Hello Region E collegiates! I am Lauren Finkenauer, your Regional Collegiate Communications Editor (RCCE) for FY10. I’m excited to be taking over this position, and look forward to an amazing year of working together. I hope to have active participation from all of our collegiate sections this year. After all, we have more collegiate sections than any other region! I’m always open to questions or feedback of any sort. I can be contacted at rcne-e@swe.org. Don’t hesitate to send me pictures, stories or news from your section!
Hello SWE members,
The Region Collegiate Representatives(RCRs) and Region Collegiate Communications Editors(RCCEs) represent the collegiate voice on the SWE region level which is then transferred to all the way up to SWE headquarters.
As a team we are working to make your SWE experience even better but we need your help! We would like to know some information about your SWE experience.
Please take the time to fill out this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fHTIh5_2fEkyN8_2byUVZqwusw_3d_3d
It should take you no longer than 5 minutes to fill out. Please fill it out as soon as you can.
Thank you in advance,
SWE RCRs and RCCEs
Renew Your SWE Dues
Click here to renew your SWE membership! Just login and complete the online renewal form. A letter sent from the national organization contains your password (in case you forgot). If you don’t have your letter and don’t remember your password, select “Forgot your login or password? Click here” and enter your e-mail address. Your password should arrive shortly. If your e-mail address is not recognized, you will have to apply for a new membership.
Become a National SWE Member
Click here to register as a National SWE member! Just follow these easy steps:
- Select Collegiate and New Member or Former Member and click Continue.
- Select SWE Collegiate Member Dues
- Enter the following required information in the form.
- First Name
- Last Name
- Home Address 1
- Home Address City
- Home Address Postal Code
- Home Address Phone Number
- Home Address Email
- You must create and save at least one Education record.
- All other fields are optional; enter any or no optional information.
- Click Continue.
- Enter your credit card information and click Submit.
Rutgers SWE is hosting their 5th Annual Research Fair next Wednesday, October 28th!
SWE’s annual Research Fair is an event where all engineering professors are encouraged to showcase their latest research projects. Students who attend are able to learn about current engineering developments as well as explore the variety of research opportunities available at Rutgers University.
This is the perfect chance for professors to recruit potential research assistants to help their research efforts and to teach students outside of the classroom!
Last year, SWE was fortunate enough to have Rutgers’s student run television station, RUtv, run a feature on the event. If you want to check it out it can be viewed on Rutgers SWE’s website, http://swe.rutgers.edu, or directly from YouTube at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4uXmmXSzZQ>.
Additionally, photos from past events can be found on the website at
http://swe.rutgers.edu/pwi/imagegal.htm.
This year’s annual conference was nothing short of amazing! It was great to see old friends and make new ones, meet wonderful and inspiring professionals from all over not just the country but internationally as well. Of course, who could complain about visiting Long Beach, California? :]
The conference was held in the very impressive Long Beach Convention Center.
The three day event included various professional development and leadership workshops and presentations, region meetings, receptions, hospitality suites, a HUGE career fair (more than 200 corporations), and culminated with the much anticipated Celebrate SWE! Even with all these events to attend, there was still time to explore Long Beach and the surrounding area. Check out the link WE09 for more!
Speaking of taking advantage of all that SWE has to offer, I am writing this post from WE09 in Long Beach. Aside from the many conferences and workshops available to collegiate members, there are plenty of other resources offered for the benefit of members. This could include something as simple as speaking with senior SWE members (think upperclassmen to professionals familiar with the organization). Also available are online tools including the home website, SWE communities, social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) and of course your region’s collegiate blog!
So take advantage of your regional collegiate team and the various easily-accessible sites to answer your questions and help advance your SWE career!
Get excited everyone – the conference is already next week! Everyone who is attending should have their travel plans secured and have coordinated with their region and/or section officers. Just a reminder (if you haven’t done so already), make sure you have notified your professors of your upcoming absence. We want to make this as smooth a trip as possible, which of course can be difficult in the middle of the semester around mid-term time!
We (your Region E RCRs and RCNE) can’t wait to meet everyone in California, so make sure you say hi. See you next week!
Check out our “Deadlines” link for the September conference call time and information!
It’s never too early to begin planning for upcoming elections in the spring! The challenge is always how to motivate students to join SWE, and encourage exisiting members to apply for positions. We have to work together to promote SWE, and really showcase all of its value. Potential members and current members alike should know more about the richness of our history: we’re celebrating 60 years of promoting women in engineering!!! This is an exciting time, and we want everyone to know about this wonderful society.
ADVERTISE! Have a booth at your college’s club fair, print posters to place around campus, send emails to incoming students, give presentations in engineering classes, hold social events to promote your section and SWE! There are so many ways to get news about SWE out there, so get creative! Explain how SWE is more like a family you become a part of, seeing the same faces year after year at conferences and SWE events. Tell also how involvement in SWE opens doors for incredible opportunities through career fairs and networking with professionals from all areas of engineering. Most importantly, lead by example. It is so much more effective when you are excited and passionate about what you want others to join.
So let’s show some SWE-spirit and spread the word!
The Collegiate Leadership Coaching Committee (CLCC) works to support the development of leadership and management skills at the section level and to educate collegiates on topics that are essential in creating and maintaining a vital section. CLCC coaches are available to travel to collegiate sections to present modules on topics including Officer Training, Building Membership, Women in Engineering, Leadership, Event Planning and more. To have a CLCC coach come to your school or for a complete list of the available modules, please e-mail CLC-e@swe.org or Julie at julieaw@seas.upenn.edu.
Hi ladies!
Our names are Annie Kennedy and Christine Pitner, and we’re the 2009-2010 Regional Collegiate Representatives for the Region E. Many, if not all, of you have heard from us already, and let us just say know how lucky we are to work with such intelligent and responsible women! Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you and your SWE section. You can reach us at rcr-e@swe.org. We’re here as your resource, and we hope you leverage us as a resource as much as possible.
Every year is always an exciting year for SWE, but this year is even moreso since we’ll all be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Society of Women Engineers. Region E is actually fortunate enough to have some of the founding SWE sections! To learn more about the fascinating history of SWE, check out the Philiadelphia professional section’s website. They’ve put together an excellent website brimming with history of women in science and engineering. Here is a link to their site: http://www.philaswe.org/history/index.html
We’ll hopefully see many of you at National Conference from October 15-17th in Longbeach, California. We have to say we’re looking forward to putting a face to a name. Get ready for sunny and warm weather! J
Best wishes,
Annie Kennedy and Christine Pitner
