Welcome to MTU SWE!
Megan Cook
- Secretary
- Mechanical Engineering, Spanish minor
May 2009
Why I joined SWE: I wanted to meet more ladies on campus while becoming more involved on campus and in the community.
The best thing about SWE is: I love the opportunities to help the community with a group of girls who are fun to be around. What a great combination!
Hometown: Presque Isle, Michigan
Favorite Ice Cream: Bumpy Cake 'n Cream
Hobbies: volleyball, snowboarding, watching hockey and football, making cheesecake
Other MTU Orgs: Consumer Product Manufacturing Enterprise, Honors Institute, IM Broomball
Happy Birthday, Members!
Rochelle Prescott (5/25)
Angela King (5/28)
Minutes from Past Events
General Meeting - Senior GoodbyesWed 4/23/2008
Tonight was the last meeting of the year! We had a GREAT time bowling and playing billiards in the MUB tonight while saying goodbye to our graduating seniors.
CONGRATULATIONS to our seniors and good luck in all of your future endeavors. Thank you for all the time and energy you have given to SWE over the years. You've made it what it is :)
Brooke Smith-Biomedical Engineering, President
Nate Kroodsma-Mechanical Engineering, Treasurer
Stephanie Drake-Biomedical Engineering, Evening with Industry
Sara Gibbs-Biomedical Engineering, Fundraising
Sara Nomeland-Biomedical Engineering, Fundraising
Julie Goral-Biomedical Engineering, general member
Dana Volk-Civil Engineering, general member
Kirsten Simoni-Biomedical Engineering, general member
We have important business news:
-If anyone will be around Tech during Orientation week and is interested in helping out at the SWE booth during the F'all Nighter, please email Megan (mlcook@mtu.edu) and let her know.
-We are really excited about putting together a bid for the 2010 Regional Conference. If anyone is interested in being on the Conference Planning Committee, please let Megan know.
-Is anyone interested in being a co-chair for the Certificate of Merit committee? Please let Megan know.
-If you have any questions about the above, please feel free to email me.
-This Friday at 3pm, a woman from Sweden will be coming to talk about her decision to attend graduate school and about women in European Universities. It should be an interesting discussion, and a good break before finals week. Email Brooke (bnsmith@mtu.edu) for more information.
Good luck on finals! Have a FABULOUS summer! See y'all in the fall :)
Spring BanquetSat 4/19/2008
Here are the fun awards, as voted on by SWE members:
Tardy Queen: Beth Haibel
Most likely to be famous: Abby Kneeland
Rookie of the year: Jessica Jenks
Most likely to not use their degree: Pam Wolting
SWE clown: Katrina Sanders
SWE Cheerleader: Megan Cook
Most likely to use an engineering pick-up line: Nate Kent
Most likely to be SWE National President: Amy Palmgren
The scholarship recipients are:
Freshmen/Sophomore: Christine Dempsey
Junior/Senior: Katrina Sanders
Presidential Council of Alumnae PanelWed 4/16/2008
Tonight was the annual panel of Presidential Council of Alumnae. It was a great opportunity to ask questions to a group of successful female MTU graduates. The 9 women of the panel were very diverse in that they graduated from Tech in different years and with different degrees. The women talked about when to go to graduate school, work/life balance, important lessons learned, the importance of volunteering, benefits of professional societies (SWE was mentioned :), looking for jobs, finding jobs with your significant other, and more!
We have important business news:
-Spring Fling is THIS Friday, April 18th. We are still in need of people to sell sweenie weenies and I Heart Boobs shirts. If you are available sometime between 12pm and 5pm and want to help out, email Sara or Sara at segibbs@mtu.edu and smnomela@mtu.edu. Thanks for your help!!
-If you ordered a SWE sweatshirt please pay Nate if you have not already done so. The sweatshirts will be passed out during the SWE Banquet.
-Speaking of which, the Spring Banquet is THIS Saturday, April 19th from 12pm to 3pm at the Waterfront Restaurant at the Ramada Inn. It should be a great time!!! If you have not already done so, please pay Nate $3 if you are an inactive member, and $5 if you are bringing a guest. Thanks!
-CONGRATULATIONS to all those elected to CHEB positions for 2008-2009! Reminder: all incoming and outgoing CHEB members are required to attend the CHEB retreat THIS Saturday, April 19th from 9-11am. Please email Brooke at bnsmith@mtu.edu if you absolutely cannot attend.
Next meeting: Wednesday, April 23rd--Senior Goodbyes in the MUB bowling alley!!!