All are welcome to join the SWE Book Club for our monthly meeting! We will be meeting July 7th from 10am to noon at Sundown at Granada. This month we are reading Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael Gazzaniga. Come join for excellent networking, great food, and thought provoking discussion!
The Rockwell Collins Women’s Forum and Dallas Section of the Society of Women Engineers held a joint event on June 7 at Rockwell Collins in Richardson Texas. The event included a presentation by Uche Maple, Senior Engineering Manager at Rockwell Collins and Dallas SWE Executive Vice President, and a tour of the facility. Uche presented “Turning Obstacles into Opportunities.” Key takeaways included:
Uche ended the talk by providing one simple formula for success, (P+T)*A*A=Success. P=Passion, something that you believe in, T=Talent, something you excel in, A=Association, successful people or organizations and A=Action, steps you can take towards your goal.“Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have,but by what you are.” Napoleon Hill
We are in the early bird membership renewal time frame, so until June 30, you can get a $5 discount on your FY19 annual membership. If you wish to renew please visit the www.swe.org Membership Portal and use offer code EBIRD!
In addition to the discount before July 1st, Dallas SWE members renewing before June 30 will also be entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card!
Click here or a step by step guide on how to renew.
We hope you plan on renewing your membership. If you have any questions about your renewal or issues you would like to discuss, please feel free to reach out to dallas.swe@gmail.com.
Also, please take our Member Survey so we know how to better serve you next year!
On Saturday, May 19, Dallas SWE members gathered at Maggiano’s in Dallas to celebrate the successes of FY18, recognize some of our outstanding volunteer leaders, and announce this year’s scholarship recipients! FY18 Dallas SWE President Shelley Stracener gave a “state of Dallas SWE” talk highlighting our successful professional development, outreach, membership appreciation, scholarship, and award programs from FY18. You can read a summary of these highlights in our FY18 Year In Review Newsletter!
Attendees enjoyed a 3-course luncheon of delicious salads, entrees, sides, and desserts served family-style. It was a great time to celebrate another great year of membership and leadership in Dallas SWE!
We’ll be on a bit of a hiatus over the summer as our leadership team transitions to the new fiscal year, but stay tuned for summer outreach opportunities and book club meetings. Thank you again to our wonderful members and volunteer leaders who make our organization possible!
We are pleased to announce that our FY19 leadership team has been elected via the election that ran May 1-30. Thanks to everyone who made their voices heard!
Your new officers and Investment Committee members will start their terms on July 1, 2018, and we have a leadership transition meeting scheduled for July 14. They’ll be doing some preliminary planning for events throughout the next fiscal year, Stay tuned for your opportunity to fill out an important survey concerning what you’d like to see from Dallas SWE! Don’t forget to renew your membership for FY18 at www.swe.org.
Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener (Chair), Amber Scheurer, and Thi Dao (Members)
Join Dallas SWE for our June Professional Development Speaker & Tour with the Rockwell Collins Women’s Forum
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: Rockwell Collins, 3200 East Renner Rd., Building 461, Richardson, TX 75082
Please join us for our final professional development event of FY18, partnering with Rockwell Collins’ Women’s Forum. Uche Maple, Rockwell Collins Senior Engineering Manager and Dallas SWE Executive Vice President, will speak on “Turning Obstacles into Opportunities.” We’ll also enjoy a site tour. Light refreshments will be provided.
Schedule:
5:30 – 6:00 Networking
6:00 – 6:45 Speaker
6:45- 7:30 Tour of the Facility
This event is open 
to SWE members and non-members. NOTE: Due to security restrictions, attendees must be US Citizens and provide a photo ID upon check-in. Please RSVP by Monday, June 4 to reserve your spot!
Speaker: Ucheonye J. Maple is a Sr. Systems Engineering Manager at Rockwell Collins, she held a variety of increasing responsible leadership positions with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL), General Dynamics and Raytheon. Her experience includes working on the manufacturing production floor, environmental testing and systems engineering. She did her undergraduate at Prairie View A&M and her Masters at Johns Hopkins University. She is the current Executive Vice President of Dallas SWE.
