http://ewb-pitt.org Building a Better World, One Community at a Time Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:09:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first General Body Meeting after the summer break is scheduled for this month. Many exciting things are happening in EWB. The Ecuador team left on 8/31 for project implementation in Tingua Pucara, Ecuador. All the three chapters are getting ready to host the Northeast Region Workshop in November and ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/09/01/september-gbm/ Implementation trip to Ecuador would be in September. Agenda of the meeting is to decide the travel plans, dates, team members & responsibilities, preparation task list etc. Meeting Minutes http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/07/01/tingua-pucara-general-body-meeting/ EWB-Northeast Region (NER) workshop for this year will be held in Pittsburgh during Nov 5-7, 2010 and will be hosted jointly by Pittsburgh Professional, University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon chapters. The workshop includes 10 states of Northeast which constitute 61 established chapters (46 student, 15 professional). The workshop is ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/05/01/ewb-ner-workshop-nov-5-7-2010/ EWB Pittsburgh is hosting a Northeastern Regional Workshop this Fall. While the date is yet to be determined, it is very likely to be held in October or November. This meeting is being held to give a quick overview of the Workshop Roles and Responsibilities between the tri-chapter and Nationals, sub-committee ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/04/18/april-ewb-northeastern-workshop-meeting/ Nuru International organizes Be Hope to Her (Bh2o+) on April 17th, 2010 from 2-4pm at the Southside Riverfront Park! Registration is now open at www.behopetoher.org! Men and women who participate would be asked to walk to a water source, fill a bucket with water, and return to a rallying point carrying ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/04/02/non-ewb-event-be-hope-to-her/ We will have chapter updates followed by our guest lecturer Olabukunola ” Buky” Williams of Global Solutions Pittsburgh. Buky will lecture topic is “International Development 101″ Global Solutions is an independent 501(c)(3) educational organization, is the local affiliate of Citizens For Global Solutions, a national organization working toward global solutions to ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/03/14/march-general-body-meeting/ Ecuador Project Meeting Ecuador Project Meeting Minutes..(click here) http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/03/02/ecuador-project-meeting/ Our general meetings take place on the 1st Tuesday of every month. Fundraising meetings, and project meetings are held as needed. Next General Meeting & Lecture Series: Time: February 16th 2010 (rescheduled from Feb'9th), Tuesday, 8PM-9:30PM Venue: University of Pittsburgh, School of Engineering, Benedum Hall Room 157 Guest Speaker: Emily Knarr, Team Supervisor - Pittsburgh Refugee Center Ms. Knarr's ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2010/02/13/meeting-1/ On Saturday, June 27th, Kimball will be holding the First Annual Kimball 5K Challenge at the Ebensburg office. This fundraising event, which will benefit EWB, is open to all Kimball employees, friends, and family, and the general community. For complete details, see attachment or contact Krista Sponsky (PR Specialist) at 814-472-7700. Kimball ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2009/06/01/kimball-5k-challenge/ EWB & PSO Event Flyer The Unviersity of Pittsburgh's Engineers Without Borders & The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra cordially invites you for a night to relax benefiting University of Pittsburgh's Chapter on March 19th, 2009 from 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. This will be a great opportunity to network with the area Engineering Companies ... http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2009/03/12/engineers-night-at-the-symphony-carnegie-music-hall/