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News Archive (2009-2012)Dear members, We will be hosting our Annual Appreciation Dinner/Banquet on Monday, May 7. This is a great networking opportunity for you build personal connections with firm recruiters and actuarial professionals outside of a formal career fair. The better you know the firm representatives, or more importantly, the better the firms know you, the better chance you have to get an internship or job with them. At the event, you will have the chance to meet representatives from over ten firms, employees, UCLA alumni, BAS sponsors, and UCLA Math Dept. Faculty. We will introduce new BAS officers for next year as well. Date: Monday, May 7th Time: 6-8pm Location: Sequoia Room @ Faculty Center Attire: Business Casual Spring General Meeting Date: Wednesday, April 4th Time: 6:15 - 7:30pm Location: MS 5200 Alumni Talk Date: Tuesday, April 10th Time: 7-9pm Location: MS 6627 Excel Workshop Date: Wednesday, April 18th Time: 7-9pm Location: MS 5200 Dear Members, AAA and Kaiser will be on campus to host info sessions with BAS. Event details are as follows: Event: Kaiser Info Session + Resume Workshop Date: Tuesday, February 21th Time: 5:30 - 8pm Location: MS 6627 Event: AAA Info Session Date: Monday, February 27th Time: 6 - 8pm Location: MS 6627 Dear Members, We are happy to announce that we have finally mapped out our P & FM seminars for this quarter. Both weekly seminars will start next week. Please notice that the FM seminar will first meet on Jan.24th in MS 6229, which is different from the regular meeting time listed below. Time, Location & Instructor: The P Seminars will be on Thursdays at 6pm in MS 6627. (Held by Julie Sun) The FM Seminars will be on Mondays at 7pm in MS 6229 from Weeks 3-5. (Held by Jessica Lv) The FM Seminars will be on Wednesdays at 7:30pm in MS 6229 from Weeks 6-9. (Held by Jessica Lv) Exceptions: P Seminar during Week 5 will be Tuesday, February 7 in MS 6229. FM Seminar during Week 3 will be Tuesday January 24 in MS 6229. Dear Members, Mercer is recruiting for Health & Benefit Actuarial Intern for both their Los Angeles and Newport Beach office. Aon Corporation is recruiting for Retirement Actuarial Intern. If you are interested Sophomore or Junior, make sure that you submit your application through Bruinview before Jan. 31st. There is also an opportunity with California Department of Insurance that offer paid internships to Sophomores and Juniors. According to Mr. Perry Kupferman, who take charge of the program, most of his past interns have landed actuarial positions after graduation. Please email your resume and other application related materials directly to Mr. Kupferman at Perry.Kupferman@insurance.ca.gov for an interview opportunity. Dear Members, The Bruin Actuarial Society will be hosting a mentorship program for it's members. We are looking for current members who have obtained actuarial internships this past summer to be BAS mentors. Our goal is to implement this program at the start of Winter Quarter 2011. Each mentor will be assigned 3-4 mentees. While the program is meant to be fun and informal, it is intended to be a useful way to help and guide younger members into developing their professional growth. We encourage you to become apart of this new program. It will be a great experience and you will be helping others with your experiences. For any member interested in becoming a BAS mentor, please send an email to us titled BAS: 2011-2012 Mentorship Program with your name and the company you interned with as well as the position you held at that company by Friday 12/02. Dear Members, The Bruin Actuarial Society is taking on interns for the second consecutive year. Interns will join the current officers in club meetings and activities to learn how BAS is operated internally. Ultimately, our plan is for interns to become the 2012-2013 officers. If you are an interested sophomore or junior please send an email to us titled BAS: 2011-2012 Internship Program with your name, year, email address and two brief paragraphs explaining: 1. Why you think you are qualified/ What you can bring to BAS? 2. How you can improve BAS? The deadline for the application will be Friday, 12/02. Over the Winter Break applicants will be selected for an interview to be held in the beginning of Winter quarter. Don't miss out this great chance to be closely involved in BAS! Dear Members, We're over half way through the quarter already! Hopefully you're all getting enough sleep and powering through for those round two midterms. Our last event for Fall Quarter will be on Monday, November 14th. Farmers Insurance will be on campus to host an info session with BAS. Event details are as follows: Date: Monday, November 14th Time: 5 - 7pm Location: MS 6627 Date: Thursday, October 13th Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm Location: UCLA Faculty Center - California Room Map: http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/directions.htm Registration is required: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dF92Q0p0UnRmbG1ISkdZdzR1TEIzWWc6MA#gid=0 Dress Code: Business Professional Please note, the deadline is October 3, 11:59pm, and you will need to be a member or pay one-time entrance fee to participate in the career fair. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to email us! Career Fair Registration Dear Members, We hope you are all having a great summer! Whether you are a returning member hoping to take advantage of our networking and exam preparation opportunities, or a prospective member interested in learning more about the actuarial career field, we strongly encourage you to check out the following events presented by UCLA Bruin Actuarial Society. Upcoming BAS Events: - 1st General Meeting: Tuesday, September 27th 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Boelter 3400) - Towers Watson Info Session/ Resume Workshop: Tuesday, October 4th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Boelter 3400) - Deloitte Consulting Human Capital Info Session: Thursday, October 6th 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Annual Actuarial Career Fair: Thursday, October 13th 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Please note that membership is required for the admittance to the Career Fair and our future email correspondence. Last year's members need to fill out a new application, too. Dear Members, We will be collecting membership applications for the 2011-2012 school year during our first general meeting in Fall Quarter. We recommend submitting the application online. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to email us! Membership Application Michael Firkus - President Brian Kan - Corporate Liaison - Consulting Jihua Lu - Corporate Liaison - Insurance Palina Cheung - Treasurer Jiren Pan - Public Relations Qingdi Lu - Membership Director Wise Tsui - Media Director Dear Members, The Bruin Actuarial Society is looking for 2 individuals interested in making a commitment to BAS in the coming year. We currently have openings for a Public Relations Officer and a Corporate Liaison. As an officer you are given the opportunity to strengthen both your professional network and your resume. Officers work closely with recruiting firms, alumni, and fellow BAS officers. Additionally, officers will expand their knowledge of the actuarial world and enhance their interpersonal skills, distinguishing themselves to employers. Please read the attached document for more information. The deadline for the application will be next Friday, April 22nd. After that we will start scheduling interviews with applicants, so don't miss out this great chance to be closely involved in BAS! Detail descriptions for the openings can be found here: New Officer App Info. Dear Members, We will be hosting our Annual Appreciation Dinner/Banquet during the Tuesday of eighth week. We are beginning sign-ups as soon as possible so that we can give our staff and the department plenty of time to plan and maximize the quality of the event. Similar to last year, you will have the chance to meet our BAS sponsors, employees, UCLA alumni, and UCLA Math Dept. Faculty. The event is open to BAS members and will cost $10 (payment instructions will follow soon). Firms represented include: Deloitte, Mercer, Towers Watson, Farmers Insurance, Pacific Life, Hewitt Associates, United Health Care, Buck Consultants, AAA, Transamerica We have a limited number of spots available and we encourage interested students to RSVP as soon as possible. Priority will be given to juniors and seniors. If there are any remaining spots, we will open it for sophomores and freshmen as well. RSVP by Friday, April 22nd Click the link below and fill out the form via BAS Banquet RSVP. Event Details: Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Location: Faculty Center Sequoia Room Attire: Business Casual Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm Dear Members, our Annual Alumni Talk is coming in two Weeks! This is a great opportunity to meet and talk with UCLA bruins who has successfully started their actuarial career. Through their experience, we would definitely find out our own path in the actuarial profession while in school! Here is a list of our honorable guests: - Catherine Leung @ Towers Watson - Weston Lenker @ Towers Watson - Stan Ku @ Hewitt - Orly Mohaber @ Transamerica - Simon Giang-Tran @ WellPoint - Chandni Dhanjal @ Deloitte - Ilina Sandler @ Buck Consultants The event details are as follows: Date: Thursday, April 21st Time: 6 - 8pm Location: MS 6627 Welcome back! Our first event for Spring Quarter will be this Tuesday, March 29th. Sequoia Insurance will be on campus to host an info session with BAS. They will be conducting on campus interviews for this summer the following day on Wednesday, March 30th. Event details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 6 - 8pm Location: MS 6627 Pacific Life is inviting actuarial students to join their "Lunch & Learn" on site information session in Newport Beach to learn more about their actuarial group. Pacific Life is currently looking to fill their summer internship positions. Therefore, this is a great opportunity to network with recruiters, and remember to bring your resume. Over 70% of their interns receive full time offers. We encourage you all to visit the Pacific Life Newport Beach office and take advantage of this opportunity to meet and speak to both recruiters as well as actuaries of all levels at the firm. According both our members and the company's schedule, the event will be held on Monday, March 21st from 10am-1pm in their office at Newport Beach. Members are welcome to sign up for RSVP through emails from BAS. AAA will be on campus to host an Info Session with BAS on Wednesday, March 2nd. AAA is currently looking to fill both entry level and internship positions.All interested sophomores through seniors are encouraged to apply. AAA will be conducting on campus interviews at the Career Center the following day (Thursday, March 3rd). If you are interested, please submit your resume to Julienne.Saunders@goAAA.com by Thursday, February 24th. Date: Wednesday, March 2nd Time: 6-8pm Location: MS 5200 This is a great opportunity to have your resume-reviewed by BAS officers on a one-on-one basis! The feedback we consistently get from employers is that we really need to work on our resumes. Knowing how to write a comprehensive resume and understanding how to translate words into a successful interview are keys to scoring any internship or full time offers. Bring a few copies of your most recent resume to the event and we hope that this wonderful opportunity will help you build a stronger resume! Date: Wednesday, February 9th Time: 6-8pm Location: MS 6221 Mercer will be coming to campus on February 23rd to host mock interviews with BAS. This is an excellent opportunity to not only sharpen your interview skills but also have your resumes evaluated! The mock interviews will run similar to real internship/full-time interviews. Each interview will last 30 minutes, with 20 minutes devoted to the interview and 10 minutes for immediate verbal feedback from Mercer representatives and Q&A. Each candidate will receive a written feedback from Mercer based on a created rubric within two weeks that will highlight areas for improvement. Sign ups will begin January 26th at midnight. Spots are limited and priority will be given to juniors and seniors on a first-come first-served basis. If available time spots remain, we will open up the registration to freshmen and sophomores. More information regarding the sign up will be sent out early next week. Below are the available time slots: Date: Wednesday, February 23rd Time Slots: 5:30 - 6:00 pm 6:00 - 6:30 pm 6:30 - 7:00 pm We are happy to invite Gabe Merton, PhD candidate in the UCLA Mathematics Department, to come speak to us and share his experience working in the actuarial field. Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees, Gabe has had several years of experience working in the actuarial field and successfully completed many SOA exams. If you have any questions regarding the actuarial industry in general, the exam process, or graduate school, this is a great opportunity to have all of them answered! Snacks and refreshments will be served. Date: Wednesday, January 26 Time: 6-8pm Location: MS 5200 our P and FM seminars will begin this coming week. The details of these seminars are as follows: *P Seminar* Dates: Tuesday nights, starting January 18th Time: 6-8pm Location: MS 6627 *FM Seminar* Dates: Thursday nights, starting January 20th Time: 6-8pm Location: MS 6627 If you own a copy of the study manual, please be sure to bring it with you to the seminar. Dear Members, For the first time, the Bruin Actuarial Society will be hosting a mentorship program amongst its members. We are looking to have current members who have obtained actuarial internships this passed summer to be BAS mentors. Our goal is to implement this program at the start of Winter Quarter 2011. Each mentor will be assigned 3-4 mentees. While the program is meant to be fun and informal, it is intended to be a useful way to help and guide younger members into developing their professional growth. We encourage you to become apart of this new program. It will be a great experience and you will be helping others with your experiences. For any member interested in becoming a BAS mentor, please reply with your name and the company you interned with as well as the position you held at that company by Monday 11/22. Dear Members, We are currently looking for P&FM Exam Seminar instructors (1 or 2 instructors for each exam) for 10-11 Winter and Spring Quarters. We highly encourage someone who has passed the P/FM exam with a score of at least an 8 to apply for this position. It is a paid job at $19.66/hr. Job Description: *The Seminar will be hold once a week, 2 hours per session, $19.66/hr. *The Seminar will focus on the important concepts and study methods for the exam and will go over several practice problems (i.e past sample SOA/CAS questions). As members of our club, you are given this great opportunity to strengthen your resume with this special teaching experience. If you are interested, please reply to this email with the following information: Name: Year: P or FM score: Detailed teaching method: Dear All Members, As we mentioned in our General Meeting, we will be having an internship program for Sophomores or Juniors who are interested in making a commitment to BAS in the coming year. We currently have 2 positions opening, interns will have the opportunity to shadow what this year's officers do and get more familiar with how BAS is functioned and organized. If you are interested, please reply this email with your name, year, email address and a paragraph explaining 1. Why you think you are qualified and 2. what you hope to bring to the team. The deadline for the application will be next Friday, *Oct.22nd*. After that we will start scheduling interviews with applicants, so don't miss out this great chance to be closely involved in BAS! Dear all, This is just a friendly reminder of how and when to apply for our membership. If you have already paid your membership fee. Please ignore the following information. Please bring: 1. Membership fees $25 2. Membership Application : Application Download here. Location:MS 6356 (Office of Math Department). Below are the time available for you to make the payment *(Cash Only).* Monday, Oct 4th, 1:30pm-3:00pm (Our officer was unable to present today, apologize!) Tuesday, Oct 5th, 2:00pm-3:30pm Wednesday, Oct 6th, 1:30pm-2:30pm You can also pay at our second event: Towers Watson Resume Workshop Time: Thursday, Oct 7th, 6:00pm-8:00pm (Please arrive at 5:30pm if you would like to pay) Location:MS 6627 Subway sandwiches will be served Please note, Oct 7th will be your last chance to join us. If we do not receive your membership application and fee after Oct 7th, you will not be able to receive future emails from Bruin Actuarial Society or attend any of the future events. Thanks, Dear Members, We have organized a series of events to answer your questions about the actuarial field and to provide you the opportunities to meet with different firms at our annual career fair. Here are our list of events: 1. Towers Watson Resume Workshop Time: Thursday, Oct 7th, 6-8pm Location: MS 6627 2. AAA Information Session Time: Tuesday, Oct 12th, 6-8pm Location: MS 6627 3. Annual Career Fair Time: Wednesday, Oct 13th, 6:30-9:30pm Location: UCLA Faculty Center, California Room Map: UCLA Faculty center location. Registration is *REQUIRED* via Career Fair Registration. Please note, *the deadline is Oct. 7th, 11:59pm, and you will need to be a member or pay one-time entrance fee to participate **in the career fair. * Welcome back to the 2010 to 2011 school year! The UCLA Bruin Actuarial Society would like to invite you to our first General Meeting of the year. Whether you are a returning member hoping to take advantage of our networking and exam preparation opportunities, or a prospective member interested in learning more about the actuarial career field, you¡¯ll have all your questions answered at this event. Event details: 2010 Bruin Actuarial Society General Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: MS 6627 Dear Members, We will be collecting membership applications for the 2010-2011 school year during our first general meeting in Fall Quarter. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to email us! Hope your summers are off to a great start! Earlier in the month, we sent out an email regarding exam reimbursement policies. Many of you had questions and we have recently heard back from the math department and would like clarify some details. If you currently have the paperwork for an exam passed, you can still turn it in to Connie in the math department to receive partial reimbursement. However, P exams will no longer be reimbursed. For future exams, the amount of partial reimbursement may change depending on the department budget. Also, you must be a current student and club member when you turn in the reimbursement (not when you sat for the exam). If you turned in the paperwork before January 2010, you should expect a full reimbursement. Lastly, we encourage that you turn in all the necessary paperwork as soon as you receive it. If the time lapse more than a month between the time of the test and the paperwork, you run the risk of not being reimbursed. Due to the restricted budget, the math department will partially reimburse the fees subject to the following conditions: (1) You must be a current BAS Member (2) Reimbursement amount is as follows: $50 for P exam, $100 for FM exam, $150 for MFE or MLC exam and $200 for C exam (3) This policy is in effect starting January 2010 (This is not referring to the date of the exam, but rather when you turned in the paperwork.) The department is still processing the paperwork and you should expect a check in the mail by the end of this month. Congratulations New Officers of 2010-2011 (5/30/10) Binbin Xing - President Shelly Huang - Vice President Karen Liu - Corporate Liaison Tina Luong - Treasurer Luna Liu - Public Relations Owen Meng - Media Director SOA Outreach Team's Visit on 5/20 (5/5/10) This year, we were fortunate enough to coordinate an event with the SOA. Yes, SOA, Society of Actuaries! You should all be familiar with the organization as it allows you to take your Actuarial Exams. Our campus was chosen to be a part of their annual outreach tour and they are thrilled to meet BAS. They will be bringing a few representatives from the SOA to talk about the profession, the exam process, and answer any questions you may have. We guarantee that it'll be both informative and beneficial so don't miss out! Flier. This will be our last event of this year. Spring Appreciation Dinner (4/22/10) Thanks for the RSVPs. So far there has been 40 students who RSVPed for the Spring Banquet. As stated in the previous email, a $10 banquet fee needs to be collected in advance due to the early reserve for the room and the pre-order of the food. The $10/person fee will first be collected at the resume workshop, tentatively scheduled on Thursday, April 29th at MS 6221. If, in any case, you cannot make it to the resume workshop, the payment can also be made on Friday, April 30th at MS 6356 from 3:00-4:40 PM. If your schedule conflicts with both dates, please contact us and other arrangements can be scheduled for the payment. Resume Workshop (4/17/10) We are going to have a resume workshop tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Apr 29th, location: MS 6221. This is the first time that we are going to have a one-on-one event hosted by our BAS officers. Knowing how to write a comprehensive resume and understanding how to translate words into a successful interview are key to scoring any internship or full time offers. Bring your resume to the event and we hope that this wonderful opportunity will help you build a stronger resume! Hewitt Shadow Day Opportunity (4/1/10) You will have the opportunity to apply for an Actuarial Shadow Day at Hewitt Associates in the Newport Beach office. You will have the chance to experience, by following or shadowing, an Actuarial Consultant, a typical day at the office. We highly suggest that you apply since this will be an amazing experience PLUS the best way to network with your future employer. Please take a look at the attached flier for more information! By the way, Hewitt plans to accept anywhere from 2 to 8 candidates! 2010-2011 BAS Officer Recruitment: Application (3/1/10) Please read the application carefully and send your resume to BruinActuaries(at)gmail.com along with an attachment (.DOC or .PDF) answering the questions BY SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2010. UnitedHealthcare Internship Opportunity (3/1/10) For those who applied to the UnitedHealthcare Actuarial Summer Internship Program, they seem have run into some problems with receiving the applications. If you submitted your application before Feb 23rd, please send it in again ASAP. If you haven't applied and are still interested, we urge you to apply. Click here for details. Pacifid Life Internship Opportunity (3/1/10) GREAT NEWS! Pacific Life is looking to hire SIX actuarial interns for this summer. Please review the attached flyer and apply through their website. They let us know that 1st round interviews will take place in March, so we suggest that you apply as soon as possible to be considered. Click here for details. California Casualty Full Time Opening (3/1/10) We recently began working with California Casualty and they have a full time opening at their Bay are office. Please read the minimum requirement carefully before applying. Click here for details. AAA Internship Opportunities (2/22/10) Triple A (AAA) is looking to hire interns at their CA, Nevada and Utah offices. Please review the flyer and apply asap! The deadline is Friday, Feb 26. BAS Spring Banquet (2/16/10) Dear Members, We will be hosting our Annual Appreciation Dinner/Banquet next quarter. We are beginning sign-ups as soon as possible so that we can give our staff and the department plenty of time to plan and maximize the quality of the event. Similar to last year, you will have the chance to meet our BAS sponsors, employees, UCLA alumni, and UCLA Math Dept. Faculty. The event will cost $10. Please read the following information as the sign up process will be different from before: Graduating seniors will be given the chance to RSVP first. Then juniors, then sophomores and freshmen. This is our response to our unexpected growth this year. And because it is a banquet, it is appropriate for seniors to be given priority. We have a limited number of spots available and we encourage interested students to RSVP as soon as possible during the respective RSVP time frames. We have approximately 40 spots available for students. RSVP Dates: SENIORS: NOW until Wednesday Feb. 24 JUNIORS: Wednesday Feb. 24 until Wednesday Mar. 3 Depending on how many available spots we have by March 3rd, we will open it up again for sophomores and freshmen. Event Details: Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 Location: Faculty Center Sequoia Room Attire: Business Casual Time: Evening, TBA Thanks everyone Blue Shield of California Internship Opportunities (2/16/10) Blue Shield of California has positions open for both actuarial and financial internships this coming summer. To apply and submit your resume/application, please visit their website at www.blueshieldca.com/careers and select internship under job status to view all the positions open. Transamerica Internship Opportunities (2/15/10) Transamerica is looking for interns. The deadline for submitting resumes is March 14th. Applicants that are interested in applying for the positions can go to www.transamerica.com, click on careers and apply for requisition number 9949. Click here for details. Resume + Interview Tips Workshop (1/6/10) Welcome back everyone! Our first event of this quarter will be the Resume + Interview Workshop. Recently, employers let us know that our resumes can REALLY use some help, so please take this opportunity to polish and strengthen your resume! Also, we have your club T-SHIRTS. We will hand out the shirts at the WORKSHOP from 6:15 to 6:30, so if you'd like your shirt, please come out to pick one up! As we have mentioned last quarter, it only takes one tiny mistake on your resume to lose your opportunity. Please don't miss this chance to find how you can create that perfect resume. P-Seminar Winter 2010 (1/6/10) Date: Thursdays (except for 1/14 and 2/4) Time: 5:30 - 7:30 Location: MS 6227 Instructor: Simon Tran Facebook (11/19/09) Please find us on Facebook. Our group name is "Bruin Actuarial Society" It's open to everyone, so join in and we can all connect! P-Seminar Head Count (11/19/09) Starting week 1 of next quarter, we'll begin holding the P-seminar. It is designed to help you with studying, solving practice problems, discussing problems, etc. We'd like to get a head count of how many students are interested so please reply and let us know that you'd like to be included. These sessions should help with the January sitting and the one after. We are creating a new mailing list just for our P-seminar students so, if you sign up, you'll receive separate emails regarding the sessions. Good luck studying for finals! P-Seminar Instructors (11/15/09) We are currently looking for 1 or 2 exam P Seminar instructor/s. We recommend someone who has passed the P-exam with a score of at least an 8. We are looking for someone who is confident in their ability to teach. It's a paid job at $20/hr. Job Description: Once a week, 2 hours per session, $20/hr. Focus is to guide students with their studying, review concepts for each topic, go over many practice problems. As members of the organization, you are given this opportunity to strengthen your resume with this possible, great addition. If you are interested, please reply to this email with the following information by Monday, November 30. Name: Grade: P-Exam score: Detailed teaching method: New Name (11/10/09) Our organization's name has officially been changed from "Actuarial Club at UCLA" to "Bruin Actuarial Society." We plan to make necessary changes by the end of this quarter. This means new organization email address, website content changes, etc. Important Notice (11/10/09) We are really excited about how this organization has been growing in size and hope that everyone has been taking advantage of all the events we have planned. In the coming months, we will be holding info sessions and workshops so you can get to know the employers better, all in hopes of helping you land a job in the actuarial field. Due to the fact that we have more members than we had expected and are hosting more events than originally planned, we will have to charge for the end of the year banquet in May. In order to accommodate everyone in the club and give an equal chance to everyone to attend banquet, we have decided to charge a fee of $10 per person for the banquet. The banquet will be held in the Faculty Center and will be a sit down dinner catered by the Faculty Center. Once again, we urge you to attend as it is a great time to network and learn more about the actuarial field since you will be seated with corporate representatives during the dinner. As we get closer to May, we will be sending out official invitations and information on the event. In the meantime, in order to plan out the logistics of the event, we would like to get a preliminary estimated headcount. So if you are interested in the banquet (interested as of now - this doesn't mean that you are obligated to attend) please send us an email ASAP (Friday at latest) and let us know. About Membership If you are a non-active member of the club, please read below before you proceed to any links/sections of the website. Our reasons for being strict this year about membership are: - We intend to be more in control over what we plan and what we can offer - It allows us to better connect with our members (90 Active Members) - It allows us to keep track of how many members we expect for each event - It helps us make various predictions and anticipate turnouts - It helps us host more organized and efficient events - It helps us report more accurately to the department about the club activities - For professionalism and organization - To improve and excel as a unit with our active members That being said, we mentioned that the Career Fair on the 2nd will be open only to our 90 active members. If you are an active, you should have received a formal invitation to the Actuarial Career Fair. That should be an indicator of whether or not you will be admitted to the event. Any guests or non-active members will not be admitted due to the fairness of the program. Our staff is currently doing our best to make it a mutually beneficial experience for our Members and Employers this year. We appreciate your constant support and understanding! FM Manuals The Math Department let us know that the FM manuals are on their way to UCLA Engineering Library. They should be available sometime next week AT the Engineering Library. We will let you know once these manuals arrive and update you on where you can check one out! T-shirt Competition Last time at the general meeting, we discussed designing t-shirts for our club this year. Whether you believe it should be dorky, nerdy, cool, or professional, it is now up to you guys to submit the design you think should go on our club t-shirt! There is only one requirement, we are limiting the colors on the shirt to three. As of now, the deadline for submission is set for Friday, October 30th. We will let you know the method of submission in a later email. This is a great way to participate in the club and win fabulous prizes. The winner of the contest will receive a $50 gift certificate plus an honorable picture on the club website! Be sure to let us know if you have any further questions! Exam P Seminar There will be no Exam P seminar this quarter since we do not have enough time (the test is only a month away) and it is too late for us to look for instructors. We will begin the Exam P seminar next quarter and instructors are needed. Good luck everyone! |