About SEC

The Council has several committees that target the several aspects of SEC's mission statement. These committees host events, support the Council, and represent all engineering students within the College of Engineering.

The Council is divided into three divisions: Internal, External, and Development.

The Internal division targets the representative voice aspect of the mission statement. The Internal committees include Legislation, Society Relations, Marketing, Membership, and Systems Administration.

• Legislation -- The Legislation committee is responsible for drafting a survey administered each semester to all engineering students asking them questions about their experiences within and concerns about the College. The committee analyzes the results and presents recommendations to the engineering deans and department heads at the Faculty Dinner, which is held at the end of each semester. At the dinner, the committee members and several other respresentatives from SEC discuss issues and conerns with the College administration.
• Society Relations -- The Society Relations committee is responsible for maintaining relations with the several engineering societies across the campus. The committee hosts several events that bring members of the Council together with members of the various societies. Society Relations also works to tutor students using both SEC and society members.
• Marketing -- The Marketing committee develops a yearly planner, which is distributed to engineering students each year at no cost. The planner, called the Look Book, includes important dates and contact information for people within the College of Engineering. The committee also is responsible for standardizing all of the Council's printed and marketing materials.
• Membership -- The Membership committee serves the Council's members by hosting social events, assigning members to committees, tracking member points, and facilitating the member selection process. The committee also hosts Parents' Weekend Brunch, an event for engineering students and their parents held during Texas A&M's Parents' Weekend.
• Systems Administration -- The Systems Administration committee maintains the Council's servers and workstations. Members develop software that supports the Council's functions and ensure that the Council's computing needs are met.

The External division seeks to increase engineering awareness. The External committees include E-day, E-Week, FAME, LIFE, Philanthropy, and TREC.

• E-Day -- The Engineering Day (E-Day) committee is responsible for promoting engineering, math and science to young children. The committee organizes one day's worth of activities each semester; typically the Fall E-Day is held in conjunction with the Chemistry Road Show on campus, and the Spring E-Day is held at Post Oak Mall.
• E-Week -- The National Engineers Week (E-Week) committee is responsible for spreading engineering to all other students on campus. The committee runs an entire week of events, usually in February, where the main goals are increasing engineering awareness and breaking the common engineering stereotypes. This is a very dynamic committee that can easily incorporate new ideas every year.
• FAME -- The Future A&M Engineers (FAME) committee hosts an annual high school conference for sophomores and juniors who are interested in pursuing an engineering degree. The conference includes tours and information relating to all disciplines of engineering that are offered at Texas A&M. The event is typically held over two days in the Spring semester.
• LIFE -- The Leaders in Freshman Engineering (LIFE) committee serves as one of nine freshman leadership organizations on campus. The selection process for this committee is entirely separate from that of SEC, and applicants are only accepted during the first semester of their freshman year. The organization aims to help freshmen easily transition into college life while increasing retention in the field of engineering.
• Philanthropy -- The Philanthropy committee organizes and leads SEC in community service events of all kinds. Some typical philanthropy projects that are routinely performed are canned food drives, Angle Tree, Big Event, Replant, Habitat for Humanity, and Adopt-A-Highway, just to name a few.
• TREC -- The Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference (TREC) committee hosts a design competition for students at Texas A&M and surrounding universities in the Central Region of the United States. The competition is usually hosted over two days in the Spring and is well known for its amazing prizes. Members develop the concept, build the track/area for competition, plan social events, and run the two day event in its entirety.

The Development division targets the professional advancement aspect of the SEC mission statement. The Development committees include Career Fair, Corporate Relations, and Finance.

• Career Fair -- The Career Fair is SEC's largest and most visible event of the year. The goal of the Texas A&M Engineering Career Fair is to provide students with the opportunity to visit with recruiters from hundreds of companies seeking engineers for internships, co-ops, and full-time positions. The committee organizes and plans the career fair in both the Spring and Fall semesters. The event is held at Texas A&M's Reed Arena, where recruiters set up booths for their company. In the past, Texas A&M's Engineering Career Fair, the largest student-run career fair in the nation, has drawn in over 3,200 students to visit with more than 300 companies.
• Corporate Relations -- The Corporate Relations committee is responsible for maintaining professional ties with corporations and the Council's corporate sponsors. The committee invites representatives from companies to speak at SEC General Council meetings and is responsible for providing companies with sponsorship information.
• Finance -- The Finance committee maintains all of SEC's finances. The committee collects member dues, processes Council expenditures and income, maintains the budgets for all committees within the organization, and communicates with the Student Organization Finance Center (SOFC).

Students can become involved with the Council in several ways. You can become an SEC member, you can join a professional society that is represented in the Council, or, if you are a freshman, you can join Leaders in Freshman Engineering (LIFE).

The SEC General Council meetings, which are held every Monday evening at 8:15 PM, are open to all engineering students. You can attend these meetings to learn more about what the Council does and voice your opinion about issues facing the College.

Every semester new members are admitted to the Council through an application process. Students submit an application and go through an interview to be selected as a member.

Each professional society in the Dwight Look College of Engineering may send a representative to SEC meetings. These society representatives are full members in SEC. They act as liaisons between the societies and the Council. As representatives, they speak for their societies when they voice an opinion on an issue concerning the college.

LIFE is a freshman leadership organization (FLO) created exclusively for engineering students. The organization is a committee within the External division of SEC.