Hey girls! Here’s what happened at the last meeting:

 -Discussed preliminary ideas for WEE programàIf you have other ideas, let Joanna or Lindsey Saxton know

Activities:

-Ice breakers

-Sit in on a class with a freshman girl

-Interactive lab activities/demos (talk to lab professors from BE, ME, CS, etc. departments to see if they would be interested) and allow girls to choose area of interest

-Rather than a traditional tour, have a scavenger hunt around campus to learn about history and various things about campus life

-Brief information session about clubs, sports, and other extracurricular activities offered on-campus

 

-Lunch:

Have SWE members dispersed at tables to talk to girls in a closer and more relaxed environment (rather than a panel of students)

-Keynote speaker (possibly successful, female Rose grad) talk about role of women in engineering work field)

 

Date of event:

-Either Friday May 15^th, or Friday May 22^nd starting at 9am (Preferably 22^nd since there is a long weekend to study for finals and a lot of classes get canceled Friday of 10^th week)

-Give girls coming from farther away the option of staying overnight Thursday so it’s not a huge hassle.

 

-This Thursday from 4:30-6:30 making phone calls to accepted seniors still deciding on colleges

            -meet in Admissions office (I’ll send out a reminder of time and location)

            -if there are enough people, we’ll be getting pizza and soft drinks

            -Let Joanna know if you can make it even if you can’t stay the whole time—we are going to need more help!!

                        (So far signed up: Homa Hariri, Emma Dosmar, Kristen Latta, Kim Secrist(after 10^th), Lindsey Saxton, Joanna)

 

-Emma Dosmar talked about SWE t-shirts

-We are going to be doing iron-ons (it’ll be after break sometime) so that everyone can get the cut, color, and style t-shirt they prefer

                        (You can even put it on a  canvas bag and other items as well if you’d like)

            -If you didn’t sign up at the meeting today, but would like to let Joanna or Emma know (dosmare@rose-hulman.edu) so she knows how much supplies to purchase.

 

-Still need volunteers for Blue Key National Honors Society sponsored “Youth Science Day” on May 6^th in the SRC

            -There are two shifts (9-11:15 and 11:45-1:45)

            -Give a short presentation/demonstration (representing SWE) to elementary students to promote careers in technology

            -Let me know if you are interested in participating so I can RSVP as to whether or not we will be present at the event, we need more people though!

 

-Jenn Fischer put together an awesome Easter Egg painting social—great job Jenn! And thanks to everyone who stuck around for the fun J

 

 

-Final note: Officer Transitioning will be taking place next week on Tuesday, so all exec offices and committee chairs should try to leave their schedules open.  I’ll give more details in the next few days though.

 

 

As usual, let me know if you have questions or would like to help out with something. Have a great rest of the week!! (Just remember: Spring break is soooooooo close!! J)

 

Joanna Rosenbaum

Biomedical Engineering 2011

Society of Women Engineers-President

Delta Delta Delta-Social Chair

 

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, March 24^th, 2009 at 5:00pm in the PA Room.