The March professional development meeting on personal finance was a big success. A big thank you to Robert Morris and Chris Trumble from Morgan Stanley for their informative presentation. Cassie Schroeder was the lucky winner of the Coach purse!
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“Purse-nal” Finance Meeting Summary
Saturday, April 13th, 2013SWE Punch Cards
Saturday, March 16th, 2013SWE Punch Card Rules
Effective 2/2013
- The punch card has 12 cogs “punch spaces”
- When you attend a SWE meeting/event/activity have the person in charge initial your card
- If you bring a non-member to an event you get double punches!!
- Only members can have the punch card
- If you lose your card, too bad
- Card is only valid for current year
- Board members are eligible however GM’s are not included in this program
- Collegiate members are eligible if they attend Wichita SWE chapter meetings/events/activities
Why get punches?
- Once you fill a card you can turn it in to any Board member to be entered into a drawing for AMAZING prizes at the end of the year Banquet!!
- No limit on the number of punch cards submitted
Opportunities for a punch:
- Professional development meetings (8 each year)
- Networking meetings (10 each year)
- Tours (4 each year)
- Banquet – Worth 2 punches
- Outreach
- Shocker Mindstorms
- Expo
- Regional Conference – Worth 2 punches
- National Conference – Worth 3 punches
- Committee meetings
- Signing up for SWEeter Futures – Worth 1 punch
- For every 5 hours logged in SWEeter Futures – Worth 1 punch
Need a punch card!? Get one from any Board member or the organizer of the next meeting you attend!!
Fortune Most Powerful Women Virtual Summit
Sunday, September 16th, 2012Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2012 is an online environment featuring live, interactive events. The event will take place on October 2, 2012 – all at the convenience of your desktop.
Register now!
Registration is free. Participants will be able to:
- Participate in Q&A sessions with Fortune editors, leading subject–matter experts, and conference speakers.
- Get your questions answered live onstage.
- Chat with other virtual participants.
- Enjoy access to on-demand webcasts.
Professional Development Kick-Off Event
Sunday, July 15th, 2012Survey results indicated that you wanted to learn more about developing your career so…..starting in August, Wichita SWE will host monthly Professional Development events every third Thursday of the month. Join us on Thursday, August 16th at 6PM for our Professional Development Kick-Off Event for a fun and candid round table discussion on professional development where we’ll self-assess our careers, set long term goals, and start developing our action steps. RSVP by Wednesday, August 15th to Lili.Solorzano@swe.org.
Location: TBD
Members: $5
Non-members$10
Pizza provided
Members: $5
Non-members$10
Pizza provided
Leadership Coaching Meeting Summary
Saturday, June 16th, 2012On Saturday, June 16th Wichita SWE members and WSU collegiate members gathered at the Girl Scouts Center in Wichita to learn about strategic planning and how to increase membership in their sections. The modules were presented by Suzanne Dodson, Region i’s Leadership Coach. Time was provided to start to develop a strategic plan for our section. We also learned about how to work membership recruitment into our strategic and tactical plans. The strategic plan that was started on June 16 will be continued at our annual planning meeting in July.
Region i Leadership Coach
Frank Lloyd Wright House Tour
Sunday, May 20th, 2012Join SWE on Wednesday, June 20th at 6pm for a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Allen-Lambe House!!! Tour cost is $15 and will be collected at the tour. Dinner at a local restaurant to follow the tour for anyone who is interested. RSVP to Lili Solorzano lili.solorzano@swe.org
Paint the Towne meeting summary
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012On Sunday evening, May 6th, Wichita SWE held a social event at Paint the Towne. Professional members, along with some friends and family, were provided all of the supplies to create their own “masterpieces” for a nominal cost. Painters were given step-by-step instructions from Paint the Towne’s Jessie Sterling, so both the artistically-inclined and not-so-inclined could create something to be proud of. Attendees enjoyed a fun evening of painting, eating, drinking and socializing at the event.
30th Anniversary Banquet
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012Celebrating 30 years of Wichita SWE
When: Thursday May 31, 2012 beginning at 5:30pm
Where: Tallgrass Country Club, 2400 North Tallgrass Street, Wichita, KS 67226
Evening Agenda:
5:30 – 6:30 Social and Cash Bar
6:00 Buffet Dinner
7:00 Presentation by Noel Schulz, Ph.D., the First Lady of Kansas State, Paslay Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at KSU, and President of IEEE Power & Energy Society for 2012-2013. Dr. Schulz will be speaking on her career pathway.
Cost and RSVP:
SWE professional members $30
SWE collegiate members $20
College/high school students $25
Non Member Professionals $35
RSVP and payment can be made by credit card at http://wichitaswe.org/banquet/
Or contact Vickie.GlancyCannon@swe.org and send a check postmarked by May 21st to
Society of Women Engineers Wichita Area Section I005
PO Box 1096
Wichita, KS 67201
When responding, please include choice of entrée (Chicken or Vegetarian).
All reservations must be paid for by May 23. No reservations will be accepted after this date.
Buffet Menu:
Grilled Portobello Mushroom Satays (kebab) w/Sesame Thai Glaze
Puff Pastry Chicken Florentine
Rice Pilaf with Sundried Cherries and Candied Pecans
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus and Julienne of Carrot
Lemon Peppered Broccoli
WSU Pizza Party Summary
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012At our annual end of the year party with WSU on April 23 we had a great time building Lego creations (they are ornaments for our Lego themed tree this year), eating pizza, and having great discussions between the students and the professionals! There were no graduating seniors, but one lucky student was awarded a C2C membership! Check out some of our awesome ornaments below!
Orpheum Tour Summary
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012On April 19, SWE members and guests enjoyed a behind the scenes look at the Orpheum Theater. Orpheum President, Jennifer Wright taught us about the history of the theater during its heyday. We also saw plans for the ongoing renovations. This theater will look amazing when all the restorations are finished! A special treat was going up 5 stories to the projector room and seeing the Excelite projectors with carbon-arc lamps.
View from the balcony
SWE tour group
Excelite Projector
