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If youre a 2nd year or older please take a few minutes to help us out at BMES by taking this short survey on how we can make BE Day even better.

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Hope everyone’s spring break was awesome! Please see below for all the awesome events happening this week!

1. General Body Meeting (T 3/31 7pm Fung Auditorium)
2. Rock Climbing (T 3/31 8pm Rock Climbing Gym)
3. Student Input Wanted for Department Review (Th 4/2 2pm Location TBA)
4. Bioengineering Day - Register and Volunteer! (F 4/3 1-7:30pm
Cal(IT)2)
5. Operation Balboa/San Diego Science Festival (Sa 4/4 7:30am-7pm
shifts Balboa Park)
6. Greater San Diego Science Fair (Su 4/5 Balboa Park)
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The Bioengineering Day Committee would like to invite you to participate in this year’s Bioengineering Quiz Bowl (BQB). The BQB is a fun, fast-paced, bioengineering competition and is the culminating event of the 3rd Annual Bioengineering Day (Friday, April 3rd).

Each team, comprised of 4 bioengineering students, must take a preliminary written exam. The 4 teams that score highest in the preliminary exam will move on to the elimination-style tournament held on Bioengineering Day. The winning student team will then face a “team of doom” composed of a UCSD bioengineering faculty member, an industry representative, a grad student and a post-doctorate fellow.

Qualification exams last ~30 minutes and are scheduled for Thursday February 26th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm in PFBH 291. If you think you’re up to the challenge, email beday.bqb@gmail.com with a list of the 4 members of your team and a 30 minute block during which all 4 team members are available.  If your entire team cannot make any time on Thursday the 26th, we will host qualification exams on Friday the 27th by special request. FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES ARE WELCOME TO PLAY! Remember that the questions will be from all 4 tracks offered by the bioengineering department, as well as some general bioengineering knowledge, so choose your teammates wisely.

If you cannot put together a team of 4 and need more people, or you decide last minute that you want to participate, please email us and show up for the preliminary exam anyways. We will try to arrange a team for you.

The subcommittee applications are here! If you’re interested in joining one of the BE Day subcommittees, please submit the completed application by 11:59pm on Wednesday, October 15th to bioengineeringday[at]gmail[at]com. Don’t forget to swing by the committee meeting Wednesday, October 8th from 3-4pm for more information! Questions? Send them to the email address above.

The Bioengineering Day Committee is holding an informational meeting Wednesday, October 8th from 3-4pm in PFBH 391. We’ll be discussing plans for this year’s BE Day, and would like to encourage
everyone who would like to help to come and participate! Check http://bmes.ucsd.edu/beday over the next few days for the meeting location as well as subcommittee chair applications. Questions? Send them to Randy and Katherine at bioengineeringday[at]gmail[dot]com.

We are now selling the bioengineering department graduation sashes at our store. These sashes will be available for pick up at the senior graduation celebration this Friday, June 6th starting at 4:30 pm.

Interested in attending Bioengineering Day 2008? Want to get your resume out there? Go to the BE Day page to register and learn more!!

We are now accepting poster abstracts at beday.posters@gmail.com. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 1st, so submit soon!

The Bioengineering Quiz Bowl is just around the corner, and the preliminary rounds will be held on March 3-5 (details TBA). Want to be on a team? Sign up by emailing bengquizbowl@gmail.com with your team name and member names, years, and tracks.

Want to join, but don’t have enough people to make a team? Do the same thing and we’ll match you up with other folks looking for a team!

Get pumped! Bioengineering Day is almost here and it’s going to be AWESOME!

Subcommittee applications for Bioengineering Day are due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, November 7th to bioengineeringday@gmail.com. Please click here for the application.