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Girls Scouts of North Texas Intellectual Property (IP) Day – Event Recap

by Dallas SWE on in Outreach, Special Events

On Saturday, July 30 Dallas SWE was invited to have an information booth during the Girls Scouts of North Texas Intellectual Property (IP) Day held at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Dallas Regional location in downtown Dallas.  Over 30 Girl Scouts from Cadette troops in the Dallas, TX area attended.  The scouts participated in a series of hands-on activities and presentations in order to explore the many ways in which inventors solve problems and use IP to protect their ideas and creations. After the activities and presentations, the scouts visited information booths from local law firms, corporations and organizations to learn how their organizations use IP to support innovation.  The scouts were given a “Passport to IP” with each local organizations logo. Volunteers from the organizations stamped each scout’s passport once she visited their booth.  The scouts were each given an IP patch for participating.  Dallas SWE volunteers provided the scouts with information regarding Engineering, the SWENext program and Design Your World conference.  Volunteers included Samica Norman, Elizabeth Haney and Kim Concillado. photos provided by Kim Concillado.

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August Upcoming Events

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements, Meetings, Special Events

Join Dallas SWE Members for networking and a delicious brunch! This is a great opportunity to invite a friend or coworker to get to know SWE and most importantly, have a fun brunch with other women engineers! You do not have to be a member to attend.

Dallas SWE August Social Brunch

When: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 at 10:30am
Where: Whiskey Cake, 3601 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093
Cost: Food and drink purchased by individual, see brunch menu here.

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Other Upcoming Events:

  • Registration for the SWE Region C Leadership Summit Aug 27, 2016 in Grapevine, TX is NOW OPEN! The deadline to register is Monday, August 22. This seminar is intended for those in or interested in SWE Leadership at the Section, Region, or National level, but all are welcome to attend. See the Region C website for details.
  • If you are interested in becoming a leader in Dallas SWE, view this list of committee descriptions and let us know where your passion lies at dallas.swe@gmail.com!
  • Dallas SWE will once again be participating in North Texas Giving Day on Thursday, September 22. See the website for more information and a link to donate.

 

Event Recap: Career Connections with Dallas SWE, WATT, Cisco, and Ericsson

by Dallas SWE on in Meetings

Cisco Systems in Richardson hosted a joint meeting between Dallas SWE, Women Advancing Technology Together (WATT), Cisco, and Ericsson on Tuesday, July 19th. The room was completely full of women from diverse industries and backgrounds leading to excellent networking opportunities and connections.

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After overviews and introductions of the organizations that made this joint event possible, the guest speaker Vidya Krishnan was introduced. Vidya, the head of Learning Services Ericsson, challenged attendees to consider if we have what it takes in takes in 2016 to unleash our full potential to realize our vision for 2020. Her talk, “Mission Z: Rogue Generation; Empowering Yourself with 2020 Vision” provided insightful and thought-provoking observations about the implications of our increasingly connected world and the companies that are breaking the mold. In addition she discussed the skills that we should strive for in ourselves and that we should look for in those we hire to our companies.

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Thank you to Sheri Jenkinson, founder of WATT, Ericsson, and Cisco for their contributions to this successful event. Thank you also to our guest speaker Vidya Krishnan for inspiring and challenging all of us!

 

 

Moon Day 2016

by Dallas SWE on in Outreach, Special Events

 

Dallas and Fort Worth SWE sections teamed up to run activities at the Frontiers of Flight Museum for their annual Moon Day program. This annual event celebrates the anniversary of the first Moon landing. Jill Freer and Natalie White from Fort Worth SWE, Vaishnavi Mirapurkar from UTA SWE and Nandika D’Souza, Teri Cate, Terriekka Cardenas, Samica Norman and Zaineb Ahmad from Dallas SWE volunteered. There were over 1500 adults, boys, and girls who came to Moon Day. 40 boys and 52 girls stopped by the Dallas and Fort Worth booth and participated in activities from 10 through 4 pm. They picked between making a doorbell or a light. The doorbell option led to parents quickly calling for the value of a switch. They also worked with alternative switches ranging from magnetic non-contact options and dimmer switches. Girl Scout troop leaders were excited to learn about the Dallas SWE Design Your World Conference and opportunities to earn badges with them.

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Raffle Winners Announced!

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

Last month Dallas SWE ran two member appreciation drives and we’re excited to announce the results of our prize drawings today!

Wendy Wegner of Dallas won our SWE Polo Shirt drawing for filling out our FY16 Member Feedback Survey! We got a lot of great comments on on what we did well last year and suggestions on what we can improve upon in the future. We discussed those results during our Leadership Transition Meeting July 9 and used your responses to brainstorm about new programs and ways to serve our membership better. Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey and congratulations, Wendy!

Tram Trinh of Frisco won the drawing for a $100 Visa gift card for renewing her SWE Membership before June 30! Tram is a relatively new member of SWE but has already contributed her time and effort as a K-12 outreach volunteer, Social Media Committee Chair, and now as a member of our Investment Committee making sure that Dallas SWE will be able to fund exciting programs and reward local students with annual scholarships for years to come. Congratulations Tram, and thank you for your valued service to Dallas SWE!

The prize drawings may be over, but it’s not too late for you to renew your SWE membership for FY17. Visit the Society of Women Engineers website and renew your membership today!

It’s Amazon Prime Day – Support Us by Using Amazon Smile!

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

Amazon Prime Day is today, July 12. We buy so much online, why not use Amazon Smile today and every day to support Dallas SWE while you shop?

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

Click here to select Dallas SWE
as your supported charity!

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