About
Engineering Welcome Day is an orientation event for roughly 700 incoming engineering freshmen and transfer students, hosted by the Engineering Society at UCLA (ESUC). Students will have the opportunity to learn about UCLA's School of Engineering, meet fellow engineering students, and hear from engineering faculty. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about the 40+ student organizations in attendance.
Engineering Welcome Day (EWD) will be hosted online on September 20th, 2020. The event will be split into two sessions to accommodate different time zones. Session 1 will be 9:00am - 12:00pm (PDT) and Session 2 will be 6:00pm - 9:00pm (PDT). Both sections are identical - plan to only attend one.
Note: This year, EWD is using a platform called Gatherly. Please note that Gatherly is only supported on a desktop/laptop and is not available on mobile devices. To test whether your computer can run Gatherly on a browser, please visit test.gatherly.io.
To ensure that you will receive a link for the event, RSVP here as soon as possible. We hope to see you there!
Speakers
EWD begins with opening remarks and important information from several distinguished members of the Engineering community. View the recording and lists of speakers below:
Welcome
Arnold Pfahnl
ESUC President
General Remarks
Jayathi Murthy
Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean
Scott Brandenberg
Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
Richard Wesel
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
Undergraduate Research and Internships
William Herrera
Director of Undergraduate Research and Internship Programs
Career Center
Danit Havton
Assistant Director for Career Education & Engagement
Resilience in your Student Experience (RISE)
Eboni Martin
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services
Office of Academic and Student Affairs
Anycia Reyes
OASA
Alumni Association
Marianne So
President of Engineering Alumni Association
MentorSEAS
Anirudh Mani & Prithvi Kannan
MentorSEAS Co-Presidents
Organizations
Our virtual club fair features over 40 clubs and student organizations that are eager to meet you! Scroll down to see tabling information, or search the full list of organizations in attendance. Click on any of the organizations to learn more!