Thursday, February 28, 2013
Volunteers Needed - SWE National Conference Call for Participants
Check out this link if you are interested in participating in WE13, the SWE National Conference Oct. 24-26, 2013, in Baltimore.
Upcoming Event - SWE-D Girls' Engineering Exploration - Registration is now open to all girls!
Who: All 4th - 6th grade Girls interested in Math, Science or Engineering
When: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 from 9:30AM to 3:00PM
Where: Wayne State University (exact location in attachment)
Why: A day-long event filled with engineering activities to show young girls how exciting and fun engineering can be!!
To Register For This Event, please fill out the application and permission slip using our Google Survey
(don't wait, registration is limited to the first 130 students):
https://docs.google.com/
All the information on the event is enclosed in the attached document "GEE_AcceptanceLetter_2013.doc
Please register using the google docs link given above if your student plans to attend.
Hope to see you Saturday!!
Bloomberg Businessweek - The Excessive Uproar Over Marissa Mayer's Telecommuting Ban
Thursday, February 21, 2013
SWE-D Officer Slate for Next Year...Will You Consider Running?
***FY14 Elected Officer Slate needed by Friday March 15th
We are starting to work on our slate of officers for next year. Whether you are new to SWE or have been involved in the past, we can use your help! Send me an email if you you are interested in running or have questions. Please contact Stacy Lueneburg at sthayer.swe@gmail.com prior to Friday March 15th 2013 if you are interested in running. The elected positions are listed below!
Current FY13 Elected Officers:
President
Stacy Lueneburg
VP Membership
Mary Matthews
VP Professional Development
Jessica Mattis
VP Outreach
Jessica Engwis
Section Representatives
Kristy Lott
Christine Cabrera
Catherine Gold
Secretary
Michele Marion
Treasurer
Lisa Purvis
***Voting for Elected Officers- April for FY14 Slate
Coming up at the beginning of April our ballots for SWE-D elected positions for FY14 will be distributed. You will be receiving a letter or email with the ballot. Please take some time to review the candidates and cast your vote!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
CNN Money - Wanted: More Women Coders at etsy
An interesting article talking about etsy, and its struggle to find female coders.
NYTimes - Why Gender Equality Stalled
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Volunteers Needed - SWE National Capitol Hill Day in Washington, DC
The SWE Government Relations and Public Policy (GRPP) Committee will once again be organizing a spring Congressional outreach day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This event, which will be held March 20-21, 2013, will increase awareness of the need for and the importance of increased diversity and inclusion in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.
SWE is once again taking the lead in organizing this event, and to date, over 30 STEM and diversity organizations are co-sponsoring. SWE’s 2013 Capitol Hill Day will begin promptly at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 (there is an optional lunch at Noon), and conclude by 5:00 PM on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn Washington-Capitol, and in meeting rooms on Capitol Hill. This event is being made possible by a grant from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.
While there are no specific volunteer travel funds available for this event, some meals will be provided for attendees.
Please note: Space is limited, and reservations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are interesting in participating or have any questions, please contact Alexis McKittrick alexis_mckittrick@hotmail.com , GRPP Chair.
Sidenote: If you want an insider's perspective of having gone through it before, contact SWE-D member Heather Gruenewald heather.gruenewald@gmail.com .
Upcoming Event - SWE-D Webinar "The Electronic Dilemma - Has Technology Leaped Ahead of Our Ethics?"
Event: Webinar "The Electronic Dilemma - Has Technology Leaped Ahead of Our Ethics?"
Date: February 25, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: Lawrence Technological University, Lear Auditorium T429, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075
Cost: N/A
Parking: Info provided when you RSVP
Point of contact: Faith Kurily faith.kurily@swe.org
Other info:
Please RSVP by February 23rd.
Join SWE-Detroit and SWE LTU members for networking and the webinar! We will watch the webinar as a group then discuss our own personal experiences with technology and ethics. Looking forward to seeing you there for this great collegiate-professional joint event!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Volunteers Needed - SWE National Scholarship Judges
Help Dreams Come True: Sign up to Judge SWE Scholarship Applications
Professional Section Presidents, MAL President and SWE Counselors,
SWE typically receives close to 1500 applications. If you haven't had a chance to encourage your members to volunteer, please do so. Thanks!
Judges are a vital part of the Scholarship Program and SWE could not do it without your help. It is through dedicated members' generosity of judging scholarship applications that young women are fulfilling their dreams of becoming engineers and making significant contributions to society.
Last year SWE provided 198 scholarships valued at over $575,000. It is that time of year again to help judge scholarship applications for upperclass and graduate students.
Many judges have stated it is a rewarding experience to judge scholarships for these talented, aspiring future women engineers. The applications are inspiring and it is amazing to see a glimpse in to the world of these future engineers.
Judging will be open from March 1-21. All judging will be done online; therefore, you can judge at your own pace and on your own schedule. A webinar training will be offered in late February/early March.
Rally your fellow SWE professional members to help judge the upperclass and graduate student scholarship applications. We look forward to having you participate, please sign up here. Please contact scholarships@swe.org if you have any questions.
Christine Pitner and Inaas Darrat, P.E.
FY13 Scholarship Committee Chair and Chair-Elect
Professional Section Presidents, MAL President and SWE Counselors,
SWE typically receives close to 1500 applications. If you haven't had a chance to encourage your members to volunteer, please do so. Thanks!
Judges are a vital part of the Scholarship Program and SWE could not do it without your help. It is through dedicated members' generosity of judging scholarship applications that young women are fulfilling their dreams of becoming engineers and making significant contributions to society.
Last year SWE provided 198 scholarships valued at over $575,000. It is that time of year again to help judge scholarship applications for upperclass and graduate students.
Many judges have stated it is a rewarding experience to judge scholarships for these talented, aspiring future women engineers. The applications are inspiring and it is amazing to see a glimpse in to the world of these future engineers.
Judging will be open from March 1-21. All judging will be done online; therefore, you can judge at your own pace and on your own schedule. A webinar training will be offered in late February/early March.
Rally your fellow SWE professional members to help judge the upperclass and graduate student scholarship applications. We look forward to having you participate, please sign up here. Please contact scholarships@swe.org if you have any questions.
Christine Pitner and Inaas Darrat, P.E.
FY13 Scholarship Committee Chair and Chair-Elect
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Message from SWE-D President Stacy Lueneburg
This past weekend was a successful weekend in Minnesota at the Region H Conference! The bid winner to host next year's Region H Conference is right here in Michigan at Michigan Tech!!! Congrats to Michigan Tech!
SWE-Detroit has a few dates for upcoming events approaching quickly! So mark your calendars and RSVP soon :)
- Bowling Fundraiser for SWE-D High School Scholarship Fund in Troy on Feb 23, 2013
- Register: www.acteva.com/go/swedetroit
- Joint Event: SWE-D & Lawrence Tech SWE: Webinar "The Electronic Dilemma - Has Technology Leaped Ahead of Our Ethics?" on Feb 25, 2013
- Girl's Engineering Exploration (GEE) event @ Wayne State on March 2, 2013
- Networking Event SWE Detroit CAbi Fundraiser on March 7, 2013
- Professional Development Conference (PDC) @ Nissan (Farmington Hills) on April 13, 2013 (Joint event with NSBE, SHPE, and SWE)
- Subscribe on the blog to get the latest updates emailed to you! http://www.swedetroit.blo
gspot.com/
My goals this year as section president are to focus on:
- Membership Recruitment and Retention
- Our current membership is at 225 (If you haven't renewed you still can! Encourage others to join too!)- swe.org/join
- Member Involvement incentives are back! Stay tuned to the Blog on how to earn certificates!
- Growing Relationships with Collegiate Sections/Member
- Joint event with Lawrence Tech (See above)
- Outreach using SWEeter Futures (Tracking the Impact)
- SWE-Detroit earned 50 kits and are using them for Girl's Engineering Exploration Event
Below is the link to the upcoming events check it out for full details including Book Club and Networking Lunch Meetings!
Interested in getting more involved with SWE-Detroit?
- Volunteers needed: 10 mentors and 10 Flex Volunteers for the March 2nd at the Girls Engineering Exploration (GEE) event - http://swedetroit.blogspot.
com/2013/01/volunteers-needed- girls-engineering.html - Be the next SWE-Detroit President!!! Be our President Elect to prepare to be next year's SWE-Detroit President
- Send an email to swe_detroit@swe.org if you are interested in volunteering
Member Donations & Past President Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Would you like to make a SWE Detroit Member Donation? Are you a Past President and would like to donate to the Past President Endowed Scholarship Fund? Click the following link for our Member Donation Program for 2013 to donate: https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=234155
Upcoming Event - Ann Arbor Book Club
Event: Ann Arbor Book Club
Date: March 17, 2013
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Nicola's Books in the Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Parking: Parking lot
Point of contact: Janet Goldwasser JanetGoldwasser@peoplepc.com
Other info:
Discussing Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games: Book 1".
Date: March 17, 2013
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Nicola's Books in the Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Parking: Parking lot
Point of contact: Janet Goldwasser JanetGoldwasser@peoplepc.com
Other info:
Discussing Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games: Book 1".
Volunteers Needed (UM Alumni) - SWE University of Michigan Section Alumni Panel
Event: SWE University of Michigan Section Alumni Panel
Date: February 28, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
Parking: Metered street/parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Aditi Rajagopal raja@umich.edu
Other info:
Date: February 28, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
Parking: Metered street/parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Aditi Rajagopal raja@umich.edu
Other info:
The Society of Women Engineers at the University of Michigan is hosting an Alumni Panel, and we would like to feature YOU!
The first 30 minutes or so will be the Alums taking turns talking about themselves, career/field etc, and the last 30 minutes will be an informal panel in which students can ask the Alums questions. If you are interested in participating in this event, please send me a brief powerpoint about yourself, and your experiences since you graduated from the University of Michigan.
If you cannot participate, please consider filling out are Alumni Corner Form, so we can feature you in our Newsletter, and Blog. If you would like to receive more updates about SWE at the University of Michigan, and are interested in participating in Alumni Events in the future, please fill out our Alumni Form as well.
Volunteers Needed - SWE Oakland University Section Girl Scout Engineering Event
Event: SWE Oakland University Section Girl Scout Engineering Event
Date: March 9, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester, MI 48309
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: SWE Oakland University Section OaklandSWE@gmail.com
Other info:
Date: March 9, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester, MI 48309
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: SWE Oakland University Section OaklandSWE@gmail.com
Other info:
The SWE Oakland University Section is hosting a Girl Scout engineering event on their campus. They will be doing four different sessions of experiments with the girls so that they get a taste of different fields of engineering and their application in the real world. They need five or more volunteers, so if you are interested and would like more information, please send an email to the address above.
Event Reporting - ESD Future City Competition Recap and SWE Winner
The Future City Competition was held on January 28th at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Even though most schools in the area had snow days, the Future City Students braved the weather to bring their future city concept models to the competition. SWE-Detroit had four volunteers attend the event to judge the cities, watch the top three schools present and observe the awards presentations. We judged the future cities on criteria for our "Best Communication System Award". Many of the future cities had advanced technology where citizens could communicate among each other with chips in their brains or tattoos on their arms. Each city was creative in its own way and the students were very excited to explain how everything worked.
The winner of the Society of Women Engineers, Detroit Section Best Communication System Award was....<drum roll>....
Marvin L. Winans Academy of the Performing Arts, Detroit
Students names (L-R): Taria Topey, Rayna Hayward, Jabez Jones
Teacher: Ms. Suzanne Thebert
Mentor: Mr. Philip Gawel
More Future City Awards Winners can be found at their website: http://ww2.esd.org/EVENTS/FutureCity_Winners_2013.htm
A big thank you to all who came out to help judge and support the event!
Upcoming Event - Bowling Fundraiser for SWE-D High School Scholarship Fund
Event: Bowling Fundraiser for SWE-D High School Scholarship Fund
Date: February 23, 2013
Time: 4:30 PM Check-in, 5:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Troy Lanes, 1950 E. Square Lake Road, Troy, MI 48085
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: $20 per person ($14 for children under 10), which includes three games of bowling, shoes, and pizza
Point of contact: Cathi Kohn cathikohn@gmail.com
Register: www.acteva.com/go/swedetroit by Wednesday, February 20th!
Other info:
Join SWE-D for our first annual bowling fundraiser. The proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the SWE Detroit High School Scholarship Fund. There will be a minimum of four bowlers per lane. All efforts will be made to accomodate teams. Day-of registration will be available.
Date: February 23, 2013
Time: 4:30 PM Check-in, 5:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Troy Lanes, 1950 E. Square Lake Road, Troy, MI 48085
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: $20 per person ($14 for children under 10), which includes three games of bowling, shoes, and pizza
Point of contact: Cathi Kohn cathikohn@gmail.com
Register: www.acteva.com/go/swedetroit by Wednesday, February 20th!
Other info:
Join SWE-D for our first annual bowling fundraiser. The proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the SWE Detroit High School Scholarship Fund. There will be a minimum of four bowlers per lane. All efforts will be made to accomodate teams. Day-of registration will be available.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Volunteers Needed - SWE-D High School Scholarship Judges
Event: SWE-D Scholarship High School Scholarship Judging
Date: March 13, 2013
Time: 5:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Panera Bread, 823 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Shannon Atchison shannon.atchison@swe.org
Other info:
It is that time of year again, and we need your help to read SWE-D High School Scholarship applications. We have received lots of applications for our Scholarship, which are awarded to local female high school senior(s) planning on studying engineering.
Time frame is an open window. Even if you can only make it for one hour, come and read a few applications. If you would like to participate, but are unable to attend, contact Shannon and you can read some applications on your own time!
Date: March 13, 2013
Time: 5:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Panera Bread, 823 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Shannon Atchison shannon.atchison@swe.org
Other info:
It is that time of year again, and we need your help to read SWE-D High School Scholarship applications. We have received lots of applications for our Scholarship, which are awarded to local female high school senior(s) planning on studying engineering.
Time frame is an open window. Even if you can only make it for one hour, come and read a few applications. If you would like to participate, but are unable to attend, contact Shannon and you can read some applications on your own time!
USA Today - Female Auto Engineers Make Marks While Outnumbered
Local female engineers working in the auto industry are featured in this article, as well as SWE's own Betty Shanahan!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Upcoming Event - SWE-D Scholarship Fundraiser / Networking Event "CAbi"
Event: SWE-D Scholarship Fundraiser / Networking Event "CAbi"
Date: March 7, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: 35432 Tall Pine Road, Farmington, MI 48335
Parking: Street parking
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Eve Vitale evitale@kettering.edu
Other info:
Are you familiar with CAbi? If you are, than you are probably already excited to see their Spring 2013 line of clothes (SO PRETTY)! But, if you aren't familiar, come and see, feel and try on any or ALL of the beautiful garments! Proceeds will benefit our SWE-D Scholarship Fund. Feel free to bring a friend, and enjoy a night out, and support SWE Scholarships.
If you can't make the fundraiser, you can still make a purchase and support our scholarship fund...don't order online since we don't get credit for that. Instead, contact our hostess Andi Pincheira at boilerpincheira@aol.com or (248) 240-5794 to order.
For more info, check out the website: www.andipincheira.cabionli
Date: March 7, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: 35432 Tall Pine Road, Farmington, MI 48335
Parking: Street parking
Cost: N/A
Point of contact: Eve Vitale evitale@kettering.edu
Other info:
Are you familiar with CAbi? If you are, than you are probably already excited to see their Spring 2013 line of clothes (SO PRETTY)! But, if you aren't familiar, come and see, feel and try on any or ALL of the beautiful garments! Proceeds will benefit our SWE-D Scholarship Fund. Feel free to bring a friend, and enjoy a night out, and support SWE Scholarships.
If you can't make the fundraiser, you can still make a purchase and support our scholarship fund...don't order online since we don't get credit for that. Instead, contact our hostess Andi Pincheira at boilerpincheira@aol.com or (248) 240-5794 to order.
For more info, check out the website: www.andipincheira.cabionli
SWE-D Past Presidents Endowed Scholarship
Current status: $460 out of $2500 goal for
Fiscal Year 2013
Still need: $12,400 to meet final
program goal of $25,000 for creating the endowed scholarship.
We are about halfway to our end goal!
However, we are now in the second half of the year and can use your support to
reach that goal! If you know any of the
past SWE Detroit Presidents, especially any of the "missing" ones below, please help us get in touch with them.
To donate online: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=234155 and enter
Past President Scholarship in the designation box.
To donate via check: mail the check
to Society of Women Engineers – Detroit, PO Box 2978, Southfield, MI 48037
Thank you Past Presidents, Members,
and friends of SWE Detroit who have donated so far (updated as of 2/04/13):
Diamond
Laurie Ramsay
Sapphire
Level
Sarah Kirkish
Jessica Mattis
Jennifer Morikawa
Lisa
Purvis
Brooke Voto
Emerald
Level
Janice T. Ford
Judy Jbara
Marie
(Demos) Kardasis
Irene Sharpe
Quartz Level
Alison Holmes
Anna Bradford
Birgit Sorgenfrei
Cathi Kohn
Cindy Hodges
Dawn Tilbury
Diana Cernis
Jennifer (Darnell) Briggs
Lydia Lazurenko
Silvia Karlsson
Tina Lonski (In Honor of Jennifer
Darnell)
T. Rowe Price (Company Match in honor
of Janice Ford)
Kristin Ramey
Special thanks to the following for
pledging to contribute for each year of the program:
Silvia Karlsson
Catherine Kohn
Jennifer Morikawa
Laurie Ramsay
Irene Sharpe
“Missing” Past Presidents:
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Years of Service
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Name
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1952 - 1954
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M. Ann Lawrence
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1954 - 1956
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Elise H. McGough
(Passed Away 2005)
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1956 - 1957
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Geneva Van Horn
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1958 - 1960, 1961 - 1962, 1964 - 1965
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Marjorie Easterbrook
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1962 - 1964
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Mary G. Sohler
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1965 - 1968, 1976 - 1977, 1977 - 1978
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Ann O. Fletcher
(Passed Away 2010)
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1968 - 1969, 1969 - 1970
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Stella Berbynuk
(Passed Away 1997)
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1970 - 1971, 1971 - 1972
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Helma Fuhrmann
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1972 - 1973
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Eva Michalski Quinn
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1973 - 1974
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Beverly Bush
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1974 - 1976
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Janet Hall
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