SWE Goals
In the field of engineering, women still constitute only a minority
of the population. It is not rare to be in an engineering class with
fewer than a handful of females. The Society of Women Engineers
strives to make women feel as though in a majority by bringing a
sense of a community to campus life, both socially and academically.
Through events and activities, SWE women work to help each other as
well as foster engineering awareness in the surrounding neighborhood.
The below list provides a brief overview of some of the things
we have accomplished in the past. We hope that this list can
grow with your help and enthusiasm!
Fair Fun
Each year at
Spring Fair, SWE sponsors a booth. This past year, we held a "toothpick
and gumdrop" building contest for children under the age of 10.
Children built creative structures solely out of toothpicks and
gumdrops. The only problem we ran into was keeping the gumdrops
from being eaten!
Outward Outreach
We arrange for
members to showoff their engineering knowledge and teaching skills
at neighborhood schools. As guest lecturers, members usually choose
to perform demonstrations to illustrate engineering principles to
elementary and high school students.
Speak Easy
What better way to gather information than from the horse's mouth.
We may not have horses at our meetings but we do have guest speakers.
Speakers can range from company representatives, alums, professors,
and administrators. Usually open discussion, questions and
comments are always welcomed. Also, if there's someone you'd
like to see at our meetings, let us know and we'll try to
arrange it.
Conferences
Conferences are a great way to meet women in engineering
from lots of other places. Make contacts with professional
female engineers, professors, and engineering students at
other schools. We try to provide funding when
available for students who are interested in
attending.