The Drexel Business and Engineering Society, was officially reorganized and recognized as a chapter of the National Organization for Business and Engineering (NOBE).  NOBE is a national society uniting business, management, and engineering organizations from universities coast to coast. NOBE strives to produce and refine leadership internally and develop professional skills in our members that can be translated into success in the business world.  NOBE Drexel Chapter holds dozens of networking, professional, and social events every year both on and off campus.  You can visit our new website at: www.NOBEdrexel.org.  For any questions or more information, please e-mail NOBE@drexel.edu

All students are welcome to join NOBE and encouraged to join one of our three sponsored chapters.

*  Business and Engineering Society: Formerly the Commerce and Engineering Society, the B&E Society is restricted to only Lebow B&E Majors and helps work with faculty, administration, and students in advancing and promoting the B&E curriculum as well as provide B&E networking and alumni events.

* APICS Student Chapter: The Association for Operations Management Drexel Chapter is restricted to those students who are registered student members of APICS.  APICS is the leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics.  Many students also sign up for the Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM).  Drexel APICS members in the past have attended APICS national conferences as scholars, and have attended many events with the local professional Philadelphia APICS chapter.  The APICS Student Chapter has also worked to offer an on-campus CPIM Basics of Supply Chain Management course to all Drexel Students free of charge.

* SAME Student Chapter: The Society of American Military Engineers Drexel Chapter is restricted to those students who are registered student members of SAME.  While many members are Drexel ROTC students, all students are eligible to join SAME for free.  Every month the Philadelphia SAME chapter has a professional or social events with leaders from dozens of business and engineering companies around the area.

NOBE – The Business and Engineering Society hosts World Famous Comedian this Thursday!!

 Come see Comedian Dan Nainan, a true Business and Engineering Comedian this thursday at 7PM at Campbell Auditorium (Stratton 113).  Dan is a half japaneese, half indian comedian who worked as a senior engineer and Strategic Relations Manager at Intel, often traveling worldwide with the CEO of Intel Andy Grove at big corporate events. 

Now he’s world famous, has starred in movies, been in Saturday Night Live, Last Comic Standing, TV Commercials, TV Shows, and more!  Its Free for ALL STUDENTS and refreshments will be served!

Remember, mark your calendar for a great time, THIS THURSDAY, April 23rd at 7PM at 113 Stratton Hall.   (Stratton Hall is connected to Disque Hall and is directly across Chestnut street from Creese Student Center).

For more information, please e-mail NOBE@drexel.edu, or go to www.NOBEdrexel.oirg

The Business and Engineering Society is teaming up with the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers to invite students to the Scholarship Night at the Union League on Wed., Feb. 11th, 5:30pm.  A very nice dinner will be served, and students will be sat at tables with management from large Philadelphia corporations.

SAME falls into the general mission of the BES by being made up of mostly management level employees in all aspects of business from engineering, construction, architecture, and technology firms.  This is a great networking opportunity and perfect for co-op networking, especially for business and engineers, operations management, marketing, and all other majors.

To RSVP to this event, e-mail BES@glink.drexel.edu

All interested in the Business and Engineering Society are invited to the first general BES board meeting of the term.  It will be held in the Business and Engineering Library on the 2nd floor of the academic building (33rd and Arch st) tomorrow, January 13th at 7pm.  Jim DeGour from the Philadelphia chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) will also be making a presentation.  All majors are welcome to attend. For more information or to request an agenda, please contact bes@glink.drexel.edu.

Philadelphia, PA – The Drexel Business and Engineering Society is pleased to announce today that the International Association of Financial Engineers has listed the Business and Engineering Degree (B&E) with Finance Concentration curriculum on its list of financial engineerign programs.  The B&E degree is now one of the select few undergraduate Financial Engineering majors in the world. This is great news to all current Drexel Business and Engineering majors who have a concentration in finance and are looking into a quantitative finance or investment banking career.  This announcement is also expected to lead to new Drexel B&E applicants from all over the world who seek a Financial Engineering program.

We invite all interested students to apply as a member of IAFE through the Business and Engineering Society.  The benefits of becoming a member are invaluable and include invitation to the annual conference, free committee membership, free attendence at IAFE evening forums, access to the IAFE newsletter, and more.  Additionally, IAFE members are heavily recruited by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bloomberg, among others.  To apply, please contact BES IAFE coordinator Zack Howitt at: bes@glink.drexel.edu

The Business and Engineering Society is open to students from all concentrations and majors at Drexel with an interest in engineering or the technical side of business.  One of our goals includes promoting Drexel’s unique Business and Engineering program in accreditation, recruitment, and publicity.

When: Thursday Apr 17 at 7pm

Where: Bossone 3rd Floor Atrium

Come for a very nice free dinner and listen to distinguished alumni speakers. A terrific networking and Q&A events. Our alumni panelists include the CEO of MCA Solutions, a worldwide corporation, and a high profiled Philadelphia lawyer. All Students (including Business, Engineers, Legal Studies, Entrepreneurs, etc) are welcomed.

TO RSVP, send an e-mail to bes@glink.drexel.edu

We hope to see you there!