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Pledges Area
Benefits of joining HKN
- Community: Meet fun people, and make new friends. Play foosball, and attend great events!
- Prestige: Be part of the coolest society in the department!
- Networking: Create good relationships with faculty and corporate representatives. Company reps come just to meet you!
Information for Prospective Pledges
The national headquarters of Eta Kappa Nu requires that pledges be in the top 25% of their class during their junior year or in the top 33% of their class during their senior year. In addition, Psi Chapter requires that pledges be in major sequence during their pledge semester. During the pledge process, prospective members are required to participate in various service and social activities to encourage pledges to network with peers, faculty, and people in industry.
Pledge awards
Congratulations to the entire Spring 2008 pledge class! The following pledges are especially meritorious:
Spring 2008 Best Pledge
Spring 2008 Best Sig Book
Requirements for Pledging
Please note that some variations will occur from semester to semester, but the basic pledge requirements will always be the same.
Attend all pledge meetings
If you cannot attend all of the meetings during the semester you are pledging due to any conflict (including class or work), you cannot pledge that semester.
Pledges will have the chance to complete 10 service hours divided as follows:
- Three service hours (Habitat for Humanity, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Explore UT, etc.)
- Two tutoring hours
- Two social hours
- One E-Week hour
- Two hours of your choice
Excess hours go towards the Best Pledge Award (dues paid for!).
If you participate in an HKN team for IM, you can earn a maximum of two hours under the "any" hour category. Any extra hours go as "any" hours in your grand total.
Hours from previous semesters do not carry over to subsequent semesters if you do not complete the pledge process.
Dress up for three days during Dress-Up Week
Dress-Up Week for the Fall 2008 semester is TBA
Attend at least one HKN Society Event
- This is not the same as the required two social hours. It is in addition to your social hours.
- The society events for the Fall 2008 semester are TBA.
- If you attend more than one society event, the excess hours will go toward your required social hours.
Attend at least one Faculty Fireside
Turn in a completed signature book at the 4th pledge meeting
Take and pass the pledge quiz at the 4th pledge meeting.
Attend Smoker
Smoker is required, so be sure to plan ahead.
Attend initiation
If you do not attend initiation, you cannot be a member of Eta Kappa Nu. Plan ahead!
Pay dues
We collect dues of $40 and send them to HKN National Headquarters. The Psi Chapter does not receive any of these funds.
Membership dues include a lifetime subscription to The Bridge.
If you have any concerns about dues, please feel free to contact an officer, and we can work something out.
The Signature Book
Required signatures:
- Ten signatures from pledges (not including yourself)
- Ten signatures from active HKN members
- Ten signatures from ECE faculty members (not including the Faculty Advisors)
- Signatures from all of the HKN officers
- Signatures from all of the HKN Faculty Advisors
A complete signature book (excluding the President's signature) is to be turned in at the 4th pledge meeting.
The design of the signature book is up to you. It does not need to be in book form.
Your name should be prominently located on your signature book.
You can get the President's signature only at smoker.
Be professional when asking for faculty signatures (i.e. no scraps of paper). Introduce yourself!
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO BEGIN COLLECTING SIGNATURES.
At the end-of-semester banquet, an award will be given for the best sig book.
Example sig books
Nady Obeid, Spring 2006
Rosa M. Avilla, Spring 2003
Clarissa Lui, Fall 2002
Pledge Quiz
Here's a list of things to do and study in preparation for the pledge quiz:
- Navigate and learn our local chapter's website
- Navigate the National Headquarters' website
- Learn some facts about HKN in general and our local chapter
- Know your officers
- Know your actives
- Know your fellow pledges
- Brush up on your lower-division course work
- Take a walk around the office and pay attention to details and be observant
Don't sweat it if you don't pass. We might be inclined to give you another chance!
Pledges Mailing List
Each semester we place all of our pledges on the pledges mailing list in order to communicate with them during the pledge process. If you are a pledge but are not on the pledges list please contact an officer to get yourself added.