October SWE-Blast
Eastern Nebraska Society of Women Engineers
Every 4th Thursday - SWE Programs
Do you have ideas for a meeting or something to share for our SWE-blasts? Let me know!
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Oct. Work / Life Balance Program: "Advocating for the Sandwich Generation"
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Being an Inclusive Organization
SWE is committed to being an inclusive organization. We can better meet our goals and objectives if we are open to the perspectives and strengths of all of our members and prospective members. Attendees of this presentation explore issues around inclusion and will develop strategies moving forward.
Live location To Be Decided, Webex links to be available with satellite sites needed!!
Interested in hosting live or satellite site
for your Inclusive Organization?
RSVP here
or email President@swe-nebraska.org for more info
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017, 06:00 PM
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--- Another successful WOW! That's Engineering! ---
Since 2008, SWE Nebraska has grown our premier STEM outreach event
and this year was our best yet!!
Approximately 50 girls attended the event held on September 30th at the College of St. Mary Campus. The girls conducted hands-on experiments to learn about biofuels, enzymes, robotics, soil, HVAC, and structures while the parents attended a Parent Educator Program including panel with Q & A on supporting their children's STEM interests.
A huge thank you to all of our sponsors, volunteers, attendees, and parents!
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Nebraska SWE FY18 Calendar
Update your calendars for our programs planned:
Thursday, Oct. 12 - "Advocating for the Sandwich Generation" Work/Life Prgm (Lincoln)
Oct. 26 - Oct 28 - WE17: Always Connecting, Always Engineering (Austin, TX)
Thursday, Nov. 16 - Diversity & Inclusivity Program (Omaha)
Thursday, Dec. 7 - Holiday Treat Making (Lincoln)
Thursday, Jan. 8th - Digital Organization (Omaha)
TBD Joint SWE / ASCE Water Resources meeting at UNL (Lincoln)
January 26-28 - WE Local Tulsa (Renaissance Tulsa Hotel)
February 18-24, 2018 - National Engineers Week
February 23-25 - WE Local Phoenix (Sheraton Grand Downtown Phoenix)
March 9-11 - WE Local Milwaukee (Wisconsin Center / Hilton Milwaukee City Center)
Tuesday, March 13 - Tenneco Tour (Seward)
April 6-8 - WE Local Portland (Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront)
April 20-22 - WE Local Providence (Rhode Island Convention Center / Omni Providence)
Thursday, April 26 - "Choose Your Own" Professional Development (Omaha)
Thursday, May 10 - "Pack like a Pro: Work or Vaca - Fit It All In!" (Omaha)
Summer 2018 - "Monday Morning Leadership" Book Club
Italics denotes Regional / National SWE Programs
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Renew your SWE Membership Now!!
Did you know SWE's FY18 started July 1st? Your SWE membership is not only crucial to your career and/or education, but it’s important for advancing STEM diversity all over the world.
Here’s a look at what SWE accomplished during the 2016-2017 membership year:
- Launched the SWE Research site, where we share studies that provide insight into workplace experiences and culture, and aim to improve the rates at which women pursue engineering careers.
- Hosted our very first WE Local conferences in San Jose, CA and Pittsburgh, PA – 2017 marked the year where SWE brought learning, networking and growth opportunities of the annual conference to your backyard!
- Hosted over 1,000 attendees at conferences and roundtables in locations around the world, including countries like India, China, Malaysia and the Netherlands.
- Solidified our place as the largest scholarship program for female engineers by awarding over $750K in scholarships to members and non-members!
- Got over 5,000 participants involved in the SWENext K-12 Outreach program, including K-12 girls and K-12 STEM adult advocates.
In addition to continuing current programs, SWE will offer even more innovative and inspiring benefits in the coming membership year.
You can look forward to WE Local conferences in five locations around the US, monthly orientations for new members, a SWE Training Program for executives and the expansion of our STEM Re-entry Task Force program.
So just how can you renew your membership? Check out these step-by-step instructions to do so online.
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SWE Outreach Metric Tool - Take Credit for your Impact!!
The SWE Outreach Tool is a simple 10 question survey to complete after any of your STEM outreach events.
Volunteer for work? Yes - that counts!
You are a regular computer teacher at the library? Log your time!
Volunteer to judge at your child's science fair? Absolutely counts!
Help out the local 4-H Robotics Team? Yes - this too!
Any events that focus on students ages 4-18 and/or their adult advocates such as parents, educators, and group leaders. The data you enter will be used internally by the SWE Outreach Committee to set goals and make strategic decisions. The data will also be used externally with sponsors to show the impact of the outreach that all SWE members do. Many grants require the information we are collecting, and we need accurate information to share with them. Here’s the information you should gather together before you use this tool:
– Event name and date(s)
– Section name: I002 Eastern Nebraska
– Event type
– Number of girls who participated in the event
– Number of boys who participated in the event
– Age of students who participated (Estimates are okay; report the age range of the majority)
– Number of Adults who participated – These are Parents, Educators, and other non-volunteers who participated in the event.
– Number of SWE Member volunteers
– Number of other volunteers – not SWE members
– Name of Partner Organization(s), if applicable
– Any best practices you would like to share (optional)
--> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SWEOMTFY18
More info online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/swe-members/479-slides/4463-outreach-metric-tool-report-your-outreach
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In this first episode of SWE Stories: Tales from the Archives, Society of Women Engineers archivist Troy Eller English, director of editorial and publications Anne Perusek, and manager of digital media Angie Myers share members’ stories from SWE’s archives about “the second shift.” Sigrid King, Bernice and Jeff Brody, Yvonne Brill, Yvonne Young Clark, and Irene Sharpe explain how they managed the responsibilities that awaited them when they returned home after a full day in the office.
More info is online at http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/09/swe-stories-tales-archives-episode-1/
Fly with Maya, by Kate Slattery, Sparks an Interest in Engineering for Girls Around the World!
Written by an engineer, Fly with Maya is an accessible and engaging story of a young girl who sets out on a global adventure and learns different engineering skills to solve problems she encounters along the way.
Learn more at http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/10/fly-maya-kate-slattery-sparks-interest-engineering-girls-around-world/
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Public Speaking for the Wandering Mind
Julie Hill is currently a reliability engineer for a refinery in Southern California and has worked in oil and gas for a decade. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and her BMusic in vocal performance from DePaul University.
A question here, a joke there, a rule broken to create the unexpected–all executed like a well-rehearsed performer-equals good public speaking.
Continue reading at http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/09/public-speaking-wandering-mind/
SWE Joins STEM Leaders in Responding to Administration’s STEM Budget Request
WE joins with other organizations in responding to the President’s request to allocate $200 million in funding to STEM learning.
more online at http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/09/swe-joins-stem-leaders-responding-administrations-stem-budget-request/
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WE Local - Meet Locally. Learn Socially.
WE Local brings together participants in all stages of their collegiate and professional journey to learn, energize/re-energize and connect through high-quality professional development workshops, networking opportunities, inspirational presentations and outreach activities.
These conferences bring the excitement, energy and learning environment of SWE's annual conference right to the member's backyard. Join us for a WE Local near you!
Three WE Local conferences (Tulsa, Phoenix and Milwaukee) are now accepting speaker submissions for breakout sessions. Visit the "schedule" tab on the host city website for more information.
** Anyone interested in supporting SWE’s mission is welcome to our Programs … please spread the word!! FWD ENCOURAGED **
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If you need assistance with any issues related to membership (contact preferences, joining, renewing, upgrading, etc.) please contact us at Membership@swe.org.
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