Welcome to Plumb Bob

CSE Week 2025

April 21st-25th

 

Sponsored by:

Milwaukee Tool Design

 

 

Land O'Lakes Design

 

 

Medtronic Design

 

 

Emerson Design

 

 

 

Ecolab Design

 

 

 

 

Polaris Design

 

 

 

General Mills Design

Calendar of Events

Monday April 21st

  • Clothing for a Cause 

    12:00-1:30 PM 

    Walter Library Room 101

    CSE Week 2025 Philanthropy Event: Bring a clothing item for donation, get a free lunch!

  • Tie Blanket Making for Masonic children's Hospital with BMES

    5:30-6:30 PM

    Bruininks Room 131A

    Free Pizza! RSVP appreciated at https://z.umn.edu/BMESBlankets

 

Tuesday April 22nd

  • CSE Cookout with Medtronic - Walking Tacos

    Live demos by Medtronic!

    11:00 AM-1:00 PM (while supplies last)

    Lind Hall Courtyard

    Student Org Special Guests: Alpha Chi Sigma + Science & Engineering Student Board (SESB)

  • Bingo & Boba with CODES

    3:30-4:30 PM 

    Lind Room 204 

    Join the Community of Diverse Engineers & Scientists for Boba & Bingo! RSVP for Bingo & Boba with CODES Here!

 

Wednesday April 23rd 

  • CSE Cookout with Land O'Lakes - Chicken Patties

    11:00 AM-1:00 PM (while supplies last)

    Lind Hall Courtyard

    Student Org Special Guests: National Society of Black Engineers + Rocket Team 

  •  Alchemy Breakout! 

    4:30-6:00 PM

    Walter Library 3rd Floor 

    Your team of medieval alchemists have 20 minutes to solve the puzzle of turning lead into gold. Can you navigate the ancient library to unlock the secrets of transmutation in time?

    Free snacks & drinks! Register for the event HERE 

  • History of Physics: Medieval Game Night with National Society of Black Physicists

    5:30-7:00 PM 

    Tate Hall Room B55

    Join NSBP for a fun general meeting where we will have a game night about the history of physics. Students will meet others interested in physics and meet new people!

    Free Pizza! 

  • Trivia Night with AIAA and Rocket Team 

    6:00 PM

    Akerman Hall Atrium 

    Join AAIA and Rocket Team for a trivia night focused on space, airplanes, and rockets!

    Food and snacks provided! 

  • Karaoke Night with Plumb Bob!

    6:15-7:15 PM 

    Appleby Hall Room 103

    Join Plumb Bob for an evening of Karaoke and good vibes!

     

Thursday April 24th 

  • CSE Cookout with Ecolab - Hot Dogs

    11:00 AM-1:00 PM (while supplies last)

    Lind Hall Courtyard

    Student Org Special Guests: Society of Women Engineers + Solar Vehicle Project (SVP)

  • PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) at Walter Library 

    11:30 AM-1:30 PM

    Walter Library 2nd Floor

    Meet registered therapy animals - more information here! 

  • Jeopardy STEM Edition with CSE Undergraduate Research Advocates

    4:00-5:30 PM

    Mechanical Engineering Room 1130

    RSVP at z.umn.edu/URA_RSVP

  • UCC X EY: Meet the Firm!

    6:00-7:00 PM

    Hanson Hall 1-107

    Join the Undergraduate Consulting Club (UCC) to welcome Ernst and Young! EY is a Big4 firm that is looking to connect with our UMN students for jobs and internships

    Visit @umn_ucc on Instagram for more information 

  • Bowling with the Stars

    7:00-9:00 PM

    Goldy's Gameroom (Coffman Basement)

    Free bowling as a part of CSE week! Astronomy Club invites all to come bowl with Physics and Astro grad students and professors (the stars!)! 

    Limited space, please fill out this form to RSVP

 

Friday April 25th

  • CSE Cookout with Milwaukee Tool - Burgers

    Games & Giveaways from Milwaukee Tool! 

    11:00 AM-1:00 PM (while supplies last)

    Lind Hall Courtyard

    Student Org Special Guests: Women and Gender Minorities in Math (WiM) + Tau Beta Pi

  • SASE Labs Symposium 

    5:30-7:30 PM

    Bruininks Room 312

    Join the Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers (SASE) Labs Symposium to see students showcase their year-long STEM project! This year’s team built a mechanical heart—stop by to learn about their work and how to get involved!

    Free Pizza!

  • World Solar Challenge Sendoff

    6:00-7:00 PM

    Lind Hall Courtyard

    Join in celebration of the UMN's Solar Vehicle Project as we officially send off our solar race car Gaia to Australia to compete for gold in the World Solar Challenge in Australia!

 

**Vegetarian option at every cookout

 

Sunday April 27th

 

Leadership Opportunities

The 2024-2025 board members of the Plumb Bob student group.

 

Plumb Bob is an honorary leadership society in charge of planning, organizing, and running CSE Week. As a group, we meet weekly during both the Fall and Spring semesters. Plumb Bob recruits new members at the beginning of each school year, but feel free to contact us at any point in the year if you have ideas for CSE Week.

Feel free to send an email to join our mailing list and get informed of future meeting times! [email protected]

CSE Week

Plumb Bob's display table at an event during CSE Week 2024.

 

Taking place during the spring semester, CSE Week is a week full of events aimed to promote CSE, its student groups, and its sponsors. This week-long celebration of the college is a long-standing tradition that has been happening for over 100 years. Daily barbecues are hosted by Plumb Bob and adjoining student groups, with sponsors putting on their own events as well! Many student groups take this opportunity to celebrate their year's success by hosting events that showcase their work. Other Plumb Bob hosted events include movie nights, game nights, and philanthropic events!

Interested in joining? Sign up for the Plumb Bob mailing list!