September General Body Meeting: Get to Know SWE!

Tuesday, September 9 5:30PM Mothers

Agenda

• • • • All About SWE • Society SWE • • RPI SWE GradSWE Introduction of Officers Freshmen Representative Election Announcement!

Announcements of Upcoming Events and Opportunities!

SWE’s Mission and Priorities

Mission:

• • • Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders Expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and Demonstrate the value of diversity

Strategic Priorities:

• • • • Growing the Profession- Outreach Professional Excellence Globalization Advocacy

About SWE

• • National Professional Organization • • • • Founded in 1950 25,000+ collegiate and professional members 400+ professional and collegiate sections Board of Directors/Trustees International • 150 members and growing!

About SWE

• • • • Regional We are part of Region F: Northeast Regional Collegiate Leadership Team Region F Blog: http://regionf.wordpress.com/ Regional Collegiate Leadership Team: • • • • Regional Collegiate Representative (RCR), Julia Dockum of Clarkson

Regional Collegiate Representative (RCR), Emily Frantz of RPI

Regional Collegiate Communications Editor (RCCE), Margaret Guo of MIT

Region Collegiate Sentaor (RCS), Carolyn Chlebek of RPI

• • •

RPI SWE

Chartered in 1975 • It’s our 40 th Anniversary in the Spring!!! Currently consists of 133 National Members Activities: • • Monthly general body meetings, Interacting with local Girl Scout troops and schools to encourage interest in science and engineering • • • • Visits by corporate speakers Workshops on professional topics Attending national and regional conferences Fun social events

RPI SWE Executive Board

President: Emily Frantz [email protected]

Vice President: Carolyn Chlebek [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Treasurer: Donna Creighton [email protected]

Outreach Coordinator: Jessica Stieglitz [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Corporate Relations: Catie Barry [email protected]

Alumni Relations: Samantha Bliss [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Membership Director: Gina Trivellini [email protected]

Publicity Director: Morgan Kube [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Secretary: Kirthana Bhat [email protected]

Knowledge Source Director: Megan Curtin [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Communications Director: Samantha Holton [email protected]

Co-Engineering Event Director: Cassie Megna [email protected]

RPI SWE Executive Board

Co-Engineering Event Director: Weronika Jakubowska [email protected]

Freshman Representative Elections!

• Application is available on the website and it is due Sunday 9/28 • Winners will be announced at the October GBM! • Only National Members can vote so be sure to sign up!

Contact Emily ( [email protected]

) with any questions

GradSWE at RPI Goals • • • • Serve the graduate student community in SWE Facilitate networking among graduate women Training and career development programs Leadership, mentorship, and outreach Contact: Ashley Vassell, [email protected]

Events • • • • • Social Anti-Lab Meeting Wine and Cheese Potluck BBQ Science Museum • • • • • Professional/Personal Development Brown Bag Luncheons • Dealing with Issues women face in engineering • • Work , life, balance Student advisory relationships Industry/Academia Night of Networking Breaking Barriers Etiquette Dinner

SWEet Cardigans

• $24 • Great conversation starters during the career fair!

• Pick up your new SWEet cardigan today!

Contact Donna at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Conference Committee

• Present bid at conference in spring to propose to hold the next conference here • Get more involved in SWE!

• Meet people and have fun  • Conference!

• Would be a great experience for our SWE section to hold a conference at RPI When?

Every other Sunday at 2* Where?

Union 2424 *As our presentation comes closer, we will meet every week

Evening with Industry • September 25 • th 6-8pm RPI Alumni House • Business Casual, Bring business cards, No resumes • Companies that will attend: Edwards Lifesciences • • • • • • • S&P Capital IQ UTC Cisco Boeing BD Global Foundries And More Questions?

Contact Catie Barry ([email protected])

Evening with Industry Committee • • • • • Help plan this networking event by taking on a more active role in RPI SWE.

Meet Wednesdays (Starting Sept 17) 7-8pm Room to be announced Sign-up on Google form or Sign-up sheet. Questions? Contact Catie Barry ([email protected])

Stilettos to Steel Toes • • • Schlumberger will talk about Essay Contest • • • • • • • 100-350 word Essay First place $1,000 Second place $500 Third place $250 Around 30 people submit essays each year Sophomores-Seniors can apply 100 dollars is donated to RPI SWE for every essay that is submitted from our section.

Monday September 15 Moe’s will be provided th 5-6pm Union 3606

Upcoming Info sessions • Sandia National Lab Tech Talk, Thursday September 18 th , 6:00-8:00PM (Mothers)-Pizza and Soda Provided • Event with UTC, Monday September 22 nd , 5:30-6:30PM Pizza Provided • Edwards Life Sciences, Thursday September 25 th , 4:00 5:00PM

SWE Business Cards!

• • • Great for the career fair!

Business cards are $6.99 for 250 Email the information required (see sample below) to [email protected]

by September 15 th !

LinkedIn Social

• • • Come learn the do’s and don’ts about using LinkedIn Beef up your profile in time for the career fair

September 9 th , 6-7PM in Union 3606

• Please bring your laptops! Snacks will be provided 

National Membership Reimbursement

• • • Want to be reimbursed for your national membership fee?!

Be one of the first 10 members to reach 4 SWE activity points this semester and you will be reimbursed the $20!

Contact Gina ( [email protected]

) about your point total or Donna ( [email protected]

) about the reimbursement check

Join the Outreach Committee!

• • Outreach Meetings • Mondays 7-8pm in Union 2424 Some Outreach Events • • • • Girl Scout Engineering Day Junior FIRST LEGO League LEGO Mindstorm Sage Science and Health Discovery Night Contact Jessica at [email protected]

if you have an questions.

Outreach Leadership Positions

• • • Are you interested in becoming more involved in Outreach?

This year we are creating more leadership positions on the Outreach Committee.

Possible Responsibilities • • • Organize volunteers for events Gather supplies for different events Create and organize an event Contact Jessica at [email protected]

for more information.

Book Club

Thursday, September 18 th , 5:30PM

"Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg

Get That Job!

The Inside Scoop from Practicing Professionals on Preparing for the Career Fair and Following up Afterwards

Tuesday, September 16, 7 to 9:00 p.m., DCC 318

Co-hosted with NSBE, SHPE, SASE, and WMP. Experienced professional recruiters from GE, a global technological company, will share what recruiters look for at the Career Fair and how you can prepare to put your best foot forward at the Career Fair. Students will model career fair attire and appropriate accessories.

Knowledge source tip of the month!

• • • Improving your resume Tailor your resume to your Employer • If you know they are looking for something you have done, highlight it.

So what?

• You made excel spreadsheets, but why were they relevant?

Put enough information… • But don’t overdo it, you want something to talk about during your interview too

External Announcements?

The officers will be around, come introduce yourself! Ask us any questions!

Thank you!