Category: Volunteering / Opportunities - SWE Detroit

DETROIT PROFESSIONAL SECTION

Reminder: Volunteers needed for Virtual GEE Events!

2/19/2021

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The FY21 Girls' Engineering Exploration Co-Chairs are seeking volunteers to help plan virtual STEM activities for middle school girls!

These events are 60 - 90 minute long virtual sessions with 25 middle school girls each, using little to no physical materials.

There will be 4-5 weekend events, and 6 weekday lunchtime events in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Detroit.

Follow the link below for more information!

Volunteers needed for Virtual GEE Events!

2/8/2021

Photo Credit: Tech Century

The FY21 Girls' Engineering Exploration Co-Chairs are seeking volunteers to help plan virtual STEM activities for middle school girls!

These events are 60 - 90 minute long virtual sessions with 25 middle school girls each, using little to no physical materials.

There will be 4-5 weekend events, and 6 weekday lunchtime events in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Detroit.

Seeking volunteers for the following roles:

Activity Chairs to help come up with and lead activities (especially people with knowledge of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and industrial engineering, but all are welcome!)
Volunteers to assist with running sessions
Other Chair positions - including On-Demand Content Chair, Parent Session Chair, School Outreach Chair and more

Please fill out the Google Form if you are interested!

Please email Kristin Zatwarnicki (kaz7273@rit.edu), Sam Poeppelman (sdp8939@rit.edu), and Sabrina Ridenour (sabrina.ridenour18@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

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COMPES 2021 Virtual Professional Development Conference (PDC)

2/8/2021

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Judges Needed for Engineering Society of Detroit's Virtual Future City Competition Day

2/4/2021

WHAT: We are looking for engineers and technical professionals to serve as judges for the 2021 Michigan Regional Future City Competition. This year's challenge is Living on the Moon. The role of the judge is to draw on their expertise and resources to fairly evaluate the team's efforts. Judges are needed for the Q & A session on competition day.
WHEN: Thursday, February 25th, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
WHERE: Virtually/Remote
HOW: To volunteer, please register no later than Monday, February 8th at the following link.

Volunteer Registration

QUESTIONS: If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Leslie A. Smith, CMP at 248-353-0735, ext. 152 or lsmith@esd.org.

WOW! Innovation Challenge - Call for pictures, interviews, and written statements

2/1/2021

What: SWE Detroit is participating in the first Societal WOW! Innovation Challenge. We need volunteers to provide mini interviews (questions to be provided once volunteers are identified) either in video &/or written questions, pictures of people's workplaces (in office & and home), general pictures of SWE events & members.
When: Through March 12 - Video submission deadline is March 30.
Where: Virtual - To be determined as volunteers support
How: Please email Amanda Mohan (a2mohan@gmail.com) and express your interest with your interest
Question(s): If you have any questions, please contact Haley (haleylantoine@gmail.com) and/or Amanda (a2mohan@gmail.com)

Call for FY22 SWE Detroit Leadership Nominations

2/1/2021

With the arrival of the New Year, it is time to seek candidates for FY22 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 due February 21st, 2021.

Below are the open officer positions, questions which must be answered for the nomination, and at this link you may find descriptions of each one. 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 Amanda Mohan 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:

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Open FY22 Officer Positions:

President-Elect (president elect will be FY23 president and FY24 past president)
VP Membership
VP Professional Development
VP Outreach
VP Communications / Secretary
Treasurer

Filled FY22 Officer Positions:

President: Nikita Tiwari (president elect for FY21 will be FY22 president)
Past-President: Amanda Mohan (president for FY21 will be FY22 past president)

Wow! Innovation Challenge

1/11/2021

What: SWE-D is excited to participate in the first Wow! Innovation Challenge of this year! Our task is to create a 4-5 minute video about our section. For more information, please visit these web pages:
- https://swe.org/k-12-outreach/adult-advocate/wow-innovation-challenge/
- https://swe.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WOW-Innovation-Challenge-Packet.pdf.
When: Virtual kick-off meeting Wednesday, January 20th 7-8pm EST
Where: TEAMS
How: Interested in contributing to our section's entry? Please fill out this short FORM to let us know if you are attending the kick-off meeting!
Questions: Email Haley (haleylantoine@gmail.com) or Amanda (a2moahn@gmail.com)

Volunteers for Virtual High School Outreach Needed!

1/5/2021

What: Chemical, Biological/Biomedical, Civil and Aerospace engineers needed to speak about their education and careers! Volunteers of other disciplines needed to help with hands-on virtual events.
When: Spring 2021 Semester - to be scheduled based on volunteer availability!
Where: Virtual Panels!
How: Sign-up to volunteer using this form (https://forms.gle/BJMCe5Hg7BdgWfCD9). Sign-up form will close Friday, 1/15/21.
Questions: Email Haley (haleylantoine@gmail.com)

Volunteers Needed to Update Scholarship Schools List

12/16/2020

Who: Any Volunteer
What: Looking for multiple volunteers to update the SWE Detroit scholarship list with high school coordinator's information. Total of 291 schools in the list. Each volunteer will be assigned around 30 schools or more based on their time commitment. Each school update should take roughly one minute
Where: At your home
When: Needed ASAP, or by Dec 22th
How: The school website is provided. Volunteers will verify the school coordinator's email on the website and update the spreadsheet with changes (if any).
Questions: Please email the Scholarship Chair, Sravanthi Manthripragada, m.sravanthi029@gmail.com for the spreadsheet.

Volunteers needed for Virtual GEE Events

10/1/2020

The FY21 GEE Co-Chairs are proud to announce 4 virtual events this fall for middle school girls. These events will be 90 minute long virtual sessions with 25 middle school girls each, using little to no physical materials.

Events start at 11am on the following Saturdays:
10/10: Mechanical Engineering
10/24: Electrical Engineering
11/7: Environmental & Civil Engineering

Seeking volunteers for the following roles:
1. Activity Chairs to help create and lead activities for 10/10, 10/24, and 11/7 sessions
2. Volunteers to assist with the 10/10, 10/24, and 11/7 sessions

Please email Kristin Zatwarnicki (kaz7273@rit.edu), Sam Poeppelman (sdp8939@rit.edu) and Sabrina Ridenour (sabrina.ridenour18@gmail.com) if you are interested.

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