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Orientation Chair

2025-04-06T05:24:07Z

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The Orientation Chair is responsible for the organization and execution of [[F!rosh Week]]. Since the event is so large and involves an operating budget of over $100,000, the Orientation Chair is often assisted by six vice-chairs. Each Vice-Chair manages one of six portfolios: Finance, Events (previously Logistics & Operations), Relations (previously Community (previously Internal)), Marketing, and Leadership. Each Vice-Chair oversees a group of subcommittee chairs & volunteers except for Vice-Chair Leadership, who oversees the Head Leedurs and the leedurs in addition to their subcommittees. The Orientation Chair is elected at the January Special Board of Directors Meeting so planning for Orientation can start earlier. For more information on Orientation itself, please see the [[F!rosh Week]] page.
==Past Structure==
The Orientation Chair was often assisted by a co-chair and three vice chairs until 2011. Each vice chair often oversaw one of three areas: Finance, Spirit, and Logistics.

Prior to the existence of an Orientation Chair, F!rosh Week was run by the VP Activities.
==Past Orientation Chair==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Name
|-
|2025
|Simona Tenche
|MSE 2T6+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Lily VanderWoude
|Mech 2T5+PEY
|-
|Vedant Gupta
|NΨ Aero 2T5+PEY
|-
||2023
||Joanna Roy
||NΨ ECE 2T3+PEY
|-
||2022
||Kerryn Van Rooyen
||NΨ EngPhys 2T2+PEY
|-
||2021
||Aidan Grenville
||NΨ Aero 2T2+PEY
|-
||2020
||Gabe Sher
||ECE 2T1
|-
||2019
||Ben Mucsi
||NΨ EnergySys 1T9+PEY
|-
||2018
||Andrew Kidd
||NΨ 1T8+PEY
|-
||2017
||Carol Yeung
||Indy 1T8T1+PEY
|-
||2016
||Dareen Kutob
||Indy 1T7T1+PEY
|-
||2015
||Milan Maljković
||Elec 1T6+PEY
|-
||2014
||Amanda Aleong
||NΨ 1T4+PEY
|-
||2013
||Vivek Kesarwani
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
||2012
||Maegan Chang
||ECE 1T3T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011
||Abhishek Mathur
||Mech 1T2+PEY
|-
||Michelle Chen (co-chair)
||Mech 1T2T1
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
||Owyn Notario
||Civ 1T1+PEY
|-
||Andy Chun (co-chair)
||Mech 1T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
||Ines Lucia Fernandez Valdivieso
||Indy 0T9+PEY
|-
||Laura Bradbury (co-chair)
||NΨ 0T9+PEY
|-
||2008
||Brandon McLean
||Mech 0T9+PEY
|-
||2007
||Norman Goh
||NΨ 0T7+PEY
|-
||2006
||Stephanie Whitehurst
||Indy 0T7
|-
||2005
||Luke Wesley
||Mech 0T5
|-
|2004
|Mike Diez de Aux
|Min 0T4+1
|-
|2003
|Mike Diez de Aux (VP Activities)
|Min 0T4+1
|}
<brclass="mw_emptyline_first" /><brclass="mw_emptyline" />The title of Orientation Director was changed to "Orientation Chair" at the November 2018 Board of Director's Meeting.

Hard Hat Cafe

2025-04-06T05:20:28Z

2607:FEA8:115D:F600:6045:8434:2CB0:E140: /* Past Managers */

[[Image:Hard_Hat_Cafe_Logo.png|thumb|left|250px|The Hard Hat Cafe]]

[[Image:HardHatCafeB.jpg|thumb|250px|Daily Specials]]

[[Image:HardHatCafeC.jpg|thumb|250px|Snacks and food at affordable prices]]

[[Image:HardHatCafeD.jpg|thumb|250px|Assorted beverages]]

The '''Hard Hat Café''', also formerly known as ''The Pit Stop'', is the convenience food shop in the [[Sandford Fleming Building]] basement, operated by the University of Toronto [[Engineering Society]]. It was opened in the fall of 2008 as the first phase of [[Atrium Renovation Project]]. It mainly sells an assortment of fast foods and snack foods, such as pizza, Jamaican beef patties, small sandwiches, instant noodle bowls, candy, and drinks.

==Menu==
The Hard Hat Café sells a variety of grab-and-go food items as well as a selection of healthy and large meal options. The Café's menu does vary from year-to-year, but the 2015-2016 selection includes the following:
* Pizza
* Ramen noodles
* Artisan wraps
* Subway sandwiches
* Assorted pops
* Trail mix
* Pringles chips
* Assorted chocolates
* Two-Bite brownies

==History==
In the 2000s, the food outlet space in the basement of the Sandford Fleming Building had been run by Sodexo, followed by Aramark, until the Atrium Renovation Project in 2008. During these years, many concerns were raised by engineering students regarding the quality and price of the food served, and were unhappy about the nature of services provided by the large multi-national corporations.

The Engineering Society took the issue to the Faculty and University, and they agreed to investigate some of the issues encountered by the students. Additionally, the Engineering Society lobbied for small organizations to be able to bid on individual outlets in the campus-wide food services RFP process, and itself submitted a serious bid to take over operations of the legacy cafeteria space (at that time a ~$300k business). This effort was not immediately successful, but served to underline the students' dissatisfaction with the status quo. By 2007, two important factors coincided that resulted in the founding of Hard Hat Cafe.

First, Aramark (who was running the outlet at the time) announced that they would not renew their lease of the space from the University, as they had been unprofitable during their stay. Second, the Engineering Society finally decided to go through with the Atrium Renovation Project, and combined its proposal for the Atrium renovation with the food outlet space. The University agreed to match funding for the renovation of the food outlet, and lease half of it to the Engineering Society (the other half would eventually be leased by Veda).

The Hard Hat Cafe officially opened in October 2008 under the direction of Jonathan Asmis (the [[President]] of EngSoc at the time), and two Cafe managers, Khadem Alam and Carissa Sutjipto.

However, in its first two years of operation, it did not operate as smoothly as intended. The store was closed a few times for various issues in its first year as the Engineering Society learned how to operate the business. Deficits were reported in each of the first two years mainly due to inexperience in the food business and slow reception from students. In 2010, a revised business plan was proposed by the Cafe managers Donnie Yee and Gibran Kichlu with a renewed focus on marketing (including more use of social media and targeted campaigns during [[F!rosh Week]]). Pre-made sandwiches and salads were also largely removed from the inventory, as they were easily spoiled and unpopular with students. New products were introduced, such as microwaveable frozen foods, instant noodles, and a wider variety of drinks, which combined for record sales throughout 2010-2011.

==Past Managers==
After 2013, the Ops and Finance positions were no longer in place.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="4"|Managers
|-
|2025-2026
|
|
|
|
|-
|2024-2025
|Simona Tenche
|MSE 2T6 + PEY
|Kate Dong
|EngSci 2T6 + PEY
|-
|2023-2024
|Kelvin Lo
|Indy 2T5 + PEY
|Edlyn Li
|Mech 2T5 +PEY
|-
|2022-2023
|Anna Hii
|Civ 2T4 + PEY
|Lisa Qian
|ECE 2T4 + PEY
|-
||2021-2022
||Andre Li
||Mech 2T3 + PEY
||Prarthona Paul
||ECE 2T4
|-
||2020-2021
||Kohava Mendelsohn
||EngSci 2T2 + PEY
||Magdalene Choy
||Indy 2T2T1 + PEY
|-
||2019-2020
||Nishad Islam
||Chem 2T0 ⇒ ArtSci
||Gabriela Savva
||Chem 2T1
|-
||2018-2019
||Jabini Karunanananthan
||Chem 1T8 + PEY
||Elizabeth Hii
||Civ 2T0 + PEY
|-
||2017-2018
||Wendy Wang
||EngSci 1T9 + PEY
||Marawan Zak
||Civ 1T9 + PEY
|-
||2016-2017
||Amanda Albaba
||Indy 1T8 + PEY
||Annie Yu
||Mech 1T8 + PEY
|-
||2015-2016
||Tyler Weil
||Chem 1T7 + PEY
||Eric Chong
||Mech 1T5 + PEY
|-
||2014-2015
||Lameya Iqbal
||Mech 1T6
||Armando Bablanian
||ECE 1T6 + PEY
|-
||2013-2014
||Ena Verma
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
||Lillian Zhang
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
|-
||
! colspan="2"|Operations
! colspan="2"|Finance
|-
||2012-2013
||Matthew Marji
||ECE 1T5
||Maggie Cai
||Indy 1T4 + PEY
|-
||2011-2012
||Vincent Tse
||Indy 1T3 + PEY
||Kazem Kutob
||Indy ???
|-
||2010-2011
||Gibran Kichlu
||??? 1T3 + PEY
||Donnie Yee
||Mech 1T3 + PEY
|-
||2009-2010
||Charlsie Searle
||Civ 0T8
||N/A
||
|-
||2008-2009
||Khadem Alam
||
||Carissa Sutjipto
|| Chem 0T9 + PEY
|}

Gradball

2025-04-06T05:19:19Z

2607:FEA8:115D:F600:6045:8434:2CB0:E140: /* Past Gradball Venues */

'''Gradball''' is the annual formal held by the [[Engineering Society]]. It is traditionally held during the winter term the weekend following the Ceremony of the Iron Ring. It is a celebration of [[Skule]]™ spirit and the current year's graduating class, though students from all years are encouraged to attend.
The [[Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad]] (LGMB) and the [[Skule Cannon|Skule™ Cannon]] both make appearances at Gradball. At Gradball, the Joonyur Bnad Leedur and D(r)umb Miner officially take the reins of the LGMB, becoming the [[Bnad Leedur]] and [[D(r)umb Majur(k)]] respectively.
In addition, the [[Chief Attiliator]], the custodian of the Skule™ Cannon for the past year, is revealed to the students at this event.

==Past Gradball Venues==
Prior to 2004, Gradball was run by the Fourth Year Chair.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Chair
!|Venue
|-
|2024-2025
|Lisa Qian
|?
|Parkview Manor
|-
|2023-2024
|Kayla Carnide
|Civ 2T3+PEY
|Hazelton Manor
|-
||2022-2023
||Harrison Chan
||Mech 2T2+PEY
||Parkview Manor
|-
||2021-2022
||Lisa Li
||?
||The Vue
|-
||2020-2021
||Parin Joshi
||Mech 2T3
||Online
|-
||2019-2020
||Kevin Zhang
||
||The Vue**
|-
||2018-2019
||Kimberly Lai
||?
||Parkview Manor
|-
||2017-2018
||Christopher Rotella
||Civ 1T9+PEY
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2016-2017
||Adriana Karababas
||Chem 1T7+PEY
||Claireport Place Banquet & Convention Centre
|-
||2015-2016
||Deniz Jafari
||NΨ 1T5
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2014-2015
||Samantha Chow
||NΨ 1T4+PEY
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2013-2014
||Nicole D'Mello
||Civ 1T4+PEY
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2012-2013
||Nicole Cyhelka
||Chem 1T3
||Old Mill Inn & Spa
|-
||2011-2012
||Kelly Bryck
||Chem 1T1+PEY
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||2010-2011
||Celine Ko*/Wacy Su
||Elec 1T1+PEY/Chem 1T1+PEY
||Hilton Toronto
|-
||2009-2010
||Cyrene Wu
||Civ 1T0+PEY
||Westin Harbourfront Castle
|-
||2008-2009
||Charlsie Searle
||Civ 0T8+1+PEY
||Fairmont Royal York
|-
||2007-2008
||Nini Chen
||?
||Old Mill Inn
|-
||2006-2007
||Harim Kim
||MSE 0T7
||Marriott Eaton Center
|-
||2005-2006
||Kharthick Kathiresan
||Elec 0T5+PEY
||Old Mill Inn
|-
||2004-2005
||Krystal Godri
||Chem 0T5
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2003-2004
||Krystle Connerty
||Chem 0T4
||Sheraton Centre
|-
||2002-2003
||Amy Brans/Patricia Ricci
||?
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2001-2002
||Magdalena Wierus/Kirsten Koehl
||ENGSCI0T2/IND 0T2
||Delta Chelsea
|-
||2000-2001
||Francisca Orgundele
||?
||?
|-
||1999-2000
||Alanna Aqui/Heba Chehade
||Chem 9T9 + PEY
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||1998-1999
||Paul Andersen
||?
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||1997-1998
||Karen Barbara
||?
||?
|-
||1996-1997
||Tanya Lindsay
||Chem 9T6+PEY
||?
|-
||1995-1996
||Margaret Vivona & Mary Ann Milazzo
||Indy 9T6
||Marriot Hotel
|-
||1994-1995
||Sara Volo & Walter Stoddard
||Indy 9T5 & NSci 9T5
||Marriot Hotel
|-
||1993-1994
||Inga J. Hipsz
||Mech 9T4
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1992-1993
||Elizabeth Chong
||Chem 9T3
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||[[Grad Ball 9T2|1991-1992]]
||Kathy Zalewski
||?
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1990-1991
||Lee Anne Jones
||?
||Holiday Inn
|-
||1989-1990
||Donna Cieszynska
||?
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1988-1989
||Grant McCracken
||?
||Sheraton Centre
|-
||1987-1988
||Sid Gopinath & Debbie Yanchula
||?
||?
|-
||1986-1987
||Daniela Duriavig
||Chem 8T7
||Royal York
|-
||1985-1986
||Tony Kasper
||?
||?
|-
||1984-1985
||Kevin Foody
||?
||?
|-
||1983-1984
||Deborah Fletcher
||?
||?
|-
||1982-1983
||Margaret Bawden
||?
||?
|-
||1981-1982
||Alan Lechem
||?
||?
|-
||1980-1981
||Brian Baetz
||Civ 8T1
||?
|-
||1979-1980
||Arun Channan
||Civ 8T0
||Hotel Toronto
|-
||1978-1979
||Tim Taylor
||Civ 7T9
||Royal York
|-
||1960-1961
||John Cowan
||Industrial 6T1
||Royal York Canadian Room
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Resigned
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gradball

2025-04-06T05:18:33Z

2607:FEA8:115D:F600:6045:8434:2CB0:E140: /* Past Gradball Venues */

'''Gradball''' is the annual formal held by the [[Engineering Society]]. It is traditionally held during the winter term the weekend following the Ceremony of the Iron Ring. It is a celebration of [[Skule]]™ spirit and the current year's graduating class, though students from all years are encouraged to attend.
The [[Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad]] (LGMB) and the [[Skule Cannon|Skule™ Cannon]] both make appearances at Gradball. At Gradball, the Joonyur Bnad Leedur and D(r)umb Miner officially take the reins of the LGMB, becoming the [[Bnad Leedur]] and [[D(r)umb Majur(k)]] respectively.
In addition, the [[Chief Attiliator]], the custodian of the Skule™ Cannon for the past year, is revealed to the students at this event.

==Past Gradball Venues==
Prior to 2004, Gradball was run by the Fourth Year Chair.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Chair
!|Venue
|-
|2024-2025
|Simona Tenche
|MSE 2T6+PEY
|Parkview Manor
|-
|2023-2024
|Kayla Carnide
|Civ 2T3+PEY
|Hazelton Manor
|-
||2022-2023
||Harrison Chan
||Mech 2T2+PEY
||Parkview Manor
|-
||2021-2022
||Lisa Li
||?
||The Vue
|-
||2020-2021
||Parin Joshi
||Mech 2T3
||Online
|-
||2019-2020
||Kevin Zhang
||
||The Vue**
|-
||2018-2019
||Kimberly Lai
||?
||Parkview Manor
|-
||2017-2018
||Christopher Rotella
||Civ 1T9+PEY
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2016-2017
||Adriana Karababas
||Chem 1T7+PEY
||Claireport Place Banquet & Convention Centre
|-
||2015-2016
||Deniz Jafari
||NΨ 1T5
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2014-2015
||Samantha Chow
||NΨ 1T4+PEY
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2013-2014
||Nicole D'Mello
||Civ 1T4+PEY
||The Liberty Grand
|-
||2012-2013
||Nicole Cyhelka
||Chem 1T3
||Old Mill Inn & Spa
|-
||2011-2012
||Kelly Bryck
||Chem 1T1+PEY
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||2010-2011
||Celine Ko*/Wacy Su
||Elec 1T1+PEY/Chem 1T1+PEY
||Hilton Toronto
|-
||2009-2010
||Cyrene Wu
||Civ 1T0+PEY
||Westin Harbourfront Castle
|-
||2008-2009
||Charlsie Searle
||Civ 0T8+1+PEY
||Fairmont Royal York
|-
||2007-2008
||Nini Chen
||?
||Old Mill Inn
|-
||2006-2007
||Harim Kim
||MSE 0T7
||Marriott Eaton Center
|-
||2005-2006
||Kharthick Kathiresan
||Elec 0T5+PEY
||Old Mill Inn
|-
||2004-2005
||Krystal Godri
||Chem 0T5
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2003-2004
||Krystle Connerty
||Chem 0T4
||Sheraton Centre
|-
||2002-2003
||Amy Brans/Patricia Ricci
||?
||Liberty Grand
|-
||2001-2002
||Magdalena Wierus/Kirsten Koehl
||ENGSCI0T2/IND 0T2
||Delta Chelsea
|-
||2000-2001
||Francisca Orgundele
||?
||?
|-
||1999-2000
||Alanna Aqui/Heba Chehade
||Chem 9T9 + PEY
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||1998-1999
||Paul Andersen
||?
||Marriott Eaton Centre
|-
||1997-1998
||Karen Barbara
||?
||?
|-
||1996-1997
||Tanya Lindsay
||Chem 9T6+PEY
||?
|-
||1995-1996
||Margaret Vivona & Mary Ann Milazzo
||Indy 9T6
||Marriot Hotel
|-
||1994-1995
||Sara Volo & Walter Stoddard
||Indy 9T5 & NSci 9T5
||Marriot Hotel
|-
||1993-1994
||Inga J. Hipsz
||Mech 9T4
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1992-1993
||Elizabeth Chong
||Chem 9T3
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||[[Grad Ball 9T2|1991-1992]]
||Kathy Zalewski
||?
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1990-1991
||Lee Anne Jones
||?
||Holiday Inn
|-
||1989-1990
||Donna Cieszynska
||?
||Royal York Hotel
|-
||1988-1989
||Grant McCracken
||?
||Sheraton Centre
|-
||1987-1988
||Sid Gopinath & Debbie Yanchula
||?
||?
|-
||1986-1987
||Daniela Duriavig
||Chem 8T7
||Royal York
|-
||1985-1986
||Tony Kasper
||?
||?
|-
||1984-1985
||Kevin Foody
||?
||?
|-
||1983-1984
||Deborah Fletcher
||?
||?
|-
||1982-1983
||Margaret Bawden
||?
||?
|-
||1981-1982
||Alan Lechem
||?
||?
|-
||1980-1981
||Brian Baetz
||Civ 8T1
||?
|-
||1979-1980
||Arun Channan
||Civ 8T0
||Hotel Toronto
|-
||1978-1979
||Tim Taylor
||Civ 7T9
||Royal York
|-
||1960-1961
||John Cowan
||Industrial 6T1
||Royal York Canadian Room
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Resigned
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.