​In order to adhere to social distancing practices, the in-person scholarship judging events on March 23rd and March 25th have been cancelled.


In their place, we need remote judges.  Please email lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com if you can help.

Volunteers are needed to judge SWE-Detroit scholarship applications!  There are three ways to help.

1. Remotely.  Please contact Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com to receive a set of applications over email.

2. In-person judging event #1
Monday, March 23rd from 6:00-8:00 pm
Panera, 20140 Haggerty Rd, Livonia, MI 48152  

3. In-person judging event #2
Wednesday, March 25th from 6:00-8:00 pm
Panera, 823 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084  

RSVP to Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com.

These events are for our traditional scholarship program, look for the Rewald scholarship judging coming up soon!

​SWE 4 Life Fiscal Year 2020 Status: $2000 out of $2500 goal
Still need: ~$3,000 to meet final program goal of $25,000 for endowed scholarship.
#SWE4Life
CLICK HERE to DONATE NOW! Enter in “SWE 4 Life” in the “Instructions to Seller” or comments box, go to www.swedetroit.org and Click on the PayPal Donate Button, or mail a check to Society of Women Engineers – Detroit, PO Box 2978, Southfield, MI 48037.
 
Happy New Year! We had a wonderful response so far in FY20. Many thanks again to our wonderful Life Members in Detroit! We are now $500 away from getting the full match and reaching our goal for establishing the Detroit Section’s SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship. Please consider one of our endowed programs when thinking about your next donation. Our program is a great candidate for any extra funds you may receive from tax returns or bonuses. We are $500 away from a lifetime of supporting the engineering pipeline and diversity in the workforce. In the shorter term, this means providing $1000 to a STEMinst at the Detroit Section’s 69th section anniversary instead of our 70th!
 
As usual, if you know any of the SWE Detroit Life Members, please help us communicate to them.
 
Not a Life Member? No problem, anyone can donate to the fund (some have already). Every little bit helps, so we encourage you to donate if you can. Your donation is tax deductible.
 
The program will be tracked separately from the Member Solicitation Program and have its own levels:
                        Diamond            $1000 +                                   
                        Sapphire            $ 500 to $ 999
                        Emerald             $ 250 to $ 499
                        Quartz                $  50 to $249                          
 
Contributions will be tracked yearly and the level will be determined based on accumulated contributions received by SWE Detroit.
 
To donate online to any of our programs, go to www.swedetroit.org and look for the Donate Button on the site for Paypal.  After you submit your information and input your donation amount, you will have the opportunity to designate your donation. Please input in the text field to allow it to be allocated appropriately: “SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship or Life Members Endowed Scholarship”, “Josie E. Rewald Memorial Scholarship”, “Torch Award”, “Past Presidents Scholarship”, specify another program, or the general fund.
 
HUGE THANK YOU to our supporters who have donated so far to our programs (updated as of 1/23/20):
SWE 4 Life Scholarship (Goal: $25,000)
Diamond
Jessica Mattis
Laurie Ramsay
Dawn Tilbury
 
Sapphire Level
Brooke Voto
Ally (company match in honor of Brooke Voto)
Tina Poquette
Birgit Sorgenfrei
Jenny & Robert Morikawa (in honor of Josie Rewald, gifted $100 in honor of friend Cheryl Williams)
 
Emerald Level
Lisa & Christopher Rewald (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Michele Marion
Susan Cischke
Lisa Henn
Kristine Lott
Terri Shipp
Jessica Swan
 
Quartz Level
Miriam Breslauer
Katie Amelio
Lisa Purvis
Cathi Kohn
Barabara Ferry (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Katherine Hillberg (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Kristine Barnes
Rosa Abani
 
If you have any questions, are interested in supporting the SWE Detroit SWE 4 Life Program, or creating your own endowed program to build a pipeline or legacy to benefit SWE Detroit Programs, please contact Lisa Purvis, Michelle Pascual, Anne Kamenju, Jessica Swan, or Jennifer Morikawa at swe_detroit@swe.org. 

We are just over half way to our goal for the endowed Rewald/Perazza Torch Award as previously introduced in this blog post.

This award was created to honor two SWE Detroit members who we lost in 2016 - Josie Rewald and Lisa Perazza - who had a passion for mentoring and supporting women in technology.

The Torch Award is symbolic in allowing us to continue Lisa and Josie’s love of “passing the torch” to future generations.  After one year of interest, the endowment would provide $1,000 (annually) to fund the recognition program, which would be split amongst two teachers who are focused on mentoring young women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The recognition would enable continued support of their mission in the form of engineering kits for the awarded teachers, who might not otherwise be able to obtain such resources.  
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CANCELLED: scholarship judging event on April 9.

Volunteers are needed to help judge scholarship applications fort the new Josie Rewald scholarship program.  This program targets students studying engineering at community colleges.

There are two ways to help:

1. Remotely.  Please contact Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com to receive a set of applications over email.

2. In-person judging 
Tuesday, April 9th from 6:00-8:00 pm
Grand Traverse Pie Co, 1446 W Maple Rd, Troy, MI 48084
RSVP to Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com.

Volunteers are needed to help judge SWE-Detroit scholarship applications!  There are three way to help.

1. Remotely.  Please contact Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com to receive a set of applications over email.

2. In-person judging event #1
Tuesday, March 12th from 6:00-8:00 pm
Panera, 823 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084

3. In-person judging event #2
Wednesday, March 20th from 6:00-8:00 pm
Panera, 20140 Haggerty Rd, Livonia, MI 48152 (note that this is a different location than last year)

RSVP to Lisa Purvis at lisa.c.purvis@gmail.com.

These events are for our traditional scholarship program, judging for the NEW Rewald scholarship will kick off in April!

The deadline is approaching to apply for a SWE-Detroit scholarship.  

Our traditional scholarship program is accepting applications until March 1st.  Our NEW community college scholarship program is accepting applications until April 1st.

Please visit http://www.swedetroit.org/high-school-scholarships.html for details, and to apply.

Year 3 Goal Met! Call for Life Members to Leave Their Mark 1 Year Early - SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship Update
SWE 4 Life Fiscal Year 2019 Status: $2500 out of $2500 goal
Still need: ~$6,000 to meet final program goal of $25,000 for endowed scholarship.
#SWE4Life
CLICK HERE to DONATE NOW! Enter in “SWE 4 Life” in the “Instructions to Seller” or comments box, go to www.swedetroit.org and Click on the PayPal Donate Button, or mail a check to Society of Women Engineers – Detroit, PO Box 2978, Southfield, MI 48037.
 
SWE’s Life Members in Detroit are our heroes for the next generation of women in tech! This holiday season, we met our initial goal for fundraising for our SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship Program. So for the rest of the SWE year, I challenge those who have not contributed yet to help us decrease our time table from 5 years to 4 years to finish our third endowment! This means another $1000 for life available by our 69th section anniversary instead of our 70th! The SWE Detroit fundraising team will work on requesting an additional match for this SWE year, but we NEED YOUR HELP to raise another $500 for the same time frame to give us a solid base for our new goal!  
 
If you know any of the SWE Detroit Life Members, please help us communicate to them.
 
Not a Life Member? No problem, anyone can donate to the fund (some have already). Every little bit helps, so we encourage you to donate if you can. Your donation is tax deductible.
 
The program will be tracked separately from the Member Solicitation Program and have its own levels:
Diamond            $ 1000 +                                   
Sapphire            $   500 to $ 999
Emerald            $   250 to $ 499
Quartz               $   50 to $ 249                          
 
Contributions will be tracked yearly and the level will be determined based on accumulated contributions received by SWE Detroit.
 
To donate online to any of our programs, go to www.swedetroit.org and look for the Donate Button on the site for Paypal.  After you submit your information and input your donation amount, you will have the opportunity to designate your donation. Please input in the text field to allow it to be allocated appropriately: “SWE 4 Life Endowed Scholarship or Life Members Endowed Scholarship”, “Josie E. Rewald Memorial Scholarship”, “Torch Award”, “Past Presidents Scholarship”, specify another program, or the general fund.
 
HUGE THANK YOU to our supporters who have donated so far to our programs (updated as of 1/2/19):
SWE 4 Life Scholarship (Goal: $25,000)
Diamond
Jessica Mattis
Laurie Ramsay
Dawn Tilbury
 
Sapphire Level
Brooke Voto
Ally (company match in honor of Brooke Voto)
Tina Poquette
Birgit Sorgenfrei
 
Emerald Level
Lisa & Christopher Rewald (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Michele Marion
Susan Cischke
Kristine Lott
Jenny & Robert Morikawa (in honor of Josie Rewald, gifted $100 in honor of friend Cheryl Williams)
Terri Shipp
 
Quartz Level
Jessica Swan
Miriam Breslauer
Katie Amelio
Lisa Purvis
Lisa Henn
Cathi Kohn
Barabara Ferry (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Katherine Hillberg (in honor of Josie Rewald)
Kristine Barnes
Rosa Abani
 
If you have any questions, are interested in supporting the SWE Detroit SWE 4 Life Program, or creating your own endowed program to build a pipeline or legacy to benefit SWE Detroit Programs, please contact Lisa Purvis, Michelle Pascual, Anne Kamenju, Jessica Swan, or Jennifer Morikawa at swe_detroit@swe.org.

SWE-Detroit is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2019 scholarship program.  

In addition to our existing high school scholarship program, new this year is the Josie Rewald Memorial Scholarship, which is designed specifically for community college students.

For details, and to apply, visit: http://www.swedetroit.org/high-school-scholarships.html