The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a nonprofit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders. The objectives for the Society were adopted when the society was founded in 1950 and are still applicable today:
Inform young women, their parents, counselors, and the general public, of the qualifications and achievements of women engineers and the opportunities open to them.
Assist women in readying themselves for a return to active work after temporary retirement.
Serve as a center of information on women in engineering.
Encourage women engineers to attain high levels of education and professional achievement.
SWE Boston News
Upcoming Event: May Book Club
May20
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. Read more here.
Upcoming Event: Outreach Event with the Girl Scouts!
June03
The Girl Scouts is celebrating 100 years!
Don't miss this amazing event - the Forever Green Camporee! Girl Scouts from throughout New England are coming to celebrate Girl Scouting's 100th birthday. This will be the biggest birthday celebration ever!
Who: Calling all engineers! SWE Boston will be holding a booth featuring fun engineering activities, and we need your help!
When: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
What Time: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (to allow for setup and tear down)
Where: Barnstable County Fairgrounds, East Falmouth, Massachusetts
How To Volunteer: Register via acteva at the link below
How to Lend Gear: We also need a few loaner items that we can pick up prior to the event and return to you after the event: two folding tables and one tent. If you have one or all of these items that you wouldn't mind loaning to SWE Boston, please email swebos@sweboston.org.
Ride shares will be coordinated amongst the volunteers, so please sign up even if you have no way to get to the event.
Long-time SWE Member, Beth Silverman, was recently featured in Lexington, Massachusetts, providing a tutorial on how to charge your electric vehicle using the stations in Lexington Center. Watch the video:
Catherine "Cady" Coleman is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and MIT, a chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut, who just got back from a 6 month stint on the International Space Station. On December 11th, she graciously spent a Sunday afternoon with students and parents sharing her inspirational story and answering all sorts of entertaining and interesting questions. Thank you, Dr. Coleman!
Region F News
Region F Conference
Mar03 04
Region F Business Meeting at the Region Conference 2012:
Pictured:
Back row (from left) : Katy Purdum (SNH), Andrea Karalus (Hartford), Bernice Brody (Mid-Hudson), Jeff Brody (Mid-Hudson), Elizabeth Garypie (Hartford), Jenny Lynch (North Country), Sarah Chmielewski (Boston), Jonna Gerken (Hartford), Erika Gorman (Boston), Sarah Koenig (Hartford), Milo & Trish Adamo-Clemmer (Boston)
Front row: Sharon Perkins (SNH), Maureen Masiulis (MAL), Cherie Cain (Boston), Ebony Joseph (NESS), Katherine Culbert (Boston), Kerry Mahoney (Boston), Jeanne Trinko-Mechler (North Country)
Thank you SWE MIT for hosting! Check out more pictures on Facebook
National News
SWE National Conference - WE11
Oct13 14 15
"Raise the heights of innovation with more than 5,000 women engineers and technologists at the WE11 Conference, October 13-15 in Chicago."
The ladies of the Boston section and Tufts section meet for breakfast on Friday morning of the conference:
Pictured:
Back row (from left) : Rachel Lind (Tufts ES '12), Ashley Martin (Tufts CE '13), Denise Nguyen (Tufts EE '13), Nicole Levasseur (Tufts EE '12), Denise Griffin (Boston), Phyllis Doig (Boston), Sarah Chmielewski (Boston)
Front row: Rebecca Olsen (Tufts ChemE '12), Brianna Cilley (Tufts ENVE '12), Misaki Nozawa (Tufts BME '13), Emily Anderson (Tufts ENVE '12), Sadaf Qazi (Boston), Euridice Oware (Boston), Jorun Jones (Sarah's Chmielewski's Mother)
This was an amazing event! Check out more pictures on Facebook
SWE National Conference - WE12
Nov08 09 10
It's never too early to start planning for next year's National Conference in Houston, Texas, November 8th thru 10th!
Pictured:
Back row (from left) : Katy Purdum (SNH), Andrea Karalus (Hartford), Bernice Brody (Mid-Hudson), Jeff Brody (Mid-Hudson), Elizabeth Garypie (Hartford), Jenny Lynch (North Country), Sarah Chmielewski (Boston), Jonna Gerken (Hartford), Erika Gorman (Boston), Sarah Koenig (Hartford), Milo & Trish Adamo-Clemmer (Boston)
Front row: Sharon Perkins (SNH), Maureen Masiulis (MAL), Cherie Cain (Boston), Ebony Joseph (NESS), Katherine Culbert (Boston), Kerry Mahoney (Boston), Jeanne Trinko-Mechler (North Country)
Pictured:
Back row (from left) : Rachel Lind (Tufts ES '12), Ashley Martin (Tufts CE '13), Denise Nguyen (Tufts EE '13), Nicole Levasseur (Tufts EE '12), Denise Griffin (Boston), Phyllis Doig (Boston), Sarah Chmielewski (Boston)
Front row: Rebecca Olsen (Tufts ChemE '12), Brianna Cilley (Tufts ENVE '12), Misaki Nozawa (Tufts BME '13), Emily Anderson (Tufts ENVE '12), Sadaf Qazi (Boston), Euridice Oware (Boston), Jorun Jones (Sarah's Chmielewski's Mother)
Updated: January 21, 2012
