The Dallas SWE Professional Section will be welcoming graduating seniors to the professional organization. Please join us for an evening of sharing your wisdom and experience with the next generation of women engineers!
Attendance is limited, so get more information and REGISTER HERE!
Strong leadership is the key to keeping our organization strong and supportive of our membership. By volunteering to serve as a Section Officer for a term of one fiscal year July 1,2013 through June 30, 2014 you can become a vital key in the success of Dallas SWE. The President, Vice President, Vice President of Membership, Secretary, Treasurer and Section Representative are elected positions within the Dallas Section of SWE. If you’re interested in being a part of the Dallas SWE leadership team or want to nominate someone else, please send a message to dallas.swe@gmail.com with the relevant position and the name of the person you wish to nominate (or note that it’s yourself).
Elected positions and brief description of duties:
President: Represent the section before the public and preside at the meetings.
Vice President: Serve as the Event Coordinator for the section including speakers for the monthly general meetings.
Vice President of Membership: Encourages membership growth, retention and participation through personal contact, follow up and communication (i.e. emails and newsletter).
Secretary: Maintain the records of the section including meeting minutes and the email distribution lists.
Treasurer: Responsible for collection, distribution and safekeeping of section funds.
Section Representative: Represent the section at regional and national events and telephone conference meetings.
Dallas SWE is out and about this week promoting National Engineers Week! Join us at She Networks, She Wins at the SMU campus Thursday. Free Parking is available & Light Fare Served! Meet & mingle with professionals and students and also hear from the featured speaker.
Several Dallas SWE members volunteered at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science Tuesday, February 19. They spoke with students and parents about what engineers do and taught visitors about electronic circuits using hands-on kits at their display table. If you missed us Tuesday, don’t worry! The Perot Museum has other E-Week programs going on through February 22nd.
Dallas SWE Kicked off E-Week at SMU’s Visioneering on February 16, 2013! We set up a table to give away goodies to middle school students (grades 6-8) who could complete a simple electrical circuit to make a buzzer ring. There were almost 800 students in attendance.
Thanks to Neha Dobhal for the report!
Here’s another perspective on the Region C Conference, brought to you by Dallas SWE Section President Jennifer Vilbig!
“For those of you who did not make it to the conference, SMU welcomed almost 400 students and professionals for two days of tours, sessions, speakers and a career fair that featured over 30 companies! Nicole Navinsky from SMU was recognized as the Emerging Leader Collegiate for Region C and Hope-Toole Schwalls from the Fort Worth section was recognized for her Distinguished Service to the Society! Thank you to the SMU conferenceteam as well as the individuals in Dallas SWE who served as part of the programs committee, Neha Dobhal, Barbara Read, Nandika D’Souza & Jennifer Blount.
In addition, Dallas SWE welcomed 35 high school students for a morning of hands-on workshops! Megen Velten, a graduate student at UT Arlington discussed chemicals and polymer chains as well as team building and safety. The girls then created a keychain charm using an epoxy and binder. Plus, Britney Caldwell, and electrical engineer for Brant Engineering discussed electrical circuits, resistors, capacitors, switches and demonstrated their applications using a circuits kit. Next, Letia Blanco, a mechanical engineer for Raytheon engaged the girls in an interactive networking coaching session! Letia successfully encouraged the girls to “be brave, be brave, be brave” while illustrating key networking skills such as handshakes, eye contact, and an elevator speech! We then sent the girls off to attend the sessions during the region conference as well as to learn about career opportunities by visiting the 30+ company booths at the career fair!”
