What is SWE? Society of Women Engineers Rice University Section August 30, 2012 1.

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What is SWE? Society of Women Engineers Rice University Section August 30, 2012 1

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What is SWE?

Society of Women EngineersRice University Section

August 30, 2012

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Officers• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bayazitoglu• SWE Liaison: Ann Hightower• Co-Presidents: Yimin Luo and Priya Rao• Vice President: Stephanie Tzouanas• Treasurer: Ghazal Amar• Secretary: Katie Specht• Outreach Coordinator: Reyna Zhang• Mentorship Chair: Sophie Chang• Historian: Heaven Chen• Webmaster: Cathy Zhang• Publicity: Leslie Nguyen

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Society of Women Engineers

Founded in 1950, SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career for women through an exciting array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, outreach and advocacy activities, and much more.

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What about SWE at Rice?

Career

Mentoring

Outreach

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National Conference• Nov 8 – 10, Houston, TX• Great opportunity for those looking for:– Jobs/internships– Graduate schools– Advice for life options

• SWE sponsor: Juniors and Seniors• Register by Oct 12, 2012 to get discount for registration

fee ($80 versus $120 on site)• Must first become SWE member ($20)• For future: participation points

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Career Opportunities

• Professional development workshops• Corporate information sessions• Summer internships panel• Networking• Resume book• Provided to companies specifically seeking SWE

members• Use Center for Career Development (CCD) as a resource• Send resume to [email protected] by 9/14

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Mentoring

• One of the most popular programs Rice SWE offers

• Pair up Rice undergraduate engineers with professional engineers/graduate students

• Sign-up sheet/email [email protected] by Sept. 6th, 2012

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Outreach

• Sally Ride Science Festival• Girl Scout Day• More opportunities!

We need your help! (Participation point for future conference sponsorship)

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Upcoming Events

Sept. 5th 6-7pmBP Info Session

Sept. 11th

Rice Career Fair

Sept. 26th

Schlumberger Info Session

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Contact Us!

• Website: http://swe.rice.edu • Sign up for the listserv if you haven’t already!

• Yimin: [email protected] • Priya: [email protected]

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