Engineering Student Council to host 33rd Engineering Week

The Engineering Student Council — a Special Status Organization within the School of Engineering and Applied Science — will host its 33rd annual Engineering Week Monday through Friday. According to Zachary Palazzotto, Engineering Student Council president and fourth-year Engineering student, E-Week is a series of events with an aim to give back to Engineering students by providing both academic opportunities and moral support.

This year's E-Week theme is titled “E-lympics,” which is used as an inspiration for many of the week’s events. Some of these events include free professional headshots, free Bodos bagels available to students and equine therapy.

Palazzotto said in an email statement to The Cavalier Daily that E-Week is an important week to recognize and reward students' hard work.

“E-Week is an annual tradition … [and] it is very important to give back to the students who have worked so hard with rewarding opportunities,” Palazzotto wrote. “In designing our programming, we wanted to ensure students had experiences that enrich their academic and professional development … and connect on a deeper level.”

According to Palazzotto, this year’s E-Week will also feature a new punch card system, where Engineering students can pick up a card during the “Opening Ceremony” and have it punched at eligible events. If students attend five E-Point eligible events, they will be entered into a lottery for free merchandise.

E-Point eligible events are indicated on the Engineering Student Council’s Instagram page and in an email sent to all Engineering students. Some of the E-Point eligible events include the Light the Torch Coffee Tab and the Resume GivE-Way, both of which will take place Wednesday.

According to Palazzotto, the E-Week kickoff “Opening Ceremony” took place Monday from 12-2 p.m. in front of Thornton Hall. The event provided food for students, such as fresh lemonade and kettle corn, and featured crafts, including bracelet-making and custom street-sign-making, intended as tributes to E-Way.

The Engineering Student Council has also organized an event called “Bodo-lympic Rings on the E-way” Tuesday, where students can pick up free Bodos Bagels in exchange for signing a thank-you card to the U.Va. Dine staff.

Tuesday from 2-3 p.m., Engineering students will also have the opportunity to get a free professional headshot outside of Thornton Hall. Starting at 5:00 p.m. in the Rodman Room in Thornton Hall, students will also have the opportunity to attend “The Olympic Roundtable Discussion,” an event intended to spark dialogue amongst Engineering students on how the Engineering experience can be improved.

Students can register for events via an email sent to all Engineering students outlining the week’s events. The RSVP form for RSVP-required events will remain open until the events are filled.

Later Tuesday evening, the Engineering Student Council has the Violet Crown theater downtown reserved to show a screening of Project Hail Mary. The screening will start at 7:00 p.m.

Another event taking place during E-Week is “Light the Torch Coffee Tab,” which will feature a coffee tab at Kindness Cafe — a local coffee shop on Rugby Road that employs adults with cognitive disabilities — Wednesday from 12-2 p.m., along with coloring pages to help students de-stress. Engineering students will also have the opportunity Wednesday to get free merch on the Wilsdorf Patio from 2-3:30 p.m. in exchange for showing a VMock resume score of over 90 percent.

Also happening Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. in the Darden Courtyard is an event called “Medal-Worthy Majors Party.” At this event, first-year Engineering students can celebrate declaring their majors by meeting with upperclassmen in their respective majors, getting major-specific merch and taking pictures with CavMan — the University's mascot. Students can also receive their Major Declaration Certificates, which are certificates signed by the dean that students receive following their major declaration. Dinner will be catered from Mellow Mushroom for students.

Thursday, there will be an event called “Gallop for Gold; The Mane Event,” where Engineering students can attend a free equine therapy with miniature ponies in front of Thornton Hall from 12-2 p.m. There will also be a free Zumba class at the Aquatic and Fitness Center on Thursday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. for Engineering students.

Engineering students will also be able to attend a date function Thursday called “Apres-Ski Social” at Ellie’s Country Club from 9-11 p.m. Students can pick up wristbands for the event at E-Week events throughout the week.

Palazzotto said that he and the rest of the Engineering Student Council are dedicated to supporting students through events such as E-Week because of the hardworking, supportive community that Engineering students strive to contribute to.

“The Engineering Student Council is so dedicated to our mission of improving the everyday E-School experience because we see how hard our peers work,” Palazzotto wrote. “They don’t just dedicate themselves to the classroom, but also to mentoring younger students, aiding in major exploration and making our U.Va. Engineering community feel like home.”

First-year Engineering student Joshua Mazarin said in a statement to The Cavalier Daily that he believes programming such as E-Week is important for building the community within the Engineering school.

“Programs like E-Week have created a strong sense of community within the E-School by bringing students together beyond the classroom and celebrating what it means to be an engineer,” Mazarin wrote. “These experiences have made my journey more collaborative, engaging and meaningful, shaping not just my academic path but my sense of belonging as an engineering student.”

A full list of E-week events is available on the Engineering Student Council’s Instagram page and was emailed to all Engineering students. The E-Week information is also posted on the Engineering Student Council’s website.

Engineering Student Council to host 33rd Engineering Week

This year's Engineering Week is themed “E-lympics” and will feature events for students such as free professional headshots, major declaration parties and coffee tabs

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