Faculty of Engineering students, along with Acting Dean Douglas Buchanan (left), meet President and Vice-Chancellor David Barnard (right) at a reception celebrating students' generosity through the referenda process.

• UMES (University of Manitoba Engineering Students) held its first referendum in January, 1987
• Voted for a three year term; $50 per student; allocated to the Endowment Fund
• Votes held:
  
  
  • 1989 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 1992 – $50 – Endowment Fund
  • 1996 – $75 – Endowment Fund ($50) & Building Fund ($25)
  • 2099 – $150 – Endowment Fund ($100) & Building Fund ($50)
  • 2001 – $175 – Endowment Fund ($100) & Building Fund ($75)
  • 2004 – $175 – Endowment Fund ($100) & Building Fund ($75)
  • 2008 – $100 – Endowment Fund
  • 2010 – $110 – Endowment Fund
      
• A total of $2,429,940 since 1987