The Society of Women Engineers at Florida Atlantic University

November 15, 2016

General Meeting

Guest Presenter

Amy Hedgepeth

Officers and Advisors

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FAU Leadership

Name Position

Melissa Rigas President

Giannina Duran Vice President

Shahrine Islam Secretary

Brigette MacKenzie Treasurer

Alyson Gage Public Relations Coordinator

Nafisa Shikdar Fundraising Coordinator

Minh Nguyen Events Coordinator

Dr. Shihong Huang Faculty Advisor

Patricia Campbell Section Counselor

Fall Events

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Fall EventsNovember• Tuesday, 11/15 @ 7pm | General Body Meeting – EE 207

• Thursday, 11/17 12:30 – 1:30pm | WIECS Panel – in EE Atrium

• Saturday, 11/19 9am to 1pm | SWE Ropes Course – FAU Boca Ropes Course (near Softball Complex)

• Tuesday, 11/22 @ 7:30pm | “Hidden Figures” FREE Movie Viewing –Cinemark Palace 20

December• Thursday, 1st to Wednesday 14th Times TBD | Holiday Gift Wrapping

Fundraiser – EE outside of Cube

• Wednesday, 7th to Wednesday 14th Times TBD | Finals Survival Kits for Sale – EE outside of Cube

• Wednesday, 7th 10am to 10pm | Cannoli Kitchen Fundraiser – Cannoli Kitchen East, 2001 N Fed Hwy

• Saturday, 10th | Girl Scout Eco-Action Day – 8:00am to 2:45pm @ River Center in Jupiter

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Ropes Course @ FAU | Saturday, 11/19

• 9am to 1pm

• Need 14 people

• Sign up on form after meeting

or email swe.fau@gmail.com

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Cannoli Kitchen Fundraiser

• We need 20 people to RSVP at this site:

http://www.groupraise.com/events/19198

Spring Events

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Spring Events

January• First Week of Spring Semester | Book Club – “Hidden Figures”

• TBD | First Spring General Body Meeting

• Saturday, 21st | Engineering Family Fun Day – 10am to 2pm, Dreher

Park, WPB

February• TBD | Second Spring General Body Meeting

• Sunday, 19th – Saturday, 25th | FAU Engineering Week

• Thursday, 23rd | Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

• TBD | Math Counts (Volunteer)

• TBD | TEDX Boca Raton Event (Volunteer)

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Spring EventsMarch• Thursday, 9th – Saturday, 11th | Region D Annual Conference –

Atlanta, GA

• TBD | Third Spring General Body Meeting

• Saturday, 18th | SECME Competition (Volunteer) – 8am to 1pm, Blanche Ely High School

April• Saturday, 1st | Girl Scout Eco-Action Day – 8:00am to 12:30pm

@ River Center in Jupiter

• TBD | Fourth Spring General Body Meeting

• Tuesday, 25th – Sunday 30th | Finals Survival Kits for Sale –Times TBD, EE outside of Cube

• Saturday, 29th | Girl Scout Eco-Action Day – 8:00am to 12:30pm @ River Center in Jupiter

• TBD | Senior Send-off / Spring Social

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Spring Events

May• Monday, 1st – Wednesday 3rd | Finals Survival Kits for Sale –

Times TBD, EE outside of Cube

• Saturday, 20th | Girl Scout Eco-Action Day – 8:00am to 12:30pm @

River Center in Jupiter

Volunteering and

Communicating for Events

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How to Stay Connected!

• WhatsApp

• Sign-up sheets

T-Shirts

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– Poll

• How much would you be willing to

spend on t-shirts?

• Anyone know where we can have

them printed?

– Design Ideas

• 1:

• 2: ----------------

• 3:

• 4:

T-Shirt Ideas

WE16 Recap

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– How many attended from FAU?

• 9 students and Amy!

– Anticipated Graduation Date?

• May 2017 – December 2018

– What were you looking for?

• Internships and full-time

employment

– Organization Applied to in

Advance?

• Lockheed Martin, MIT Lincoln

Laboratory, NASA, Keysight

Technologies, Northrop

Grumman

– How prepare for conference?

• SWE resume review

• Made business cards

• LeaderSHPE

• Research companies at career

fair

• Interviews set in advance

– Some (1)

• Interviewed at conference?

– Yes (all)

• How many resumes printed?

– 25 – 40

• Came home with job/internship?

– Yes (2 – 4, still waiting to hear)

• Conference registration

– $90

• Hotel costs (per person)

– $65 – $400

• Total cost to attend?

– $150 – $750 (Full-Time gets

reimbursed up to $200)

WE16 Survey Results

Contacts and Social Media

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How to Contact Us and Stay Connected!

• Email

• Swe.fau@gmail.com

• Owl Central • https://fau.collegiatelink.net/organization/society-of-women-engineers

• WordPress • https://swefau.wordpress.com/

• Facebook

• https://www.facebook.com/SWEFAU/

• Instagram

• @swefau

Questions?

Thanks for coming!