About RESS

About The RESS

The RESS is the official students’ society for the University of Regina Faculty of Engineering. We collect student fees from all undergraduate engineering students and use them to run events and tutorials, keep up the lounge, and send people to conferences.

We are here for the students. If you are a UofR Engineering Student and don’t feel like we’re doing a good job write us a letter, come to a meeting (Mondays at 5:30 in the Engineering Lounge – ED 127), or send us an email. (But please keep in mind that we are a volunteer-run organization, so you may be asked to find volunteers to implement your proposal(s).)

Membership Fees

RESS membership costs $20/semester for University of Regina engineering students. For students who are registered in three (3) or more classes in a semester, this fee is collected by the University as the “Engineer Student’s Society Fee”. Students taking fewer than 3 classes (including those on co-op work terms) can still become members by paying the $20 membership fee.

What does my membership fee pay for?

Career opportunities and networking

The RESS works with the APEGS, RES, and the Faculty of Engineering to organize and sponsor professional “mixer” events, where engineering students can meet and chat with professional engineers from industry.

Charity fundraising events

The RESS orchestrates the annual Pie-In-The-Eye fundraiser and sponsors teams for Keg-A-Rama, among other things.

Volunteer opportunities

As people are competing for jobs, volunteering is becoming more and more important. We would love to have you send an email letting us know you’d like to help out. You don’t even have to have a specific task/event in mind (but if you do, that’s great).

Intramural sports teams

The RESS pays all or part of the registration fees for on-campus intramural sports teams that consist of at least 75% RESS members.

Conferences

We usually send a lot of people to conferences every year. In 2004, we sent 14 people to the Western Engineering Competition for four days in Saskatoon, 3 people to the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students’ Congress in Toronto for one week, 2 girls to the National Women in Engineering Conference at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and 1 person to the National Space Technology Conference for three days in Montreal.

The Lounge

The RESS lounge (ED 127) features a study space, computers, a microwave, a fridge, a toaster oven, a big screen TV, a DVD player, surround sound, plugs to connect a video game console to the big screen TV, couches, movies, engineering memorabilia, and, of course, engineering students.

Supplemental Tutorial Program

The Supplemental Tutorial Program is a service provided by RESS members in order to provide additional guided study time to other members who need it.

Coordinator

The program is co-ordinated by the Tutorial Program Director (tutorial[at]uofrengineering.com).

Forms

Tutorial Request Form (used to request a tutorial)
Tutorial Request Form (.pdf)

Tutorial Payment Request Form (used to get paid for running a tutorial)
Tutorial Payment Request Form (.pdf)

Exam Registry

The RESS maintains a registry of old engineering and engineering related classes so that you can optimize your studying. We also offer a $1 credit towards engineering merchandise if you bring in an exam we don’t have yet! You can access the exam registry at http://exams.uofrengineering.com