Location: Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI

Society of Women Engineering Bi-weekly Newsletter: 11/13/13

President

Hi Ladies!

Region H Registration is open until Dec. 23. We always have a great time and would love if you joined us!  Location: Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI  Register at www.sweregionh2014.com  Cost: $65, includes hotel room with 3 other people  Must opt in for SWE Charter Bus from Lansing, MI o Additional $50 o MSU is NOT providing additional transportation  Spaces on bus will most likely fill up before the Dec. 23 deadline, so sign up ASAP if you want to go

Email Alexa ([email protected]) if you are going

Alexa Jones [email protected]

Vice President Hello Ladies! For tonight, we have a panel of MSU women Professors of Engineering that will be participating in a question and answer discussion. The members of our panel are Dr. Briedis, Dr. Masten, Dr. Bush, and Dr. Genik. Dr. Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor and Dean of Student Advancement for the Chemical Engineering and Material Science department. Dr. Susan Masten is a Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. Dr. Tamara Reid Bush is an Assistant Professor for the Mechanical Engineering department. Dr. Laura Genik is an Academic Specialist for the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Linzy Pedersen [email protected]

Secretary

Hello SWEsters!

I hope you are all excited for our awesome panel of MSU women professors! 

I want to remind you to consider becoming a national member! It opens up so many doors to great opportunities and connections!  I am open to answering any questions you may have about SWE, so please feel free to contact me at the email below! Also, if you haven’t been receiving emails PLEASE let me know!

Laura Gumpper [email protected] Treasurer Social

Hey SWEsters! The semester is getting busy fast, so what better way to relax and take a break then with a movie night! Come There will be a SWEet Treat Bake sale in mid- join us as SWE and ASME go to NCG Cinemas together! November. The tentative date is set for Nov. 13th. If you We will be going for the 6:50pm showing of About have any ideas, e-mail Miriam! Time on Sunday November 17th. Carpools will be arranged, and ASME has graciously offered to cover the Caroline Kerbelis Miriam Chege costs of the movie tickets for both organizations!! [email protected] [email protected] (Thank you ASME!). If you are interested and/or can drive please let me know!

Community Service Daphne Cai Hello SWEsters! We volunteered with The Greater [email protected] Lansing Food Bank as part of their Garden Project on Monday. We had a lot of fun volunteering and making friends! Right now we are participating in the SOCC Canned Drive. Make sure you bring in cans and take donations to The Center! Also, follow us on twitter @MSU_SWEsters. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to send us an email or come talk to us! Morgan Hoxsie Nicole Traitses [email protected] [email protected]

Member Relations Outreach Ladies and Gents, SWE Outreach has a program in which SWE members visit local schools to talk and develop engineering It is officially winter, and that means registration for activities and workshops to 4th graders (It takes only 1 our SWE Regional Conference is here!!! Michigan Tech hour). Our next visit will be at the Lansing STEM School, will be hosting "Extracting the Elements" in Houghton, and volunteers are always welcome! Helping children MI from Feb. 14-16, 2014. To register go to understand engineering concepts is a lot of fun and a www.sweregionh2014.com and click on 'Conference great resume buider. Info' near the top of the page. As your member relations chair, I keep attendance for every general SWE meeting So that everyone who wants to participate has a chance and event. Individuals who accumulate a majority will of going to one of our outings this semester, we are receive a small prize at our NEXT general meeting. You changing the weekday to visit the School.Tentative date have to be present in order to accept your prize. Now will be November 22nd (Friday) at 11am. We will send that the semester is coming to an end, I would like to an email confirming the date as soo as possible. ask, you, our general members a few questions. What Hope to see you there! changes, if any, would you like to see in SWE? What are some experiences you would like to gain from SWE? Any doubts shoot an email to Abbie or Anne. Suggestions? Please email me with your creative ideas!!! Go Green!!! Anne Rabellorolim Abigael Onchiri [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer Jones [email protected] you all have a wonderful semester :) Corporate Relations https://www.egr.msu.edu/swe Hey SWE, it is never too late to make a resume! Hope you are all having a great year with SWE. Ayona Van Horn-Lee Coryn Frye Halle Doering [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Professional Counselor WOW/Banquet Emily Khouphongsy The forms have been sent in and we cannot wait to [email protected] meet our young middle school guests! We are currently working on the projects for the girls, etc etc etc...If SWE Advisors anyone is interested to be a project leader or to help out in anyway please let us know that you want to be part Judy Cordes Colleen Mcdonough of the fun! Remember that WOW, That's Engineering is [email protected] [email protected] on Nov. 23,2013!!

Amanda Sliney Mariana Madrigal [email protected] [email protected]

Day With SWE

Hope everyone isn't too stressed with school and finding time to attend some SWE events! Our event is next semester but we are starting to get the planning rolling. If you have any pictures from SWE events please send them to us so we can get some flyers sent out to the high schoolers. We are also looking for a lot of volunteers so if you are interested feel free to email us or talk to us after the meeting about what you can do!

Casey O’Donohue Adeline Ford “The pain you feel today is the strength you [email protected] [email protected] feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for Webmaster growth.” Hello Ladies! ~Unknown For those who are unable to attend any meeting feel free to check out our website for updates on events and feel free to join the MSU SWE group on Facebook. I hope