We are fortunate to have a diverse local membership with engineers from all disciplines, walks of life, and career stages, and we’d be honored to have you as a part of our organization. Being a SWE member yields some great benefits! Locally, you’ll have the opportunity to attend all of our meetings for free (we charge a nominal $5-10 fee for non-members at our monthly professional development meetings) and be invited to special member-only events throughout the year. SWE headquarters processes all membership payments, but a percentage of your dues comes back to us to support our local professional development and STEM outreach activities.
At the SWE international organizational level, being a member will give you discounted fees for Society Conference registration, free access to SWE’s Advance Learning Center (with hundreds of recorded webinars available on demand for your personal and professional development), access to SWE’s online Career Center, the opportunity to be nominated for SWE Awards, and the award-winning quarterly SWE Magazine publication. You learn more about the benefits of membership on the SWE membership website here.
Becoming a SWE member is easy! Visit www.swe.org, under the Membership menu click Join, and follow the instructions to create an account. Our fiscal years run July 1 to June 30 and the annual fee for a professional membership is $100. If you become a member and renew in the “early bird” time frame, you can save $5. There are also savings options if you opt for a 2- or 3-year membership commitment. That’s a lot cheaper than most professional organizations and with all the networking connections and leadership skill development you can gain from your involvement in SWE, it’s a great value. Make sure you choose our Dallas section, C005, as your affiliation!
In the mean time, if you’d like to add your email address to our mailing list, you can do so by submitting your info to our Constant Contact subscription service in the right-hand sidebar of this website. We send out two emails per month to tell you about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. There’s also a calendar on our website side-bar if you’d like to skip ahead and save the date for upcoming events as well.
If you are interested in getting into SWE leadership, membership is usually a requirement and we are always looking for volunteers! Perhaps the best way to enter in is to become a member of one of our committees: there’s a link to our committee description document on our Officers & Chairs website. We have a really fantastic group of leaders – let us know where your passions lie and we’ll make sure we get you to the right group. Like all SWE sections, we have officer elections each year, usually at the end of the spring, so stay tuned for your opportunity to be included on the ballot if that interests you.
Finally, if you have further questions about Membership, please email us at dallas.swe@gmail.com and we’ll be happy to help or direct you to someone who can. Thanks for your interest in Dallas SWE and we hope to see you soon at one of our events!