SAVE THE DATE! February 6th 2010On February, 6th 2010, EWB-UNC is hosting a Symposium on Small-scale International Development followed by a Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction. The dinner will be held at the Moorehead Planetarium. For more information please visit our Special Events page.
Join EWB-UNC We have projects going on in four countries, plus local outreach activities like Habitat for Humanity and assisting the Rogers Road Community, EWB-UNC is actively seeking dedicated students from ALL disciplines, backgrounds, and departments to join our mission to improve quality of life in developing countries. EWB IS NOT JUST FOR ENGINEERS! We hope you'll come learn more about our chapter. Please explore our website and feel free to contact one of our officers if you have specific questions.
EWB Partners with Local Communities Our chapter is working with the UNC Department of Epidemiology to support the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) in Chapel Hill. EWB-UNC partnered with RENA in spring and summer of 2009 to test drinking and surface water and survey well and septic systems in the community and will be partnering with Orange County health department in the coming months to conduct a further study. RENA's President, Minister Robert Campbell, was recently invited to brief EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on November 20th, 2009 in the West Wing of the White House. Read more in the Daily Tar Heel and Herald Sun. This partnership was previously featured in Carolina Public Health Magazine. You can read about EWB-UNC's commitment to service, both locally and abroad, in the Spring 2009 Issue.
What is EWB-UNC? 
Engineers without Borders (EWB) UNC-CH Chapter is a student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which has been founded for the purpose of facilitating UNC student involvement in international engineering and health projects organized or approved by Engineers Without Borders-USA. The goal of EWB is to partner with developing communities worlwide to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, which may address water and sanitation, energy, and waste concerns.
Our chapter is involved with construction and design work, consulting, teaching, surveying, or other tasks as determined by project needs. In order to fulfill our goals and objectives, we will raise funds to support projects, facilitate collaboration between student groups and local engineers and other universities on development projects, and host speakers and seminars relevant to the role of the engineer in development work abroad.
This chapter was formed in the summer of 2004 by graduate students in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC-CH. If you have questions about the chapter's work or are involved in a similar type of project, please contact one of our officers.
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