Bring in the new year, new students and a new semester with some homemade chili and a good ol’ fashion competition! The Chili Cook-Off will be at the Ladies’ Literary Club in Ypsilanti, Saturday, January 22nd from 6-9pm. Bring your finest chili to pass and be prepared for an expert panel of tasters to crown a chili champion!

BYOB (beer & wine only please)
Free Parking is available on the street or across Emmet Street in the Presbyterian Church lot.

Ladies’ Literary Club
218 N. Washington
Ypsilanti, MI

WELCOME BACK!
Our first P.E. general meeting of the semester will be held Thursday, January 13th at 7:15pm in Strong Hall Rm. 220. Please bring your membership card and any new exciting ideas you may have. Top items on the agenda is our Chili Cook-Off and Networking Mixer. Here is your challenge, BRING SOMEONE NEW TO A P.E. MEETING! Encourage someone that isn’t involved to come out, get involved and meet new people. Hope to see you there!!

Preservation Eastern is lucky enough to have the awesome opportunity of getting a tour of the storage facilities at The Henry Ford Museum! The field trip is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11am. There is space for 30 people to tour the Henry Ford storage facilities, with PE members getting priority. Sign-up with Sarah starting the week of Oct 11 (she will be in Strong Hall before classes start). The group rate for admission is $8 for Greenfield Village and/or $8 for the Museum. Participating in the storage tour is not mandatory, if you just want to enjoy the museum with PE Friends that’s fine! However, your admission fee is required when you sign-up with Sarah. Your money secures your spot and is needed for our reservation. Not a PE member and want to do the tour? $15 for one year or $25 for two, you can sign-up with Sarah for both! The carpool will leave at 10am from the Oakwood South parking lot near Strong Hall; we are expected to check in at the museum no later than 11am.

NOTE!: The gentleman giving the storage tour is going out of his way, on his day off, FOR FREE. If you can, PE is encouraging a few extra bucks in donation to go towards a gift to thank him for the amazing opportunity.

*Family and friends are welcome, but not for the storage tour.
*This event is worth a 1pt. punch on membership cards.

At this meeting we’ll discuss fundraising opportunities, the fall networking mixer, and the Henry Ford/Greenfield Village field trip which is coming up at the end of the month!  The meeting is open to both P.E. Members and H.P. Students (though membership is encouraged!). The meeting will be held in Strong Hall, Room 216 @ 5:15pm on Thursday, October 14, 2010.

*meetings are worth a 1pt. punch on membership cards

Preservation Eastern will be helping out Cobblestone Farms on Sunday, October 10, 2010 @ 10am. For our project and goal of the day, we will be cleaning out the shed! It is strongly encouraged for you to bring proper work shoes and gloves and to dress appropriately for the weather! The more hands the better, so feel free to bring a friend or significant other! We will meet you there at 10am, ready to rock and roll! If you need directions or more information about the event, please email P.E. at preservationeastern@gmail.com

*this event is wroth a 1pt. punch on membership cards!

The first field trip of the year will be going on driving tours of Washtenaw County! Here new and returning students are able to mingle and use their architectural terms together while enjoying the structural beauties of their county.

A carpool will be organized and further details on the event will be posted soon.  Students willing to drive please let a board member know! Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend!

Unfortunately, this event had to be canceled for multiple reasons. HOWEVER, this is something we are still considering to do this in the future.

What a fundraiser like this is, is our group would work a sport concession at an EMU Football Game! Each student organization that works a concession stand gets 10% of the profit they make that day. By doing more fundraisers P.E. Board members hope to offer members more opportunities throughout the year. The work is fun, high energy and students can work in shifts!

If you are interested in participating in fundraisers in the future please email P.E. at preservationeastern@gmail.com

Preservation Eastern will have their first open meeting Tuesday, September 14, 2010 in Strong Hall Room 239.  We have a lot to do, to get ready for a very busy and exciting semester ahead! Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend!

New Student Orientation is set for Friday, September 10th from 6-8pm at historic Sherzer Hall on the campus of EMU.  It will be held in the fourth floor classroom.  Dinner and refreshments will be provided! Meet the faculty and fellow students as well as several guests who will give their wisps of wisdom on the ins-and-outs of the program, the graduate school, and EMU.

Additionally, this will be the first opportunity for students to join Preservation Eastern for the upcoming school year.  We have set the yearly dues for new students at $15 for 1 year and $25 for 2 years.  If a students attends Orientation and they sign up at that time, they can get the “Orientation Special,” which includes a 2 year membership and a P.E. t-shirt for only $30! A great opportunity! Cash only please.

Returning students, as well as our new students, are welcome to join the Alumni for their annual “Evening Under the Stars” dessert reception immediately following orientation on the roof deck of Sherzer Hall! Depending upon weather conditions, the Astronomy Department will let us view the sky with their telescope as well! Feel free to bring spouses and family to this unique event!

We hope to see you there!

Join P.E. in viewing some of the treasures in the Ypsi/Ann Arbor area as part of the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival’s 33rd Annual Historic Home Tour! We will meet at 11:30am and carpool as a group from the McKenney Lot on EMU Campus. If you can see campus construction you are in the right spot!

The tickets to attend the event are $10 in advance and $12 on the day of the tour. Please visit the following website for more details on tickets and what homes are on the tour:

http://www.yhf.org/hometour2010/default.html

RSVP on P.E.’s Facebook Page! And if you haven’t already, please join Preservation Eastern’s Facebook Group!