Increase dissemination of MES resources to materials students including academic support such as tutoring, wellness resources, equity and inclusion practices and training

• Work to build financial and promotional support from the MES for department club-organized review / help sessions to better support volunteers and increase student awareness and attendance

• Publish a monthly report on McMasterMSE.com on MES updates to increase awareness of important changes, events, and opportunities for students who do not attend MES meetings

• Recruit a larger presence of materials students in large-scale decision-making processes in the MES

Improve communication between materials students and the MES by:

• Creating an ongoing form which students can relay questions, concerns, or updates they would like relayed to the MES

• Hosting more frequent general meetings for the Materials society open to the public

Work with MES technical clubs and teams to better advocate involvement of materials students within:

• Feature technical teams on the Materials Society’s social media and website, McMasterMSE.com

• Provide detailed role descriptions describing the team’s relation to a materials degree

• Work to increase relationships between technical teams and the materials department, specifically with Dr. Zurob

Advocate with departments in support of alternatives to proctoring to:

• Decrease proctoring within engineering

• Better support departments who have multi-departmental courses in their curriculum

• By collecting testimonials and recommendations from Materials faculty and other willing faculty who have used alternatives to proctoring

I think this role offers a huge opportunity to better unite the efforts of the MES and within our department at ensuring students success and reducing burnout.

Please email me at gonders@mcmaster.ca if you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts regarding my platform. I hope to better serve the materials students as a pivotal connection between the MES and Materials Society.