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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>All, whether you plan to attend as a participant or as a volunteer, please be sure to complete the pre-registration survey for Power Weekend. It’s almost time for me to order the food and the supplies and I need an accurate headcount.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>PROMES Community:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please follow the link below to register for this year’s “MAXIMIZING YOUR POWER” Semester Kick-off Event! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>FOR NEW PROMES STUDENTS</span></b>: Friday night opening program and full-day Saturday <b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Guaranteed 4.0 Learning System Seminar.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span>More details at <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/promes/events/events.html">http://www.egr.uh.edu/promes/events/events.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>FOR RETURNING STUDENTS: </span></b>Saturday lunch and Professional Development Workshops. Here is the schedule that we have confirmed so far:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=727 style='width:545.4pt;margin-left:.5in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>TIME<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS </b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>(See Room Numbers Beside Workshop)</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>12:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>12:55pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Registration:</u></b> Sophomore, Junior, & Senior Students Only<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>1:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>2:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“Advanced Interview Skills” – Jesse Puente (BASF) - Room TBA<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:.25in'><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.25in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.25in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.25in'><p class=MsoNormal>“Does Your Job Search <b><u>ROC</u></b>?” – Melinda Chatham (KBR) -Room TBA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>2:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>3:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“Advanced Interview Skills” – Jesse Puente (BASF) - Room TBA<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal>“Networking” – Yvette Harris (DuPont) -Room TBA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>3:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>4:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal>“Interviewing Strategies” Yvette Harris (DuPont) -Room TBA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Technical Series-Storytelling for Engineers” – Steven Myles (HP) -Room TBA<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Title to be determined – Stefan Stankovich (Champion Technologies)-Room TBA<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=68 valign=top style='width:51.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td><td width=591 valign=top style='width:443.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>NO COST! Time is running out to reserve your seat and YOUR FOOD!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MaxPower2012">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MaxPower2012</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>***********************************************************************</span> <br><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Katherine S. Zerda, Ph.D., MBA</span></i></b> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director, Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES)</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cullen College of Engineering</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>E316 Engineering Building 2</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Houston</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston, TX 77204-4010</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: 713-743-4222</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>************************************************************************</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>