2021 End of Year Wrap-up

by Aiden Burgess

2021 exec photo

We would like to thank all our members and sponsors for making this year our most successful yet! We held 32 events over 2021, with an increased focus on collaboration and variety!

Again, we faced challenges this year, with lockdowns both at the start of the year and the end of the year. However, with experience from our last year, we rolled with the punches and hosted many events under these conditions.

This year had the most exciting and impactful changes for the club in recent memory. The logo and website (www.sesa.org.nz) was redesigned, we overhauled our marketing strategy by using Instagram and Weekly Digests to better connect with our members, and we revamped our exec team structure.

Together with WDCC, we hosted our first Hackathon! With over 130 students competing, it was the largest student-lead hackathon in NZ. 30 industry mentors attended to help support the students develop a pro-crastination invention!

Exec for 2021

  • Sreeniketh Raghavan
  • Aiden Burgess
  • Jennifer Lowe
  • Oliver Chamberlain
  • Matthew Jakeman
  • Dave Shin
  • Rawiri Hohepa
  • Kelly Blincoe
  • Beverley Sun
  • Alex Verkerk
  • Seif Younes
  • Jessica Fenwick
  • Di Kun Ong

Gold Sponsors

  • Datacom
  • ecoPortal
  • IMC Trading

Silver Sponsors

  • Atlassian
  • Commonwealth Bank
  • Denko
  • Honeywell
  • Jane Street
  • SandField
  • Serato
  • Sylo

What's On: Week Four (9 August-15 August)

by Matt Jakeman & Aiden Burgess

Hello SESA!

Weekly Digest

This Week 🚀

👨‍💻 SESA x GDSC: Leetcode Workshop

Heard of Leetcode but don’t know where to start? This will be a highly interactive workshop for beginners. Signups are open now! You must sign up to attend as there are limited spots available.


Coming Up 👀

🥎 Dodgeball x CESA

You know what it’s time for! We are collaborating with CESA to bring back Interfaculty dodgeball, compete with your friends 🤼 against rival faculties (or just have some fun) to win awesome prizes.

  • ⏰ When: Monday 16th August

💻 SESA Gets Hired: Speed Interviews

We’ll be bringing in industry individuals to test your interview skills! Signups opening next week.

  • ⏰ When: Tuesday 17th August (6-8pm)
  • 📌 Where: Room TBD


Event Calendar 📆

See what’s ahead with our Event Calendar: https://sesa.org.nz/events/

Connect with SESA 🔗

Join the FB Group for your part:

What's On: Week Three (2 August-8 August)

by Matt Jakeman & Aiden Burgess

Hello engineers!

A friendly reminder that pub quiz is tonight! Hackathon is this weekend, time to show off your skills 💪

Weekly Digest

This Week 🚀

💻 SESA Gets Hired: CV Checking

Do you have anxiety about your CV? Need some tips to improve? Worry not, because SESA and our industry sponsors are here to help you take your CV to the next level!


Coming Up 👀

👨‍💻 SESA x GDSC: Leetcode Workshop

Heard of Leetcode but don’t know where to start? This will be a highly interactive workshop (2 attendees to 1 mentor) for beginners. Look out for signups next week!

  • ⏰ When: 11th August (Time TBD)
  • 📌 Where: Room TBD


Event Calendar 📆

See what’s ahead with our brand new Event Calendar: https://sesa.org.nz/events/

Connect with SESA 🔗

Join the FB Group for your part:

What's On: Week Two (26 July-1 August)

by Matt Jakeman & Aiden Burgess

Hello engineers!

It’s Week 2, here’s what’s on:

Weekly Digest

This Week 🚀

💻 SESA x WDCC Hackathon Workshop

A beginner friendly 🐥 workshop covering making a React frontend, Node backend, and everything in between👩‍🏫!

Thanks everyone for signing up, unfortunately all spaces have run out. We still have a limited number of spaces, these will be given first-come, first-serve at the workshop.

  • When: Friday 23rd July, 6pm+
  • Where: On Campus, Room 401-401

Event: https://go.sesa.org.nz/hackathon2021


🍺 Pub Quiz × Java 7 Birthday 🎂

Sign-ups are open for a fun night of subsidised drinks, bants, and quizzing! You can join as a team (5-8) or an individual. We’ll be celebrating Java 7’s 10th birthday too! The cake is not a lie.

  • When: Wednesday 28th July, 7pm-9pm
  • Where: Shadows Bar

Event: https://go.sesa.org.nz/pub-quiz-event

Signup here: https://go.sesa.org.nz/pub-quiz-signup


Coming Up 👀

📃 CV Checking

Industry professionals will come to check your CVs to check they’re up to scratch!

  • When: Tuesday 3rd August, 6-8pm
  • Where: On Campus, Room TBD


Event Calendar 📆

See what’s ahead with our brand new Event Calendar: https://sesa.org.nz/events/


Connect with SESA 🔗

Join the FB Group for your part:

What's On: Week One (19 July-25 July)

by Matt Jakeman & Aiden Burgess

Hi everyone 👋

Hope all your exams went well. SESA is back for Semester Two with a new look!

Weekly Digest

Event Calendar 📆

See what’s ahead with our brand new Event Calendar: https://sesa.org.nz/events/

This Week 🚀

📦 General Meeting + Cardboard Night

We have proposed constitutional amendments to how SESA operates, and you get to vote on them. Afterwards, we’ll be having pizza 🍕🍕🍕 and playing some board games! Also, we do miss your faces :(

  • When: Tuesday 20th July, 6pm-9pm
  • Where: On Campus, Engineering Building - 401-401 then Leech

Event: https://go.sesa.org.nz/gm2021


💻 SESA x WDCC Hackathon Workshop

A beginner friendly 🐥 workshop covering making a React frontend, Node backend, and everything in between👩‍🏫!

Thanks everyone for signing up, unfortunately all spaces have run out. We still have a limited number of spaces, these will be given first-come, first-serve at the workshop.

  • When: Friday 23rd July, 6pm+
  • Where: On Campus, Room TBD

Event: https://go.sesa.org.nz/hackathon2021


Pub Quiz 🍺 × Java 7 Birthday 🎂

Sign-ups are now open for a fun night of subsidised drinks, bants, and quizzing! Java 7 is 10 years old! We’ll be celebrating by inviting Ewan to cut the cake 😂

  • When: Wednesday 28th July, 7pm-9pm
  • Where: Shadows

Event: https://go.sesa.org.nz/pub-quiz-event

Signup here: https://go.sesa.org.nz/pub-quiz-signup


SESA’s New Look ✨

You might have noticed that SESA’s pages are looking a little fresh today. We’re rolling out a new look and new logo. While you’re here, have a look around SESA’s new website (you’re on it right now).

Connect with SESA 🔗

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