Archive for January, 2011

Apply to be the FY12 Collegiate Director

TO:  Collegiate Members and 1st Year Professional Members FROM:  Melissa Tata, FY11 President-Elect   The SWE Board of Directors (BOD) has completed a pilot from FY06 to FY11 for a collegiate board representative position. The collegiate board representative was an invited guest of the president on the board. It was recommended that this become a [...]

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Fueling the Future: Women in Oil and Gas International, Conference Mar. 8-9 2011

Following is information about a conference for women in oil and gas related fields or with related interests, the info comes from a past SWE president: An international conference with some interesting keynote speakers. The deadline for early registration is January 31, 2011 and the conference brochure is at http://www.women-oilandgas.com/WIOAG%20Brochure.pdf. I would also love to [...]

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Summer Opportunity

A summer research opportunity at the University of California Berkeley (my home campus!).  If you have any questions about Berkeley, the Bay, or why both are so awesome, feel free to email me. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 Dear SWE Regional Representative, UC Berkeley’s Department [...]

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I Wanna Be An Engineer

If you have ever wanted a catchy theme song to hum to yourself as you sift through the piles of awesomeness (problem sets) that constitute an engineering education, then here is a song for you CLICK HERE.  I especially like the line “call me a geek or maybe even nerd but face the facts either [...]

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Second Call for Applicants

RCR/RCCE/RCS/Alternate RCS Elections: Call for Applicants To:  Collegiate Members CC:  FY11 RCRs/RCCEs/RCSs/Alternate RCSs, FY11 Region Governors, FY11 Counselors & Faculty Advisors From:  Wendy Jenkins, RCR/RCCE Coordinator, Jessica Kiefer, RCR/RCCE Coordinator Elect, Bernice Brody, Speaker of the Senate, Helen Patricia, Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Linda Thomas, Director of Regions, Elizabeth Bierman, Deputy Director of Regions [...]

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Food For Thought: Doctoral Degrees – The Disposable Academic

While reading the Economist I stumbled upon an article that may be of interest to students considering whether or not to continue on in school in pursuit of a PhD.  The article explores whether or not getting a PhD is still a valuable investment of time given changes in academia in recent times.  As a [...]

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An Announcement from your Senators

Region A members, The Region A Senators are tasked with providing input on SWE’s Programs and Services. In other words, we’re helping assess what are the top 5 and bottom 5 programs and services SWE provides to members to get a better idea of what we need to focus on/continue this year and what may [...]

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January HOT TOPIC: Making the Most of Region Conference

In case you missed my earlier post about region conference, this year’s Region A Conference will be taking place at Santa Clara University February 25-27th with the theme Building Careers and Shaping Lives (you can visit the website HERE).  If you have never attended Region A Conference before, you may be asking yourself – how [...]

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Happy New Years!

* A Note: This post isn’t inherently SWE related but I think acceptable b/c of the calendar date and beg forgiveness for not posting the Hot Topic exactly on the first of the month As the calendar year comes to a close, some may argue that it is just the end of an arbitrarily defined [...]

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