WHY ME?
If you are a junior, you're in the
top eighth of your class; if you're a senior, you're in the top fifth.
However, distinguished scholarship is not enough. Members also must have
exemplary character -- "integrity, breadth of interest both inside and outside
engineering, adaptibility, and unselfish activity." Tau Bates are honest,
flexible, well-rounded people. These are high standards, and we believe that
you meet them.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Tau Beta Pi gives you recognition and honor. Membership identifies you
throughout your life as a distinguished indicidual and outstanding engineer.
Prospective employers recognize your ket as a mark of excellence. Leadership
workshops are provided.
Tau Beta Pi seeks to broaden the horizons of its members. Their interests in
non-technical fields, civic responsibility, and other human and ciltural areas
are expanded through the activities of the chapters. Over 93,000 subscribers
enjoy our magazine, THE BENT.
Tau Beta Pi chapters conduct programs which benefit their membership, college
and community. Sposoring lectures, tutoring stidents, donating books to
engineering libraries, and organizing facilty-student events, blood drives, and
social events are typical activities. The annual Convention is outstanding.
NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Tau Beta Pi's nationa Fellowship Program advances both engineering education
and the profession. Fellowships totaling $2,469,000 have been granted to 653
members needing financial aid for graduate studies. All members may apply.
Recipients do advanced work at any institution of their choice in any field
which will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession. Stipends
of $7,500 are awarded for one academic year of study.
Financial assistance from Tau Beta Pi's Student Loan Fund is available to
members who might otherwise be unable to remain in college.
Tau Beta Pi's Laureate Program awards cash grants of $2,500 to student members
who have excelled in both extracurricular activities and engineering studies.
COSTS
Your Tau Beta membership does not end with your college career; it is a
lifetime membership. There are no annual dues. A single fee paid at the
time of initiation provides you with a certificate, a key, complete information
about the Association, and a four-year subscription to our quarterly
magazine, THE BENT. It also finances annual convention expenses and pays for
the local programs of your chapter. However, no student is ever denied
membership because he or she cannot afford the fee at the time of election;
loans are available.
FOR STUDENTS
Tau Beta Pi is a student organization with alumnus advisors. Your fellow
students have invited you because you have honored your alma mater by your
high scholarship, and you are the kind of engineering student the Society was
founded to recognize.