THE SOCIETYOF WOMENENGINEERS

Agenda

• Awards• Outreach Update• SWENext• New logo• Region Budget• Conference input• Other regional events• Volunteer Opportunities

Awards #1 – for Energy Summit, April 2014

$100 Monetary Award

Awards #2 – for Engineering the Chocolate Cookie GEMS event October 2013

$150 Monetary Award

Awards #3 – Region G won Spirit Award at WE14

Awarded to the region with the best photohunt presentation

Outreach #1 – Relationships Through Science

• Held in the basement of New Day Community Church off MLK Blvd

• Time: 4:30-5:00, 2nd Tuesday of month• Typically have 10-15 boys and girls aged 5-13• Demonstrations this year: balloon rocket cars,

tanagrams, squishy circuits• Remaining dates:• April 14: Wind Farms• May 12: Microscopes

Outreach #2 – UK Engineering Day Re-cap

• Congratulations on another successful event!• Room was packed the entire time• Handed out 300+ passports

• Was on Feb 28 from 9:00-1:00• Held in conjunction with SHPE with a space theme• Moon phases• How satellites are put into orbit• How NASA got a satellite to Saturn• Anti-gravity water (using surface tension)• Build a rocket

• Pictures from Innovate

Outreach #3 – Youth Science Summit

• Kentucky Science Center event to be held on Lexmark’s campus, Saturday June 27

• Tentatively will have 2 girls tracks – middle and high school

• SWE is asked to provide an hour-long session for each of these tracks

• Volunteers Needed• Plan the activities• Facilitate the day of the event

• Plan to apply for grant – must submit by May 1

Outreach #4 – Outreach Metric Tool

• www.surveymonkey.com/s/omtool• Region G has the 3rd highest number of events

posted – let’s take over 2nd place!• Any event that you volunteer for can be logged –

science fair judging, career nights, etc. It doesn’t have to be organized by SWE.

• We are region G, number 006

SWENext - Description

• Designed for girls aged 17 and under• This unique program provides young girls, parents

and educators with the tools they need to increase their understanding of the engineering field.

• Participation is free• Sign up here (under K-12 Outreach on SWE’s

website) http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/swenext#activePanels_

SWENext - Benefits

• Up-to-date information about outreach events (camps, competitions, etc.) hosted by SWE and its partners.

• A catalog of available scholarships for engineering school offered by SWE and partner organizations.

• Best practices on applying for scholarships and internships.• Eligible to participate in a quarterly webinars, where

engineers from various disciplines discuss the work that they do.

• Resources for families and educators that can help effectively promote a career in engineering to your daughter and/or female engineering students.

• A SWENext council where girls can influence the direction of this program

• ...and much more.

SWE Rebranding – Position Statement

“The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. To ensure SWE members reach their full potential as engineers and leaders, the Society offers unique opportunities to network, provides professional development and shapes public policy. SWE champions the value of diversity and inspires girls to become engineers in order to expand the engineering profession’s ability to improve the quality of life for billions of people worldwide.”

Current Logo

Issues with the old logo: not progressive, colors are hard to reproduce, and when the logo is small on name tags it is hard to read.

Proposed Logo – HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVEDLooking for feedback. Voting to take place in April

Advantages: colors are easy to reproduce and show power, logo is progressive, logo is more adaptive to sections, logo can be made very small and still be understood, logo can be made all white or all black.

Regional Conference - Action Requested

• Region conference survey• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RegionConf• Goal is to help create a universal statement about

what the region conference represents and to create a conference framework proposal.

• Information collected: what aspects of region conference appeal to them, demographic, and travel information.

• Seeking input from all types of members!

Region G Event #1 – Kentuckiana Prof Dev.

Region G Event #2 – SWE 50th Celebration at OSU

• Hosted by The Ohio State University• Cocktail hour and banquet at the Ohio State Faculty

Club. • April 17 @ 6:00pm• If you are interested fill out the survey below. https

://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MW2VGG2• Registration details will be sent out at a later date.

Scholarship Judges Needed

SWE gave out a record $700,000 in scholarships to over 230 students in 2014. SWE Scholarships have garnered national attention due to our breadth and commitment to advancing women engineers through financial support of their education. As such, the SWE Scholarship Program has been featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and in Time Magazine.

If you would like to judge Freshman scholarships during June, please sign up:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015scholarshipjudges

Volunteer Opportunity #2 – SWE & Family Balance

We are looking for volunteers to participate in a Work & Life Integration Task Force. This task force will review the Work & Life Integration Playbook published by SWE and work together to integrate solutions into our programs and best practices for our Region. If you are interested in participating, please contact Karla Tankersley at ktankersley@cornerstonebrands.com, to volunteer! Let’s work together to make Region G the leader in Work & Life Integration best practices!