About Our Section
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women and empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders. On a practical level, SWE achieves these goals through an exciting array of training and development programs, one-to-one networking opportunities, scholarships, outreach and advocacy activities, and much more.
The Society of Women Engineers Dallas Section was chartered on June 5, 1969. Our award-winning section is here to help our members accomplish their career goals and spread SWE’s mission to the greater Dallas area and surrounding communities. Tell us your aspirations! Monthly meetings include speakers on professional development to help you advance your career. Meetings provide opportunity to share and recognize what our members achieve in their professions. Meetings offer opportunities to build your network.
Why Join SWE?
We are fortunate to have a diverse local membership with engineers from all disciplines, walks of life, and career stages, and we’d be honored to have you as a part of our organization. Being a SWE member yields some great benefits! Locally, you’ll have the opportunity to attend all of our meetings for free (we charge a nominal $5-10 fee for non-members at our monthly professional development meetings) and be invited to special member-only events throughout the year.
SWE headquarters processes all membership payments, but a percentage of your dues comes back to us to support our local professional development and STEM outreach activities. Meeting attendance is open to all, SWE member and non-members, female and male.
At the SWE international organizational level, being a member will give you discounted fees for Society Conference registration, free access to SWE’s Advance Learning Center (with hundreds of recorded webinars available on demand for your personal and professional development), access to SWE’s online Career Center, the opportunity to be nominated for SWE Awards, and the award-winning quarterly SWE Magazine publication. You learn more about the benefits of membership on the SWE membership website here.
How Do I Join SWE?
Becoming a SWE member is easy! Visit the Society of Women Engineers website, click “Join SWE Today!”, and follow the instructions to create an account. Our fiscal years run July 1 to June 30 and the annual fee for a professional membership is $100. If you become a member and renew in the “early bird” time frame, you can save $5. That’s a lot cheaper than most professional organizations and with all the networking connections and leadership skill development you can gain from your involvement in SWE, it’s a great value. Make sure you choose our Dallas section, C005, as your affiliation!
How Can I Get Involved in the Dallas SWE Section?
Add your email address to our mailing list so you can stay up to date on everything Dallas SWE! We send out biweekly newsletters to tell you about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.
We also encourage our members to follow us on our Social Media accounts: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord
You can also visit our Calendar page on our website to see our upcoming events and subscribe to our Google calendar.
If you are interested in getting into SWE leadership, membership is a requirement, and we are always looking for volunteers! The best way to enter in is to become a member of one of our committees. You can contact any of our Officers to join one of their committees if you would like to participate in planning and hosting events with us. We have a really fantastic group of leaders – let us know where your passions lie and we’ll make sure we get you to the right group.
Finally, if you have further questions about Membership, please email us at vp.membership@dallaswe.org and we’ll be happy to help or direct you to someone who can. Thanks for your interest in Dallas SWE and we hope to see you soon at one of our events!
