Transcript ’14-’15 Officer Info Session Society of Women Engineers Stacey DelVecchio – SWE Natl. President "I wish people would stop being impressed by the fact that.

’14-’15 Officer Info Session
Society of Women Engineers
Stacey DelVecchio – SWE Natl.
President
"I wish people would stop
being impressed by the fact
that I'm a woman engineer,"
she says. "We want it to be
normal to see beautiful,
social, intelligent women out
there that are engineers."
Why do we need SWE?
• % of engineering bachelor's degrees earned by
women in 2011: 18.4
• % of engineering master's degrees earned by
women in 2011: 22.6
• % of engineering doctoral degrees earned by
women in 2011: 21.8
• Type of engineering with the highest % of
bachelor degrees earned by women in 2011:
environmental engineering, 44.3 percent
• Type of engineering with the lowest % of
bachelor degrees earned by women in 2011:
computer engineering, 9.4 percent
National 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
SWE UCR Mission
• Develop programs to enable our members to
improve their leadership, time management,
communication and problem solving skills
• Encourage girls and women to study
engineering
• Provide women with a sense of belonging in
the College, the University, the community
and in the field of engineering
• Demonstrate the value of diversity and
teamwork
• Promote the engineering profession as a
positive force in improving the quality of life
What does it mean to be a SWE
officer?
• We are a team
• Part of your job as an officer is to help
other officers with tasks when you have
fewer tasks or when help is needed
• This is a job, treat it like one
• Everything a SWE officer does, should
be for the better of the organization
and its members
– We can’t be selfish here!
– You will make a difference in
someones life!
2014-2015 Executive Board
Positions
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President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer(2)
Social (2)
Development (2)
Outreach (2)
Historian/Newsletter
Webmaster/PR
President
• Manage organization and other officers
• Coordinate with SWE National/Regional in filling
out quarterly, financial and annual reports
• Make sure SWE-UCR is in good standing with SWE
Nationals
• Organize officer and general meetings
• Creates agendas and sends to all officers before
event occurs
• Sets goals for organization for academic year
– individual goals for each quarter
• Sets goals for all officers/committees
• Creates timeline for year
• Attends monthly conference calls
Vice President
• Assist President with her duties
• Coordinates conferences, advisor
meetings
• Acts as President in the event that
President cannot fulfill duties
• Attends LC Meetings
• Acts as the enforcer (ensures that all
officers are fulfilling responsibilities)
– oversees committees
Secretary
• Takes detailed notes at all meetings
• Sends out Meeting Minutes/Updates
and minutes to officers and members
after every meeting
• Helps with quarterly reports and end
of the year resport
• Fills out continuous feedback forms
• Sends/proofreads all emails to
Jun/Rosie
Outreach (2)
• Organize and runs Bourns College of
Engineering Day (BCED) during Spring Quarter
• In charge of BCED Committee
• Coordinates other outreach events at local
elementary/middle/high schools
• Plans and runs activity for MESA Engineering
Night
• Maintains communication with local schools
In charge of filling out and submitting
outreach and program development grants
with assistance of President, VP, and
Treasurers
Social (2)
• Plan fun and effective social events
throughout the year to encourage member
involvement and networking
• Plans and hosts SWE's Annual Ice Cream
Social during the first week of school
• Plans and executes SWE's Valentine
Fundraiser in partnership with Treasurers
• Encourages membership and member
involvement by being present at tabling
activities such as BearFacts, Dean's
Orientation, Highlander and Discover Day
• Works with other organizations to
create/maintain relationships & plan joint
events
Treasurer (2)
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Creates budget for academic year
Fills out financial report at the end of the year
In charge of fundraisers (including t-shirts)
Attend all hearings / meeting for both accounts
authorized signer
check balance of respective account bi-quarterly
– ASUCR
• Collects and deposits money into ASUCR account
• maintain record of reimbursements / expenses
– DEANS
• Requests and attains PO’s for meetings / events
• assists in budgeting for conferences
• maintain record of expenses
Professional Development
• Plans events aimed towards developing
members' professional excellence
– workshops, panels, tech talks,
company tours
• Open and maintain communication with
Career Center, as well as Jun/Rosie
• Emails and invites speakers for
events/workshops/panels
• Head of Evening With Industry planning
committee
Academic Development
• Manages the SWE Mentorship program by
recruiting and pairing mentor and mentees
• Encourages mentor/mentee pairs to attend SWE
events and participate on SWE committees
(BCED, EWI, Publishing)
• Plans activities and events geared towards
mentor/mentee pairs in partnership with Social
Coordinators
– mandatory study sessions bi-quarterly
• Researches/presents scholarship/grant
opportunities to members
• maintain relationship with ARC
Webmaster/Public Relations
• Updates SWE website, Facebook and Twitter accounts
while maintaining the archive and toaster
– toaster needs to be updated bi-quarterly
• meeting minutes should be put in toaster bimonthly
– website should remain up - to -date at all times
• should include current and upcoming events
with links to FB pages
• Updates Member of the Month section on the website
– works with newsletter/historian
• Uses creative and effective means of advertising for SWE
events
– i.e. Flyers and signs for events
– website
– facebook
Historian/Newsletter Editor
• Takes pictures and records SWE events (General
meetings, Social, Professional Development,
Outreach, Recruitment events)
• Makes new poster board
• Creates scrapbook page for Sonora Region conference
(Winter Quarter)
• In charge of editing the SWEekly Newsletter with the
publishing committee every week
• Chooses topics of the articles based on previous,
current, and upcoming events
• Manages the Member Nomination section (Monthly)
in the Newsletter
• Submits one article (atleast) bi-monthly to the Region
B blog
Elections
• Week 10 during general meeting
• Current Executive Board will also
review candidates and votes
afterwards so that the most
qualified individuals fill the
positions
• Application is on SWE website
– Please fill out ASAP
Questions?
Networking Time!
• Now is your opportunity to go
speak with the current officers
• If you have a specific position in
mind, go speak with that current
officer