The votes have been tallied from our election/movie night last Wednesday, and the results of our election are as follows:

President: Brad White
Vice President-Internal (Business College): Aria Srinivasan
Vice President-External (Engineering College): Pawel Bogdanowicz
National Representative: Alex Keating
Treasurer (Finance Chair): Adam Weinstein

Thank you for all those who ran and congratulations to all those elected. As you know, these NOBE positions are just a formalities based on the constitution across all NOBE chapters and with Drexel. The positions are whatever you want to make of them, and you can do a lot. There are also a number of appointed positions that are equal to the elected positions for those of you who would like to keep active.

We’ve had a great year including placing in the operations management regional case competition in Ohio, attending many conferences, putting on classes for CPIM courses, attendance at professional development meetings at different societies, associations, and organizations, and the start of our stock market game, and running a number of events.

When: Tuesday, January 19th @ 6PM
Where: Drexel Pizza

NOBE Business and Engineering Society will be hosting a Meet and Greet with Dr. Lev, the new Department Head for the Decision Sciences Department. Dr. Lev will oversee the B&E Program and would like to meet you.
Free food provided by NOBE. This event is for Commerce/Business and Engineering majors only.
Feel free to stop by! Look forward to seeing you there!

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.

APICS – Association of Operations Management
Basics of Supply Chain Management (CPIM) Course

NOBE – The Business and Engineering Society and the Decision Sciences Department has teamed up with the local Professional Philadelphia, Area Network Chapter of APICS to provide a Basic CPIM Course to all Drexel students and alumni free of charge on campus.

The Classes will be split into three Saturdays:

Saturday, September 12 – 10am-2pm
Saturday, September 19 – 10am-2pm
Saturday, September 26 – 10am-2pm

Besides looking great for your resume, and having taken actual classes for a professional CPIM certification, the course will also give you a great and broad overview of operations management useful for any concentration or any line of work. You will be eligible to take the CPIM basic operations management exam after the class. Lunch will be provided courtesy of NOBE – The Business and Engineering Society.

To sign up for the class or for the class syllabus, please e-mail Professor Neil Desnoyers, ntd26@drexel.edu with your name, student ID number, major, and year of graduation.

For more information on CPIM certification: http://www.apics.org/certification/CPIM/
For more information on NOBE – The Business and Engineering Society:www.NOBEdrexel.org

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

NOBE – The Business and Engineering Society has announced a partnership with the Philip B. Lindy Inner-City Public School Program. We will be sponsoring several “Lindy Scholars” from Drexel to volunteer for three events we are planning for the program. “Bridges Extreme”, “Project Runway”, and “Badminton/Squash”.

Although this is a prestigious program, excellent for your resume, we will be sponsoring all students who are interested. We will plan/be teaching 4 classes every other saturday spring term. This is a great opportunity to get involved with the community and help inspire local students in both Business and Engineering activities.

Please e-mail our philanthropy chair: Pooja Khandelwal, psk29@drexel.edu, to sign-up or for more information.