Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Society of Women Engineers

January General Body Meeting!Thurs Jan 31st 6-7pm

Tonight’s Agenda

• Recognize 2012 Members of the Month!• Upcoming Events• Graduate Student Panel• External Announcement

Members of the Month!

Membership Review

8 points to be an ACTIVE MEMBER

- fall points carry over- 2 from GBMS, 6 from any other event- email Kari (shannk@rpi.edu) to know pnt totals

ACTIVE MEMBER status = Celebrate SWE Invite!!!

Celebrate SWE

• End of the year SWE party to recognize active members• LOTS OF FUNNNNNN!

BUT you need those 8 points to attend!!!

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Fall 2012 Members of the Month

SEPTEMBER: 6 pntsKonane Bay

OCTOBER: 7 pntsCatherine Barry

NOV/DEC: 7 pntsDonna Creighton

Upcoming Events!

SWE Tees!

• Short Sleeve: FREE to National Members• Long Sleeve: $9 • Fill out the order form for BOTH by Sun Feb 10th

SWE Tees!

• Short Sleeve: FREE to National Members• Long Sleeve: $9 • Fill out the order form for BOTH by Sun Feb 10th

Tango with RPI Ballroom

• Come and join SWE February 4th to learn how to Tango!

• Monday 6-8 pm• 1st floor, Academy Hall• Earn a SWE Point!• Learn how to dance!• Learn about Lindy Hop

and Ballroom as well

Join the Outreach Committee!

• Outreach Meetings• Mondays 7-8pm in Union 2424• Next meeting Monday Feb 4th

• Upcoming Outreach Events• UFO Program (March 2nd)• Spring Girl Scout Engineering Day (March 23rd )

Contact Carly at gardic@rpi.edu

Night of Networking

• Tuesday, February 12th from 6-8pm in the Alumni House

• Business Casual Networking event focused on connecting CS, CSE, IT, Math and Physics majors with companies hiring those majors. Register through this link.

• Generously Sponsored by Palantir • Companies in attendance include: IBM, Microsoft,

Vistaprint, GE, FactSet, Capital IQ, BD

Questions? Contact Sammie (garras4@rpi.edu)

Spring Career Fair

- In 2 weeks on Wednesday, Feb. 13th (11am-4pm)

Can only put SWE on resume IF NATIONAL MEMBER!

http://swe.union.rpi.edu/page/become-member

Good luck!!

Amazon Info Session

• Weds February 6th DCC 337• 5:30-7pm• Free food and tee shirts• Bring your resume!

If you can’t attend or want your resume forwarded directly, contact Cary (kaczoc@rpi.edu)

EED Volunteers Needed!

• Registration, parent or child chaperone, closet watchers, direction givers, floaters, help table, and more!

• Must be available February 16th and 23rd (February 16th is Winter Carnival and President’s Day weekend)

• If interested, sign up tonight!• FREE TEE SHIRT for volunteers

Questions?Contact Elisabeth (posthe@rpi.edu) Or Jessica (stiegj@rpi.edu)

Regeneron Plant Tour

• Tour the Rensselaer facility• Main Pharmaceutical Products: Eylea, Zaltrap,

and Arcalyst • Interested? Contact Jess (zieglj4@rpi.edu)

Scholarships!!

• Boeing Book Scholarship (TBA)• Region F Conference Scholarship (Sponsored by Boeing)

• Save the date! Region F Conference April 6th @ UConn

• AfterCollege.com Due March 31st • $500 Engineering Student• $500 Electrical Engineering• $500 Computer Engineering• $1000 Spring Break Student Scholarship (all)

CollegeBowl

• Weds Feb 20th 6pm• Create teams and compete for prizes!• Cohosted by SWE, NSBE, and SHPE

Breaking Barriers Women Unite

• Dinner and professional guest panel• Cohosted by NSBE/SHPE/SWE • 6-8pm Wednesday Feb 27th Alumni House,

Bottom Floor• Must RSVP in advance

• Questions: Ashley (vassea@rpi.edu)

Save the Date: Feb GBM

• Tuesday, Feb 26th 6-7p (tentative)

• Topic: Managing Your Purse!(Presented at We12 Annual Conference)

Now for our Graduate Panel!