WCES Award Nominations being accepted!January 30th, 2012 by AllisonThe Wichita Council of Engineering Societies (WCES) is accepting nominations for the Engineering Service Award and the Outstanding Young Engineer Award. Information can be found here. If you have questions please contact Rachael Woods at Rachael.woods@spiritaero.com or Deana Fitzsimmons at Deana.Fitzsimmons@swe.org Completed Nomination Forms are due to wichitaswe@gmail.com by Sunday, Feb. 5th.
Mid-Year SurveyJanuary 26th, 2012 by Angela SchroederFEEDBACK WANTED Please click on the link below to fill out the mid-year survey. Your responses are very important to us and will help us plan the events for the rest of the year! There is a chance to win a prize at the end of the survey! Please complete the survey by noon on February 5 so your comments can be considered at the planning meeting. Mid-Year Planning MeetingJanuary 26th, 2012 by Angela SchroederThere will be a mid-year planning meeting on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 1-3pm at the Girl Scout Center (360 Lexington). We will discuss events for the rest of the year as well as preliminary plans for next year. If you are interested in a leadership position for next year we would love to see you at the planning meeting. There will be snacks and we will be done before the Super Bowl starts!!! If you need directions or have any questions please contact Allison at wichitaswe@gmail.com Manhattan Roadtrip – cheer on the Lady Wildcats!January 23rd, 2012 by Kim Burton
We will have dinner before the game in the Legends Room at Bramlage Coliseum at 4:30pm with the ladies of the KSU Society of Women Engineers. We will even get to meet members of the team! Game ticket and dinner price is $10. We will carpool from the Leeker’s/Atwood’s parking lot in Park City (W. 61st N. and Broadway) at 2:00pm on Saturday afternoon. To attend, RSVP with money to Vickie.GlancyCannon@swe.org or marsha.meili@swe.org by Friday, January 27. February Expo Planning MeetingJanuary 23rd, 2012 by Kim BurtonWe will have one more Expo planning meeting on Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 5pm at Il Vicino at Douglas & Oliver. On the agenda: event layout, final booth count, volunteer planning and last-minute publicity. For more information about engineering expo visit wichitaswe.org/expo WCES Banquet 2012January 22nd, 2012 by Angela SchroederJoin the Wichita Council of Engineering Societies (WCES) at its annual Engineers Week Banquet. When: Thursday February 23, 2012 5:30 pm Social and Engineering Mini-Fair 6:30 pm Buffet Dinner 7:30 pm Program with speaker John S. Tomblin, PhD, Executive Director NIAR. John is one of the 12 People you should meet in 2012 in the current issue of Splurge Magazine. Where: Beech Activity Center, Hawker Beechcraft Facility, 9710 E. Central Cost: $25 by Feb 16, 2012. For tickets contact SWE’s WCES Representative Deana Fitzsimmons Learn more at http://wichitaengineers.net/ January Letter from the PresidentJanuary 15th, 2012 by AllisonLast week some of our members gathered for an interesting tour of the Dillon’s Warehouse in Goddard, and you can find an event recap and a few pictures in the Section News portion of the newsletter. Don’t forget about the Entrepreneurship Panel that will be held at WSU on January 24th! We are looking for your questions so the panelists can have some answers ready for you. The awesome tree theme for the 2012 Festival of Tree’s SWE entry will be Lego®!!! Look for the first ornament of the year in this newsletter and check back each month to find the directions for building another ornament. This will be a fun and exciting way to work on the tree all year! This month seems to be the calm before the busy month of February! Coming up in February there are plenty of options for activities including NAWIC Block Kids on February 11th, WSU Lego Mindstorms Trial Day on February 18th, the WCES Banquet on February 23rd, and our annual Engineering Expo on February 25th! You can find details for these events in this newsletter or on the Wichita SWE Website. Also this month we would like you to take a few minutes to complete a mid-year survey to help us better plan the events the rest of this year. Your responses are very important to us. Thank you for your time! The survey can be found here. Happy January, (CANCELLED) Entrepreneur Panel at WSUJanuary 15th, 2012 by Angela Schroeder(Update: This event has been cancelled, stay tuned for updates) The second annual Professional Development panel will be on January 24 at 7:00 pm at WSU. The topic this year is engineering entrepreneurs. Panelists will be Pam Roberts, co-owner Rib Daddy’s, Pam Cost is $5 for SWE members, $10 for non-members, and FREE for WSU students. Send any questions for the panelists and RSVP to Allison Terry. 2012 Individual AwardsJanuary 15th, 2012 by Angela SchroederThe Awards committee is looking for a few good women. Applications for the 2012 SWE Individual awards are due March 31. Some of the awards are
For more information and application guidelines, see this link. If you are interested in applying or want to nominate someone from our section contact Cassie Schroeder. It’s time to get started on those applications. |
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