Congratulations to our FY23 SWE Detroit elected council! 

FY23 President: Kristin Zatwarnicki
FY23 Past President: Nikita Tiwari
FY23 President Elect: Molli Andor
FY23 VP of Membership: Sreya Vedant
FY23 VP of Prefessional Development: Sarah Worsham
FY23 VP of Outreach: Haley Antoine
FY23 VP of Finance: Amanda Mohan
FY23 VP of Communications: Sanjana Chintalacheruvu

Keep an eye out in the future for our call for FY23 committee chairs! If you have any questions about chair positions, email swe.d.president0@gmail.com. 

View all chair position descriptions here: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1QaTj4WuahyyVwMPID3eL3WUAafOiE6_KiksPO55Md0Y/mobilebasic

Ever thought about getting more involved with SWE at the Society level but weren't sure which committee or board to get involved in?
IMAB (the Integrated Marketing Advisory Board) put together this fun crossword as a way for you to learn more about some of the different committees in SWE. If you are interested in joining a committee, don't forget to complete the simple committee member volunteer application by May 1, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. CT.
Hint: Crossword answers can be found on SWE.org, in the committee descriptions linked below, or on the included answer sheet (no cheating!)
 
Links:
Crossword Link
Committee Descriptions
Committee Member Volunteer Application

Dear SWE Detroit Members,

With the arrival of the New Year, it is time to seek candidates for FY23 SWE Detroit Leadership.  Qualified nominees will be placed on the ballot for our election in March.    
We are now open to call for candidates and look forward to your recommendations of self or fellow SWE members as leaders for the Section. Nominations are now due March 10th, 2022.

Below are the open officer positions and questions which must be answered for the nomination, and at this link you may find descriptions of each position. Please note that Officer Positions are voted for in March and Chair Positions are filled after the election (chair positions are not voted on).

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: Candidate's 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:

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Open FY23 Officer Positions:
President-Elect (president elect will be FY24 president and FY25 past president)
VP Membership
VP Professional Development
VP Outreach
VP Communications / Secretary
VP Finance / Treasurer
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Filled FY23 Officer Positions:
President: Kristin Zatwarnicki (president elect for FY22 will be FY23 president)
Past-President: Nikita Tiwari (president for FY22 will be FY23 past president)

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.