We are currently not accepting applications for SEEK mentors. If you want to be a mentor in Spring 2009, you can fill out our online application form in the Fall.
Check back later in the semester for a link to the application form, or submit your contact information here if you want us to contact you when we start accepting applications.
What is SEEK?
Student Engineers Educating Kids (SEEK) is an engineering organization that organizes an after-school program where college engineers are paired up with middle school students, who they mentor once a week for a semester. Mentoring consists of helping students with homework and doing engineering-related workshops with the students.
Who can join SEEK?
Any engineering student can participate in SEEK, as long as you are a current student in the Cockrell School of Engineering. However, you can only join SEEK at the beginning of a fall or spring semester. This is meant to keep the consistency of the current mentors and to allow SEEK members to register for class credit if they choose to do so.
Who will be accepted to SEEK?
Returning mentors and alternates are automatically re-accepted into SEEK unless there is discretion against it, which is very rare. Acceptance of new mentors is subject to approval and availability. If you are approved but space is unavailable, then you will be put on our alternate-mentors list and will be contacted when a vacancy arises.
When is SEEK?
Mondays: 3:40 - 5:30 pm (Lamar Middle School)
Tuesdays: 3:40 - 5:30 pm (Pearce Middle School)
Wednesdays: 3:40 - 5:30 pm (Webb Middle School)
Thursdays: 2:45 - 4:45 pm (Kealing Middle School)
Do not worry if you have a class that ends when SEEK begins or a class that starts when SEEK ends. Such situations have been worked out in the past, but the accommodation depends individually on the mentor.
How do we get to the middle schools?
SEEK officers and mentors who have cars will provide carpools to and from the middle schools. If you have a car, please consider carpooling because it is essential to our organization.
What is GE 218C?
GE 218C is an option for all mentors to get class credit for participating in SEEK. You may do SEEK as a pure volunteer activity, or you can take advantage of the engineering credit. The class can be taken by ANY engineer. The class counts toward the 14-hour rule, meaning you can take 12 hours of classes and have SEEK fulfill the 14-hour requirement.
GE 218C students must complete short weekly journals, 2 hours of SEEK volunteer activities, and a short paper about your experiences in SEEK. Another requirement is to create an Engineering Student Project, but it can be completed throughout the entire semester.
Who can be a SEEK officer?
You must be part of SEEK for at least one semester to be eligible for an officer position. New officers are first interviewed and then selected at the end of each spring semester by the current group of officers.
How to Join
We are currently not accepting applications for SEEK mentors. If you want to be a mentor in Spring 2009, you can fill out our online application form in the Fall.
Check back later in the semester for a link to the application form, or submit your contact information here if you want us to contact you when we start accepting applications.