The 8th Annual Student Organization Alec Building Contest was held in Spring 2009. The event, held in conjunction with Alec's Birthday on April 1st and sponsored by the Friends of Alec Annual Giving Program, had 11 entries. The purpose of this event is to celebrate the tradition and creativity of Alec throughout the engineering community and to increase awareness about Alec and the Friends of Alec program.
Congratulations to all of the contestants in this year's Student Organization Alec Building Contest! 1,676 students, faculty, staff and alumni placed their votes online to choose the winners, and over 1,700 members of the UT community stopped by the ECJ lobby on Wednesday, April 1st to meet Alec and share his many birthday cakes.
And the winner is...
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) with 28% of the votes
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2nd Place American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (23% of votes) |
3rd Place Theta Tau (12% of votes) |
Honorable Mention Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (9% of votes) |
Questions? Contact DJ Paine at 512-475-6792 or djpaine@mail.utexas.edu.
