Hello Detroit SWE Section,

​This is your president again. Hope you are enjoying the Fall season, it's my favorite time of the year. This month we had our annual membership kick-off event and for the first time ever we offered an in-person as well as virtual option. We had a great turnout for both of them. You can check out some snippets below. At the in-person kickoff at Erwin Orchard's, we had the pleasure to meet some past SWE presidents and members after a long time along with many familiar faces. U of M students showed up in great numbers and I look forward to strengthening our partnership with them under Silvia Karlsson's leadership as Collegiate relations chair. The virtual session had some fun activities allowing our members the flexibility to still be able to attend from home. Huge shout out to Briana Phibbs, Sreya Vedant, Jennifer Jensen and the planning team from our membership committee for working hard on putting these two events together.  

Come join us on Saturday Oct 30 at 2pm via Zoom for our Annual Fundraising Training to learn how to raise money for all our great activities for the year including PDC, GEE, Scholarships and much more!
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For the zoom link, please email swedetroittreasurer@gmail.com

At a special banquet each February, the ESD Affiliate Council (made up of 92 societies) presents its most prestigious tribute, The Gold Award, to honor an outstanding engineer or scientist. Each society may nominate one individual; all nominations received are then judged by a group comprised of past Affiliate Council presidents.
 
SWE Detroit will nominate one individual for the ESD Affiliate Council Gold Award this year. Please send your nomination form to swe.d.vpPD@gmail.com   by November 30.    
Deadline for Application within SWE-D: November 30, 2021
Deadline for Award Nomination: December 10, 2021

SWE has been an instrumental part in Kristin’s life since she began her engineering journey. She first joined SWE at Rochester Institute of Technology looking for friends with similar interests and found a community that she is honored to have been part of for almost a decade. She is currently the FY22 SWE Detroit VP of Professional Development and the newly appointed President-elect for SWE Detroit FY22.

Kristin moved to Detroit in 2017 and eagerly started getting involved as a volunteer. In FY19 she was the Girls Engineering Exploration (GEE) Mentor Coordinator Co-Chair where she trained and oversaw 28 mentors. Within Ford SWE, she was part of the Conference Recruiting team and the Ride and Drive Planning committee. She was Ford’s SWE Awards Chair for 3 years and oversaw applications for numerous nominees and several award winners.

Kristin was SWE Detroit’s FY20 VP of Outreach. She thoroughly enjoyed this position and worked to expand SWE Detroit's outreach initiatives. She began organizing events in partnership with other youth organizations, including FIRST Robotics and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Detroit, though both efforts were cancelled due to due to Covid-19.

As an FY21 GEE Co-chair, Kristin worked to bring virtual content to girls in Metro Detroit by expanding on in person GEE style activities and translating them to a virtual format. The team under Kristin’s leadership developed content, recruited volunteers, brought activity materials to girls all over the area, and ultimately hosted 18 virtual events, including 8 sessions for students in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Metro Detroit program.

Kristin has been a Big Sister since June 2018 and is the Vice Chair of the BBBS Ambassador Board. She also enjoys volunteering at FIRST Robotics competitions in Metro Detroit; FIRST Robotics sparked her interest in engineering when she was in high school, and she is so grateful to be able to give back. Kristin recently joined the SWE Outreach Committee as a member of the Parents, Educators, and SWENext Club Training Work Group where the team is working on training materials to help adult advocates support girls’ interest in STEM.
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Kristin recently joined General Motors as a seat structures Design and Release Engineer. She worked at Ford Motor Company for 4 years on various body structures teams previously. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from RIT and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UM Dearborn.

The deadline for submitting nominations is August 29, 2021.
Due to the resignation of SWE Detroit President-elect Cheryl Teo, the SWE Detroit Nominating Committee is seeking nominations to fill her vacancy on the SWE Detroit Executive Council. This position is for the remainder of Cheryl's term as President-elect in FY22 which will run from September 13, 2021 through June 30, 2022 and will transition into the role of President in FY23 which will run from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. This position is a 2-year commitment.

Information on the eligibility, requirements, and responsibilities for the position is outlined within the link here.

At SWE, we acknowledge and respect the value of a diverse community. We recognize that the scope of diversity includes race/ethnicity, religion, family status, age, physical abilities, sexual and affectional orientation, actual or perceived gender, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status and occupational focus. Our SWE Detroit section will maintain an environment that is supportive of these elements, and we will promote inclusion within our organization and the engineering community.

While the SWE Detroit Nominating Committee is responsible for ensuring qualified candidates are slated, it is the responsibility of all members to identify qualified nominees for this position to ensure strong leadership for the future of the organization. Please take some time to consider who you feel has the skills and qualifications to best lead SWE Detroit, including yourself. If you feel someone else has the skills and qualifications, please reach out to them so they can submit the nomination form.  Note that the nomination process is slightly reduced, compared to the standard nomination process, as this vacancy must be filled within 60 days according to the society bylaws. As with past nominations, self-nominations are encouraged.


Return the questionnaire for your nomination to Nikita Tiwari at swe.d.president0@gmail.com

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Nomination Questions

1. Provide Contact Information of Candidate:

Name:
SWE Member Number:
Phone Number:
Email address:

2. Prepare a Candidate Biography and Statement

The candidate's biography and statement should be under 400 words and may contain: Candidates SWE History, Current/Past Work Experience, Education, Hobbies, and vision and goals for the position they are considering.

3. List SWE resume/service (what other SWE positions or committees have been held).

4. Indicate position(s) interested in:
   President-elect

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Are you interested in supporting SWE at the local level? Have you wanted to become more involved with SWE-Detroit and network with members? SWE Detroit has two remaining open chair positions for fiscal year '22 (FY22): 

• Historian
• Fund Development Co-Chair - Endowed Scholarship

Read more about these roles on our SWE Detroit Officer Chair Descriptions Document.

Email Nikita Tiwari (swe.d.president0@gmail.com), SWE Detroit FY22 President, to express your interest in either of these chair positions or ask further questions. 

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