1. What is SWE? Society of Women Engineers Rice University Section August 30, 2012 1

2. Officers Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bayazitoglu SWE Liaison: Ann Hightower Co-Presidents: Yimin Luo and Priya Rao Vice President: Stephanie Tzouanas Treasurer: Ghazal Amar Secretary: Katie Specht Outreach Coordinator: Reyna Zhang Mentorship Chair: Sophie Chang Historian: Heaven Chen Webmaster: Cathy Zhang Publicity: Leslie Nguyen 2

3. Society of Women Engineers Founded in 1950, SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career for women through an exciting array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, outreach and advocacy activities, and much more. 3

4. What about SWE at Rice? Career Mentoring Outreach 4

5. National Conference Nov 8 – 10, Houston, TX Great opportunity for those looking for: – Jobs/internships – Graduate schools – Advice for life options SWE sponsor: Juniors and Seniors Register by Oct 12, 2012 to get discount for registration fee ($80 versus $120 on site) Must first become SWE member ($20) For future: participation points 5

6. Career Opportunities Professional development workshops Corporate information sessions Summer internships panel Networking Resume book Provided to companies specifically seeking SWE members Use Center for Career Development (CCD) as a resource Send resume to st11@rice.edu by 9/14st11@rice.edu 6

7. Mentoring One of the most popular programs Rice SWE offers Pair up Rice undergraduate engineers with professional engineers/graduate students Sign-up sheet/email cx3@rice.edu by Sept. 6 th, 2012cx3@rice.edu 7

8. Outreach Sally Ride Science Festival Girl Scout Day More opportunities! We need your help! (Participation point for future conference sponsorship) 8

9. Upcoming Events Sept. 5 th 6-7pm BP Info Session Sept. 11 th Rice Career Fair Sept. 26 th Schlumberger Info Session 9

10. Contact Us! Website: http://swe.rice.eduhttp://swe.rice.edu Sign up for the listserv if you haven’t already! Yimin: yl25@rice.eduyl25@rice.edu Priya: pdr1@rice.edupdr1@rice.edu 10