Hypatia/Galileo Committees

One of the strengths of Hypatia and Galileo is the involvement of upper class students. In addition to mentoring, they also organize and lead the following committees for the communities:

  • Academic and professional support – holding regular “office” hours to help students with homework, leading and organizing review sessions, hosting events to prepare for career fairs, etc.
  • Social – planning and organizing events for students to interact and meet each other outside of class
  • Service learning – planning and organizing community service activities for the community
  • Outreach – planning and organizing K-12 efforts, including hands-on activities for students to learn about engineering and hosting school visits to campus
  • Communications and media – collecting information from the other committees to distribute to first-year students in a weekly email,
    weekly newsletter, and Facebook page

Some of the activities planned by the committees this year included:

  • Hiking to the Cascades
  • Shaving cream whiffle ball
  • S’Mores night bonfire
  • Ice cream pajama party
  • Pancake breakfast
  • ENGE 1024 and other course exam review sessions
  • Engineering Expo preparation night
  • Football tailgate
  • Relay for Life
  • FIRST Lego Robotics volunteering
  • Humane Society volunteering
  • Community leaf raking
  • And MUCH more!