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What is SWE?. Society of Women Engineers Rice University Section August 30, 2012. 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
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What is SWE? Society of Women Engineers Rice University Section August 30, 2012
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
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.
What about SWE at Rice? Career Mentoring Outreach
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
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 st11@rice.edu by 9/14
Mentoring • One of the most popular programs Rice SWE offers • Pair up Rice undergraduate engineers with professional engineers/graduate students • Sign-up sheet/email cx3@rice.edu by Sept. 6th, 2012
Outreach • Sally Ride Science Festival • Girl Scout Day • More opportunities! We need your help! (Participation point for future conference sponsorship)
Upcoming Events Sept. 5th 6-7pm BP Info Session Sept. 11th Rice Career Fair Sept. 26th Schlumberger Info Session
Contact Us! • Website: http://swe.rice.edu • Sign up for the listserv if you haven’t already! • Yimin: yl25@rice.edu • Priya: pdr1@rice.edu