2nd Meeting of Spring Quarter

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Society of Women Engineers

• 2nd Meeting of Spring Quarter
• April 21, 2005

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SWE Exec Officers 2004-2005

• President Kristen Kesse 07- present
• Vice President Emily Martini 07- present
• Secretary Nicole Jones 08 - present
• Treasurer Nicole Reinert 07 - present

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SWE Coordinators / Chairs 2004-2005

• Events Rachel Marker 08 - present
• E-Week Stephanie Lee 06 - present
• Banquet Emily Hamburg 08 - present, Colleen
  Pater 08 - present
• Webmaster Mike Borowczak 07 co-op,Rob Shields
  07 - present

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SWE Advisors 2004-2005

• SWE Faculty Advisor Anita Todd
• SWE Counselor Rhonda Myers

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SWE 20th Recognition BanquetChairs Emily
Hamburg Colleen Pater

• Monday, May 16th from 530pm - 900pm
• Dinner provided contacting Faculty club
• Keynote Speaker Christa Theodore
• 5 Scholarships to Incoming Freshmen sent out
  letters
• SWE bucks award winner announced
• Current and New Officers/Advisors Recognized
• Company sponsors recognized
• All UC SWE National Members recognized

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SWE Regional Conference 2006Chairs Nicole
Jones Rachel Marker

• Received 3000 donation from Toyota (Platinum
  sponsor)
• Other company letters sent by April 30th (We will
  need help stuffing and mailing letters, following
  up with company reps, finding speakers!!)
• Next meeting Wednesday, April 27th at 6pm in 649
  Baldwin (folding letters)

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SWE Engineering Outreach ProgramBBBSVice
President Emily Martini

• Ongoing Events
• Study Sessions - Every Monday, Thursday,
  beginning April 7th - Location TBA
• 2005-2006 Planning Meetings - Every other Monday
  (following Engineering Tribunal General Meetings
  645 PM)
•  Social Events
• Red's Game vs. Dodgers - Friday, May 6th - 700
  PM
• Paintball - Saturday, May 21

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SWE WebsiteWebmasters Mike Borowczak Rob
Shields

• Website has been updated
• Please email webmaster with any comments or
  concerns!
• Email uc.swe.webmaster_at_gmail.com

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Rowe Center Womens Study Room

• Located in Baldwin 658
• Available for women students, faculty, and staff
• Just swipe your UC Student ID to enter
• For any questions, please contact Director of the
  Rowe Center, Julie Burdick at BURDICJL_at_UCMAIL.UC.E
  DU

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SWE Spring Quarter EventsChair Rachel Marker

• Relay for Life 4/29/05 6pm to 4/30/05 12pm
  McMicken Commons
• College of Engineerings Reds Night Friday,
  May 6th at 710pm
• Cost 4.50 for Bleachers seats
• Must sign up and turn in money to SWE office (650
  Baldwin) no later than Wednesday, April 27th

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SWE Love An Engineer T-shirts

• Colors Navy Blue, Pink, Black
• Cost 10.00 each
• All Pre-ordered must be picked up and paid for by
  Friday, April 29th!!!!

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SWE National Member Bags

• If you are a National Member and you have not
  picked up your black bag, please do so after the
  meeting!
• See Secretary Nicole Jones

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SWE Elections 2005-2006

• You may nominate yourself or someone else.
• According to By Laws, if you win, you must become
  a National SWE member for that school year (20)
• Positions are very flexible this year!
• Great Resume Booster!
• Email ballots this year to accommodate students
  on co-op and keep confidentiality.
• According to By Laws Constitution only National
  Members may vote.

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Available Positions

• Please specify what quarters you are running for
  or if it is for the entire year.
• You may run for more than one position but they
  will be distributed in the order below (ranked
  according to By Laws workload)
• President (1)
• Vice President (2)
• Secretary (2)
• Treasurer (2)
• Events Coordinator (2)
• Outreach Coordinator (2)
• Webmaster (2)
• Publicity Chair (2)
• E-Week Chair (2)
• Banquet Chair (2)

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Nominations
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone
else, please email Nicole at jonesn3_at_email.uc.edu
At the meeting on 4/21/05 we will also be taking
nominations and please be prepared to say a
little something about yourself ? GeTtInG
InVoLvEd is SWEet!
President Vice President Secretary 1.
Kristen Kesse yr 1. Emily Martini
fall/wtr 1. Rachel Marker -yr Nicole
Jones spr/sum 2. Robin Forry
Fall/Wtr Treasurer Events Outreach 1.
Nicole Reinert sum/wtr 1. Stephanie Lee -
yr 1. Kate Stanton yr Colleen Pater
fall/spr Banquet Webmaster 1. Paige
Forney 1. Rob Shields Amber
McDonough - yr Mike Borowczak yr 2.
Shannon Wiehe Fall/Spr E-Week Publicity
1. Alan Gerken - Wtr 1. Viktorija Cecil -
yr 2. Jennifer Midkiff - yr Email
ballots to Anita Todd by May 4th!

toddaa_at_ucmail.uc.edu
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President Kristen Kesse

• I am currently a third year Material Engineering
  student and I have been involved in SWE since I
  was a freshman.  I began working as Events
  coordinator during my Freshman year and got SWE
  involved many philanthropy projects such as the
  March of Dimes.  I have served as SWE President
  for the past two years and completely revitalized
  the organization.  I have witnessed the
  organization start with only 5 members and grow
  to almost 40!I worked to bring the 2006
  Regional Conference to the University of
  Cincinnati and I continue to work to open up
  leadership opportunities to women in our
  organization.  I have also worked very hard to
  keep good relations between SWE, the CoE, and
  other engineering organizations by meeting
  monthly with each.  Last spring our organization
  received the award as best student group of the
  quarter.  I also initiated "SWE bucks" as a
  reward program for attending various events and
  selling SWE T-shirts for fundraising.I am also
  involved in BBBS and Engineering Tribunal.I
  look forward to a new year of SWE especially in
  our first ever conference year!  My goal for SWE
  next year is to continue to increase involvement
  from undergraduates, to help set ground rules for
  SWE in the future, and to make the Regional
  Conference a success!

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Vice President Emily Martini Fall/Winter

•  I am a third-year electrical engineeringstudent.
   I have been involved in SWE since freshmen
  year.  For the past two years, I have served as
  vice-president.  I have worked closely with Julie
  Burdick to try to arrange some outreach events
  forgrade school and high school girls.  
• I have also kept SWE connected with the
  Engineering Tribunal/SWE Big Brother/Big Sister
  program.  My main goal fo rnext year would be to
  work on testing new methods to increase
  attendance of girls at SWE outreach events.

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Vice President Nicole JonesSpring/Summer

• I am a 2nd year Electrical Engineering student.
  I currently hold the office of Secretary for
  Society of Women Engineers and I am also a
  co-chair in the Regional Conference planning for
  2006. When I first came to SWE my freshman year,
  I realized what a great organization it is! It
  is an excellent opportunity for women engineers
  to meet each other and get involved in
  activities, such as socials and community
  service.
• This year I would like to run as Vice President
  for spring quarter 2006. I am very energetic
  about SWE and love making it a better
  organization! I want to work to get more women
  in engineering and also to keep them in
  engineering. As Vice President, the outreach
  program is one of my main priorities and I would
  love to work with future students as well as
  current students. I will be on co-op for
  Fall/Winter next year and therefore will be
  missing out on a lot, but I plan to make up for
  it spring quarter!

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Secretary Rachel MarkerAll Year

• I am a sophomore in Materials Engineering and
  co-op at GE Aircraft Engines in Evendale. I
  joined SWE my freshman year and became involved
  right away!! During my freshman year I went to
  the Regional Conference at Carnegie Mellon, where
  we won the bid for the 2006 Regional Conference.
  I was then appointed to co-chair for the
  conference along with Nicole Jones. I also won
  the SWE Bucks award at our annual banquet my
  freshman year.
• This year I was the Events Coordinator for our
  section. I planned events including Habitat for
  Humanity, Cincinnati Housing Partners and Relay
  for Life. In the winter quarter I was also
  acting secretary while our elected secretary was
  on co-op out of town.
• I am very motivated and worked hard with the exec
  board this year to increase membership, get more
  girls active in our section and plans to make the
  2006 Regional Conference a success.I believe I
  would make a good secretary because I have
  experience from the winter quarter and want our
  SWE section to continue to grow each year. I will
  help brainstorm new ideas and help carry out
  tasks that need to be done in order to reach our
  goals. I am also well organized and have good
  time management skills. I am also involved in
  Engineering Tribunal, BBBS and Alpha Phi Omega (a
  service fraternity organization.)

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Secretary Robin ForryFall / Winter

• I am 2nd year Computer Engineering major (Class
  of 2008). I would like to run for SWE Secretary.
  I have been to many SWE meetings and event and am
  looking for a way to become more involved. I have
  great organizational skills and enjoy work like
  book keepinging. Which these both seem to be
  skills of the SWE Secretary.
• I have not had any prior leadership roles in SWE,
  so I am hoping to gain some leadership abilities
  that I can use in the future. I want to apply my
  skills to help keep SWE organized an
  function-able so that we can continue to grow as
  a great organization.

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Treasurer Nicole ReinertSummer / Winter

• I'm a Biomedical Engineering Major, class of '07.
   I've been a member of SWE since freshman year
  and have served as Treasurer for the part two
  years.  I'm currently co-oping with Procter and
  Gamble here in Cincinnati and have previously
  worked in the medical device field.  
• I plan on being in Cincinnati during the two
  quarters I'm running for.  I've had a great time
  with SWE and would love to continue to
  participate in the future.

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Treasurer Colleen PaterFall / Spring

• I am a second year chemical engineering major
  from Cincinnati, Ohio.  I am currently the
  banquet co-chair and am applying for the position
  of treasurer (mainly section I, also some summer
  duties).  I am involved in a few other
  organizations on campus, namely University Honors
  Association (where I am vicepresident for the
  04-05 school year this included alot of
  Treasurer activities) and Engineering
  Ambassadors.  
• I am trying to increase my involvement in
  engineering organizations.  In observing SWE
  executive and group meetings, I feel that I can
  bring my past experience in this group as well as
  my experience as being a group treasurer in order
  to do a good organized job.

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Events Coord. Stephanie LeeAll Year

• I'm going to be in my senior year of aerospace
  engineering (class of '06), and have been
  involved in SWE for the past two years, serving
  as the Events Coordinator as well as E-Week
  Chair.  I'm also involved with the UC chapter of
  AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and
  Aerospace), and Engineering Tribunal, where I
  served on the E-Week Committee last year.  I am
  also a member of Alpha Phi Omega, which is a
  service organization committed to serving both
  the campus and community.  
• I'm interested in running for this
  positionbecause I'd really like to help get more
  girls involved in SWE, and as the events
  coordinator (or chairperson) I'd be able to plan
  worthwhile and fun events and encourage others to
  participate.  
• As far as ideas go, I'd like to participate in
  Habitat for Humanity again next year, as well as
  Relay for life and the Crosstown Helpout.  I'd
  also like to plansome social events, for example
  getting together to watch the UC games, movie
  nights, ect. As events coordinator I would be
  able to help plan conference next year, which I'm
  very excited about! As I said earlier, next year
  is my senior year, so I am available to hold the
  position for the entire year. I am currently on
  co-op in Virginia at the Naval Surface Warfare
  Center, which is why I am unable to attend the
  SWE meeting, but if you have any questions please
  feel free to e-mail me at leesi_at_email.uc.edu.

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Outreach Coor. Kate StantonAll Year

•  I would like to be Outreach Coordinator for SWE
  next year. This past year I helped with SWE's
  "Take Apart a Toaster Day".  I have also been
  involved with SWE at a previous university,
  leading a group of girls and boys at "Take Your
  Daughters and Sons to Work Day".  Outside of
  school, for the last four years, I have mentored
  a teenage boy and girl through the national
  organization Big Brother/Big Sisters.
• I never was exposed to engineering in grade
  school or high school, and mentoring kids and
  enlightening them to the opportunities that they
  have is very important to me.  I look forward to
  getting more involved with UC's SWE and
  increasing participation in SWE's outreach
  activities next year.

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Webmasters Mike Borowczak Rob Shields (All
Year)

• Rob is a 4th Year Computer Engineering Student,
  currently on co-op with Xetron in Cincinnati, OH.
   He has been the SWE webmaster for the previous
  year along with Mike B.  He has already witness
  the redoing of the SWE website once, and is
  currently working on a new an improved version of
  the site which will allow much more functionality
  to it. He is willing to work hard on developing
  UC SWE's presence on the internet as well as help
  with any technical issues sprouting up dealing
  with the web or any computer issues had by
  members.

• Mike is a 4th Year Computer Engineering Student,
  currently on co-op with Texas Instruments in
  Houston Texas.  He has been the SWE webmaster for
  the previous year along with Rob Shields.  He has
  already redone the SWE website once, and is
  currently working on a new an improved version of
  the site which will allow much more functionality
  to it.  He is willing to work hard on developing
  UC SWE's presence on the internet as well as help
  with any technical issues sprouting up dealing
  with the web or any computer issues had by
  memebers.

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Banquet Chairs Amber McDonough Paige Forney
(All Year)

• We feel we can work good as a team and accomplish
  what needs to be done. We have both been active
  in SWE and want to do more to help this wonderful
  organization. We are aware we dont have much
  experience with only being freshman, but feel it
  will be a great opportunity to get involved.
  Putting this banquet together will take a lot of
  time, but we feel it will be rewarding to see the
  end product. Through this position we will gain
  leadership skills as well as personal skills that
  will help us further on in life. We hope you
  will consider each of us for this position and we
  promise to not let you down.

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Banquet Chair Shannon WieheFall/ Spring

• If I am elected to banquet chair it will be my
  first official elected position, so I am very
  appreciative for the opportunity. I have
  participated in other organizations suchas ASCE
  (American Society for Civil Engineers) at UC and
  in high school I was involved with student
  council and the fellowship of christian athletes.
  
• I am currently involved with the planning of the
  SWE conference for 2006 and I plan to apply what
  I learn from that to the responsibilities of
  banquet chair. I am very responsible, organized
  and hard working which I think all together makes
  me a good candidate. I'll be co-oping in the
  winter and summer so I'll be back in school in
  time for the banquet.

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E-Week Chair Alan GerkenWinter

• I am a third year materials engineering student
  and I havebeen in swe for two years.  I was gone
  this previous winteron coop, but was on the our
  e-week team two years ago.  Ithink I would be
  capable of forming our e-week team andrunning
  the duct tape event we are in charge of.

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Publicity Viktorija CecilAll Year

• Cecil was born and raised in Lithuania. She
  graduated from Jonavos J. Ralys High school in
  June of 1999, same year Viktorija was accepted to
  Kaunas University of Technology to study
  electrical engineering. In the summer of 2001 she
  moved to the United States to pursue the American
  Dream. Currently she is a pre-junior in the
  University of Cincinnati where she is continuing
  studies towards Electrical Engineering degree.
  One of her biggest hobbies is - going after
  something she really wants, regardless how
  impossible it may sound. Being a publicist for
  SWE is a challenge she looking forward to.

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Publicity Jennifer MidkiffAll Year

• I am an Aerospace major. Id like to join SWE and
  I want to nominate myself as Publicity Chair for
  next year, Publicity Chair would be a very
  fitting position for me because of my artistic
  ability. I'll try and come to the next meeting.