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
  • 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)
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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

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