EACC Leadership Elections

EACC Leadership Elections

Author: Engineering Academic Career Club (EACC)
Event Date: May 19, 2025
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Do you want to have more exposure working with a team of like-minded graduate students and postdocs who are also interested in becoming a Professor and/or pursing an academic career? Are you interested in having a leadership role in the Engineering Academic Career Club (EACC)? Nominate yourself for a leadership position on our team today!

Any active member of EACC can nominate themselves and vote. An active member is defined as anyone who has been attended an EACC event. Depending on interest, some chair positions can be filled by two people in a co-chair capacity.

What are the positions? 1) President, 2) Vice President, 3) Treasurer, 4) Secretary, 5) Social Media Chair/Webmaster, 6) Opportunities Chair, 7) Mentorship Chair(s), and 8) Social Event Chair. To find out more about these positions, check out the attached document on EACC roles and responsibilities.

How to nominate yourself: Email your nomination to EACCpurdue@gmail.com. Succinctly (in no more than 2-3 sentences/question) answer the following questions. Your responses will be shared in the voting process.

  1. Which EACC position you’re interested in (if you are interested in more than one position, please indicate your first/second preferences as well)
  2. What is your educational level (year in program) and what degree are you obtaining (MS, PhD, Postdoc)?
  3. What is your motivation for being on the EACC Leadership team?
  4. Complete the sentence: One vision/goal I look forward to contributing to the club is _______.
Timeline: Nominations are due to EACCpurdue@gmail.com by Friday May 16, 2025 by 12pm. Nominees and their responses above will be sent out to club members, and Voting/Elections will occur online by active EACC members from May 19 to May 23, 2025.
 
If you have any questions regarding the Nomination and Election process, I encourage you to reach out to the following: Dr. Jackie McDermott, Club Advisor - Email: jem@purdue.edu
 
Learn more about EACC here: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Academics/Graduate/ProfessionalDevelopment/EACC