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Upcoming Outreach Opportunities

by Dallas SWE on in Outreach

Summer time is a great time to stay engaged in STEM outreach even outside of SWE. We have been engaged by independent volunteer organizations about some exciting outreach opportunities coming up: please see contact info below for each event if you’re interested in participating! Don’t forget, if you’re representing Dallas SWE in these capacities, please enter your participating into SWE’s Outreach Metric tool.

 

When: May 17, 9am-5pm 
Who: High school students, college students and local community are invited to attend.
Contact: Edwin Engram (eengram@ser-national.org) if you are interested in participating.
GEMS Camp – STEM camp for Girls
When: June 26 or 27
What: The GEMS Camp is a holistic STEM program designed to help urban girls shine with guidance from industry professionals. Our mission is to build confidence in urban teen girls in five core areas we call the 5 Karat Gems – Academics, Career, Creativity, Leadership & Service– so that they will be successful in STEM studies and careers.
Contact: Corrie Tung (corrietung@thegemscamp.org)
Note: they are specifically in need of a Robotics speaker
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays in June
What: Share your experiences as a woman in your field and help open young women’s eyes to possible STEM careers. Speakers will give a 45 minute presentation at 11:30 AM and are invited to stay afterward for lunch and informal discussion with the girls (not required).
Contact: View available dates and sign up on the Design Connect Create website.
Collin College Summer STEM Camps
What: hands-on, engaging engineering activities at Collin College STEM Camps.
Who: 7th – 9th grade students
When: various options:
 Contact: Interested volunteers should contact Nancy Huff.

Summer Membership Appreciation Event

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements, Membership Appreciation, Special Events

Please join Dallas SWE as we take this opportunity to celebrate our amazing members! We will be providing lunch to thank our outgoing officers, recognize individuals who received awards and scholarships, and celebrate our Dallas SWE members!

Lunch will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 12:00pm at Maggiano’s North Park. The restaurant is located at 205 NorthPark Center, Dallas, Texas 75225. There is complimentary valet parking available.

*Please note, this even is for members only and status will be verified before the event.*

Please RSVP by May 16 so we can have an accurate head count.

 

 

Have questions? Contact Dallas Society of Women Engineers

Design Your World: Event Recap

by Dallas SWE on in DYW, Outreach

On Saturday, April 14th, Dallas SWE hosted the 13th Design Your World STEM Conference for Girls at Seagoville High School P-Tech Academy! The event was a great success and we were able to impact many high school girls on their journey toward a successful career in STEM. This event would not have been possible without our wonderful sponsors, volunteers, and host, Seagoville High School. Thanks to our amazing sponsors, ExxonMobil, State Farm, Schneider Electric, Lockheed Martin, HomeAdvisor, CapitalOne, and Defy for supporting the programming for this year’s conference. We also had over 60 volunteers come together to conduct the event, run the student activities, and speak on the panels for the Parent Educator Forum. Finally, thanks to our host, Seagoville High School P-Tech Academy for lending us a great stage to showcase an exciting day of STEM outreach.

Check out the full event recap posted on the DYW website for the full rundown and photos!

WE18 Registration is OPEN!

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

Please join us at WE18 October 18-20, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN! Check out our WE17 recap post with highlights of what going to a SWE conference is like. If you’ve never been to a SWE conference, you haven’t fully experienced all SWE has to offer!

 

Registration for WE18 opened this week and there are some important changes to the process. In an effort to limit large quantity room-blocking, which takes rooms off the “market” for months leading up to the conference and cancellations that SWE has to cover late in the game, this year’s housing reservation requires registration at the time of booking. Pay special attention to cancellation policies and deadlines!

On the topic of cost, there are travel grants available and volunteering for 4 hours will get you 25% off your registration cost (down from 50% in past years). There are also discounts for unemployed or career-fair only registrations. Check out those options on the WE18 website. Additionally, we offer our members the opportunity to participate in room-sharing to reduce housing cost! Please fill out our WE18 travel coordination survey if you’re interested in being connected to roommates. If you know for sure you’re going, we would encourage you to go ahead and book a hotel room and let us know when your cancellation deadline is so we can try to make those connections early on.

Please email us at dallas.swe@gmail.com if you have questions about the conference or travel coordination! We hope to see you at WE18!

FY19 Dallas SWE Leadership Ballot

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

voteYour voice matters! Please cast your vote below for our updated Dallas SWE Bylaws and our FY19 Leadership Team. You must be a voting member of the Dallas SWE Professional Section and in good standing with the Society to vote: the Nominating Committee will verify each voter’s member status.

Voting starts May 1 and closes on May 30.

Section Bylaws Amendments

The below updates are in response to a new professional section bylaws template published by SWE to implement Governance changes approved by the SWE Senate at WE17. The proposed Dallas SWE bylaws were approved by a majority of our FY18 Officers and are presented now to our section members for review. After approval of 2/3 of the ballots received, these bylaws will be sent to SWE;s Bylaws Committee for their approval. Please send any questions to dallas.swe@gmail.com.

You can view our current bylaws here.
You can find the proposed bylaws amendments here.

Changes in the proposed bylaws are tracked from the Society’s Modifiable Bylaws Template, not our previous bylaws version, per the Bylaws Committee instructions. Changes are as follows:

  1. Removal of the Section Representative officer position and references to Region Council meetings per the SWE Senate approved Governance restructuring plan.
  2. Change of verbiage around voting / non-voting members of the Society to reference professional / collegiate membership types due to collegiates recently being granted voting member rights. The offices of President and Exec VP must be professional members.
  3. The line in our current bylaws in the Exec VP section concerning their responsibility to plan professional development events has been removed. This is a procedural instruction that is not in SWE’s template and is determined at-will by the section’s leadership: it should not reside in our bylaws.
  4. Modifications from SWE’s template that are specific to our section: filled in section name and number where appropriate, renamed VP to Exec VP, added VP of Membership and VP of Outreach and their respective responsibilities as they are in our current Bylaws.

FY19 Leadership Election

No  nominations were received during the petition period. Click here to see the candidate bios for the FY19 Dallas SWE offices of: 
  • President  
  • Executive Vice President
  • Vice President of Membership
  • Vice President of Outreach
  • Secretary
  • Investment Committee Member

Click here to cast your vote!

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener (Chair), Amber Scheurer, Thi Dao (Members)

FY19 Dallas SWE Leadership Slate

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

The Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of candidates for your consideration to serve during FY19 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019). Ballots will be distributed to members electronically in early May and voting will conclude 30 days thereafter.

  • President – Zaineb Ahmad
  • Executive Vice President – Amanda Alsbrook
  • Vice President of Membership – Shannon Cruise
  • Vice President of Outreach – Terriekka Cardenas
  • Secretary – Rana Karimi
  • Financial Advisory Committee (2 positions) 3 Year Term – Liong So, Pam Duffy

Per the Dallas SWE Bylaws additional candidates may be nominated by petition, provided that:

  1. The member is eligible for the position;
  1. The member has given written consent to being placed on the ballot;
  1. A minimum of two percent or five of the voting members of the section, whichever is greater, have signed a petition or endorsed an email to place the candidate’s name on the ballot; and
  1. The petition, together with the written consent, is submitted to the chair of the nominating committee by April 30 or fifteen days after the slate is announced to the members of the section, whichever is later.

Dallas SWE’s paid membership as of April 14 is 243, so the petition endorsement minimum is 5 members.
Please send any nominations by petition with the required endorsements and consent of the candidate to shelleylstracener@gmail.com by April 30th.

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener (Chair), Amber Scheurer & Thi Dao (Members)

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