SWE 4 LIFE Endowed Scholarship Program

SWE-D Announces SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship Program

2017 is SWE Detroit’s 65^th Anniversary! And we have some EXCITING NEWS! We awarded our first SWE Detroit – Past Presidents Endowed Scholarship to a recipient 1 year early! To celebrate on the run, we are announcing a new program to build upon our scholarship program. The SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship is our latest campaign to support women pursuing engineering & technology degrees.

The intention is to have our section’s Life Members take the lead in contributing to this endowed scholarship program. However, anyone can donate to the program. The initiative enables our section’s Life Members to show their passion and build a legacy to support future female engineers through an endowed scholarship. The challenge to the Life members is to raise $2,500 each year for the next five (5) years to reach the $25,000 required for an endowed scholarship. To help encourage participation and raise the stakes, SWE Detroit’s current officers has agreed to match up to $2,500 each year to support the initiative. The endowed scholarship will provide an annual $1,000 scholarship to an aspiring and deserving women pursuing engineering. If the goal is met, the first scholarship would be awarded during the 70^th Anniversary of SWE Detroit! SWE D’s Life Members would like the first scholarship to be given in honor of Josie E. Rewald, one of SWE Detroit’s Life Members who passed away unexpectedly in September.

If you know any of the SWE Detroit Life Members, please help us communicate to them. We have found that they, like many of you, are super busy and can miss the posts and emails. Some don’t even have an email. So if you see them at work or outside, please tell them what you have read on the blog.

Not a Life Member? No problem, again anyone can donate to the fund even though we have asked our Life Members to come together and take the lead. Every little bit helps, so we encourage you to donate if you can. Your donation is tax deductible.

The program will be tracked separately from the Member Solicitation Program and have its own levels:

Diamond            $ 1000 +                                   

                        Sapphire            $   500 to $ 999

                        Emerald            $   250 to $ 499

                        Quartz               $   50 to $ 249                          

Contributions will be tracked yearly and the level will be determined based on accumulated contributions received by SWE Detroit.

To donate online go to www.swedetroit.org and look for the Donate Button on the site for Paypal.  After you submit your information and input your donation amount, you will have the opportunity to designate your donation. Please input in the text field, “SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship or Life Members Endowed Scholarship” to allow it to be allocated appropriately.

To donate via check: mail the check to Society of Women Engineers – Detroit, PO Box 2978, Southfield, MI 48037 and place in the memo section “SWE 4 Life Scholarship”.

Big Thanks to our Life Members, Members, and friends of SWE Detroit who have donated to our programs in the past! If you have any questions, are interested in supporting the SWE Detroit Past President Scholarship Program, or creating your own endowed scholarship to build a legacy to benefit the SWE Detroit Scholarship Program, please contact Lisa Purvis, Michele Marion, or Jennifer Morikawa at swe_detroit@swe.org.

P.S. Come out to celebrate SWE D’s 65^th Anniversary at our annual Awards & Recognition Banquet late spring to meet our 2^nd Past Presidents Endowed Scholarship Recipient!