Pledge Links
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
Congratulations Spring 2009 Pledge Class
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
Spring 2009 Best Pledge
Jason Lii
Spring 2009 Best Sig Book
Sean Holekamp
Requirements for Pledging
- Attend ALL pledge meetings (4 total)
- Pledge meetings are held Wednesday nights. Dates are available on our Google calendar.
- If you cannot attend all of the meetings during the semester you are pledging due to any conflict (including class or work), please contact the recording secretary.
- Complete 10 service hours divided as follows: (Changed for Fall 2009 Pledges)
- Three service hours (Habitat for Humanity, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Explore UT, etc.)
- Two tutoring hours
- Two social hours
- One engineering hour:
- Fall: SEC Fall Spectacular
- Spring: Any E-Week event
- Two additional "any" hours of your choice
- Some notes:
- 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 2009 semester is October 19th- 23rd.
- Come by the office every day you dress up so an officer can note your participation.
- 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.
- If you attend more than one society event, the excess hours will go toward your required social hours.
- The society events for the Fall 2009 semester are:
- Ice cream social - September 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Broomball vs IEEE - November 5, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- Paintball vs ACM - November 10, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Attend at least one luncheon in the HKN office
- Tuesday, September 29 from 11:30-12:30
- Friday, October 9 from 12:00 - 1:00
- Thursday, October 15 from 1:00 - 2:00
- Wednesday, November 4 from 12:00 - 1:00
- Attend at least one Faculty Fireside
- Professor Caramanis - Thursday, November 5 at 6:30 PM
- Turn in a completed signature book
- The signature book is due at Smoker. Remember to bring it!
- Signature book guidelines are posted below.
- Take and pass the pledge quiz
- The pledge quiz will be given 30 minutes prior to the 4th pledge meeting. Don't miss it!
- Attend Smoker
- Smoker for Fall 2009 is Saturday, November 14th at 6:30 PM.
- SMOKER IS REQUIRED, so be sure to plan ahead.
- Remember, Smoker is the only time the president will sign your signature book.
- Attend initiation
- Initiation for Fall 2009 is Sunday, November 15th at 10:00 AM.
- 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.
Please note that some variations will occur from semester to semester, but the basic pledge requirements will always be the same.
The Signature Book
- Required signatures:
- Three signatures from all of the HKN Faculty Advisors
- Ten signatures from ECE faculty members (not including the faculty advisors)
- Five signatures from ECE staff members
- Nine signatures from all of the HKN officers
- Ten signatures from active HKN members (not including the officers)
- Ten signatures from pledges (not including yourself)
- Total of 47 signatures
- Guidelines
- 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.
- Be professional when asking for faculty or staff signatures (i.e. no scraps of paper). Introduce yourself!
- DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO BEGIN COLLECTING SIGNATURES.
- A complete signature book (excluding the President's signature) is to be turned in at Smoker.
- You can get the President's signature only at Smoker.
- 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.