ONE FIYAH... MORE FIYAH
One Fiyah, More Fiyah is the chant for Region 1 of the National Society of Black Engineers, and last weekend was our Fall Regional Conference. Twenty-eight of us from NU went down to the SHeraton in Parsippany New Jersey for the conference this past weekend. There were almost 1000 other NSBE members there from middle school, high school, collegiate members and alumni. Friday after we arrived we checked into the hotel and then went to eat after driving all morning. It was a little hectic with 28 of us in the restaurant, but it was a good time. Then we picked up our badges and went to opening session, where they introduced people, and we represented our 5 zones with chants.
Saturday was the main event of the conference. Gerneral Session begins with a roll call of all of the chapters in attendance. This is the most energetic part of the conference, even at 8am, we are all about representing our schools and zones. The region is broken into 5 zones: New England, Upstate(NY), Metro/LI(NY), New Jersey, and Canada. After General Session, there were workshops, a career fair, poster session, and the Academic Technical Bowl. The last event in the maind part of the day was the Zone meeting, where we strategized ways to make New England the best zone in the region, and where Northeastern won Chapter of the Summer. Dinner was at the Black Tie Banquet, where I won Region 1 Member of the Summer.
Back on campus everyone is finally out of midterms, and back into a more regular schedule, but the semester is close to the end, as is my coop. I'll be home for Christmas in 5 weeks, and then back in classes two weeks after that. I just had course registration this week, which is the ultimate reminder that home-work free life is coming to an end.
Since applications are going to be due soon, I'm sure people must have questions, feel free to ask!