Club runs many events as well as working on initiatives and projects behind the scenes and thus requires the help of many people in different roles. Indy Club runs numerous '''events''' during the school year that range from the awesome MIE Dinner Dance, to academic events, and even a Talent Show called the MIE Coffee House, so make sure to come out and get involved!

[[Image:Indy Club Exec.jpg|thumb|300px|<strong>2012-2013 Executive: Top Row (From L to R):</strong> Dimpho, Florencia, Nefeli, Lea. <strong>Bottom Row (From L to R)</strong>: Joshua, Denizcan, Kalin. <strong>Missing</strong>: Ananya, Vasilis, Javier]]

==Executive Team==
The Indy Club Executive for the 1T7-1T8 Skule™ year consists of:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
||Chair
||
||Kanishk Chadha
|-
||Vice-Chair
||
||Lauren Ip
|-
||Social Director(s)
||
||Smiriti Shankar & Nojhat Hrishti
|-
||Communications Director
||
||Blesy Gallardo
|-
||Finance Director
||
||Benjamin Rubinoff
|-
||Academic Director
||
||Oghosa Igbinakenzua
|-
||Sports Director
||
||Minjia Zhu
|-
||Mentorship Director
||
||Rohit Zachariah
|-
||4th Year Rep
||
||TBD
|-
||PEY Year Rep
||
||TBD
|-
||3rd Year Rep
||
||Claire Goldsmith
|-
||2rd Year Rep
||
||TBD
|-
||1st Year Rep
||
||Toufic Constantin & Tanishq Singh
|}
* '''Common Room''': MB225B, a place where you can enjoy ping pong, video games, refreshing drinks and snacks, or just hanging out with friends!

==Contact==
<p class="mw_paragraph">Email Address: indy@skule.ca<br />Website: [http://www.indy.skule.ca indy.skule.ca]

[[Category:Discipline Clubs]]

</p>