Society of Women Engineers

Drop by the SWE booth at the F'All Nighter to learn about SWE or at least grab some free candy!

The Society of Women Engineers will be hosting a roundtable discussion with Dr. Tim Schulz, the new Dean of the College of Engineering. He wants to talk about how Michigan Tech can become a leader in educating women engineers, as well as methods of recruiting more women to Michigan Tech's engineering program. They also want to try and give SWE more university support.

Pizza and pop will be provided! Come out and meet the new Dean, eat some pizza, and help make Tech a better place for everyone here! This is an open event-- feel free to bring friends interested in the subject.

Today we had our Engineering Design Meeting! Our goal was to create a timing device that accurately measured 3 minutes in order for us to escape from our prison. We were only given 4 washers, a piece of yarn, a deck of cards, a bottle of glue, a water bottle, and a bar of soap. Congratulations to the winning team who were able to time 3 minutes exactly!

Brooke told us about our new SWE mentorship program. Everyone is welcome to sign up. Basically, it gives younger SWE members an opportunity to hang out with older SWE members. It's not required, but it would be a fantastic way to meet more of the members of SWE and have fun at the same time. If interested, contact anyone on Eboard.

Brent and Anna from the Concrete Canoe team came to talk to us about their group, and the opportunities available to be a part of an engineering project at Tech. They compete nationally and practice year round. They are looking for more people to join (especially female paddlers). It sounds like a lot of fun and you don't have to be a Civil Engineering major to be a part.

This Saturday (9/29) is the Sigma Rho fraternity's Mexican Fiesta. We've all been invited to this event, which will include food flown in from Mexico, sombreros, ponchos, and fireworks!

Reminder: Evening with Industry is this Monday, October 1st. The girls on the EWI committee have been working really hard to make this event great!

Head's up: Date Auction will be on November 3rd. Stay posted for more details.

Thank you to everyone who helped make EWI 2007 a great success! This year over 45 companies and 100 students attended the event.

Good Evening SWE-sters!

Tonight we listened to a presentation by Dr. Barbara O'Kelly, the director of the Graduate Engineering Program at Michigan State University. She spoke to us about reasons to apply to graduate school, fellowships, and scholarships. She offered us great advice about writing strong applications. The information will be useful for all of us as we continue with our academic and professional lives. Some of the tips she gave were to put yourself in the shoes of the person who will be reading your application, make your successes stand out, ask for a peer review of your writing, make sure to follow all the instructions thoroughly, and to get to know 3 faculty members well enough that you could ask for a reference and for a critique of your application. If you'd like any more information about what Dr. O'Kelly presented, she can be contacted at okelly@msu.edu.

In other SWE news...

Interested in Scrapbooking?
Contact Caitlin at caiverso@mtu.edu or Katie at kmhallen@mtu.edu to join their committee!

We are in need of a Certificate of Merit Committee Head!
This would be a great opportunity to reach out to high school girls and encourage them to think about engineering. If you're interested in the position contact Haley, hmvingsn@mtu.edu. If you'd like any more information on what the position entails, feel free to ask Megan, mlcook@mtu.edu, as she was the CoM committee head last year.

Upcoming Events: Date Auction on Sat. Nov. 3rd at 6pm! Be on the lookout for applications to be auctioned off!

Next Meeting: Pumpkin Painting! We will be delivering the pumpkins to the residents of a local nursing home sometime later that week.

Hello SWE-sters!

This evening was our annual pumpkin painting general meeting! Which was very successful, we got all our pumpkins painted. Nate did an excellent job conducting the meeting with the E-board gone. Good job Nate!

A sign up went around for delivering the pumpkins to Heritage Manor this weekend at 11 am on Sat. the 27th. Please sign up if you are interested by contacting the Community and Campus committee heads (rspresco@mtu.edu or kmsander@mtu.edu). By participating in this event you will earn an activity point for the semester!

Also, the fundraising chairs made announcements about the Annual Date Auction which will take place next Saturday, November 3rd. Applications are available for those who would like to be auctioned off and there is a sign up for those who would like to help set-up or take-down. If you are interested email, the fundraising chairs either at smnomela@mtu.edu or segibbs@mtu.edu.

Well, that was all for the meeting see you all next weekend and in two weeks for our next general meeting.

Thank you to everyone who participated and/or helped out with the Date Auction. The can drive was successful and the cans were dropped off this week at the local food bank up by family video, just in time to be handed out. The food bank was very appreciative and were very excited to receive the cans. Thank you especially to all of you who brought dates/significant others and spent your money and time with this event. We hope everyone who went bowling had fun! Thank you for making the night a real success.

We will be running the program with four fourth grade classes, two classes on Thursday and two classes on Friday. There will be a sign up sheet and more information at the next couple meetings.

Congrats to Megan Cook, the SWE candidate for Winter Carnival Queen, who made the Top 8 cut! Megan wants to be Winter Carnival Queen because she wants to ride the zamboni (who wouldn't)! Her talent is acting. Make sure you remember to vote for Megan to support her and SWE! Also, you can support her by joining her facebook group.