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Last updated 21st January, 2010

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The Society of Women Engineers is (SWE) is a non-profit educational service organization whose goal is to encourage women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. The Sonora Region, also known as Region B, includes Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Utah.

The Society of Women Engineers Mission is to stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity.

For more information on SWE visit www.swe.org

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FY10 Goals for the Sonora Region

  • 95% of sections turn in section report on time
  • 50% of professional sections host join meeting with a collegiate section
  • 85% member retention from FY09
  • “SWE”eter future combined efforts to reach out to 10,000 K-12 students
  • Leadership pipeline – foster 10 mentor/mentee relationships

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SWEeter Futures Outreach Program

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The “SWEeter Futures Outreach Program” is a unique program to the Sonora Region, which tracks the impact we have on the future of engineering by sharing engineering, math, and science with K-12 students during FY10. Our goal is impact to 10,000 students!!!

We need every professional and collegiate SWE section in the region to get involved and make an impact on the future of  engineering science, and math with students in K-12! Every outreach event your section hosts will count toward the impact-to-10,000  goal.

Help track your section’s impact by using the following link to record your activities:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XDPNXQ9

The website will be updated weekly to show the current section rankings.  Stipends will be awarded to the top three sections with the most points (on a weighted, ratio of members-to-students).  Keep checking back to see where you rank!!

If you have any questions, please contact Kerrie Greenfelder, Region B Outreach Committee Chair at Kerrie.Greenfelder@swe.org.

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And the winners are…

For the week of January 18, 2010, the top three sections are:

1st:  Las Vegas Valley (with a ratio of 15.9)

2nd:  Cal Poly Pomona (with a ratio of 10.2)

3rd:  Utah State University (with a ratio of 8.4)

Let’s see if they can hang onto their leads until the end of June 2010!  Check back frequently to see how your Section is doing and don’t forget to log your outreach!

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Congrats!!!!

At Celebrate SWE at WE09, the following individuals and sections were recognized for outstanding programs, projects, and efforts.

Individuals

  • Samia Subrina- University of California Riverside- 3rd Place Technical Paper Competition

Collegiate Sections

  • California State University, Long Beach- Outstanding Outreach Event for Small Section
  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo- Gold Level Outstanding Collegiate Section
  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo- 1st Place Team Tech for Team #1 & Team #2
  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo- Best Outreach Event
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology- Bronze Level Outstanding Collegiate Section
  • UCLA- Silver Level Outstanding Collegiate Section
  • UCLA- 2nd Place Best Collegiate Section Newsletter
  • USC- Silver Level Outstanding Collegiate Section

Professional Sections

  • Central New Mexico- Medium Section History Award
  • Central New Mexico- 2nd Place Best Professional Section Newsletter
  • Orange County- Best Outreach Event “Connecting Educators”
  • Orange County- Large Section Member Retention Award

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