Our mission is to empower women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expand the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity and inclusion.
Engineers Week Junior Girl Scout Badge Event – “Engineers Are Epic!” – February 23, 2013 8:00 am – 2:30 pm – Hornets’ Nest Girl Scout Council, 7007 Idlewild Road, Charlotte
For more than 10 years, SWE-Charlotte-Metrolina has conducted this event with the Hornets’ Nest Girl Scout Council. Volunteers conduct five hands on sessions covering structural, civil, mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering. The success of this event hinges on our high volunteer to Girl Scout ratio. Your participation is the reason for the success of this longstanding program. To sign-up for this event, please use our SWEeter Futures website. Sign in (if you volunteered in October 2012) or register at www.sweeterfutures.swe.org and then click the event details link and click the Sign-Up link.
Citizen Schools Apprenticeship Program – February 7-April 18, 2013 – Thursdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm – Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 500 Bilmark Ave, Charlotte
A teacher will be present to assist with class management. Class size will be 16-20 students. Materials for hands on activities each week will be provided by SWE. This will be a joint program between NSBE and SWE with each organization planning to provide five volunteers for a total of ten. Each volunteer is only needed for one Thursday afternoon during the ten week program. If you would like to volunteer,please email Angela Berry at [email protected]. Also, Citizen Schools would like each volunteer to complete an application at http://www.citizenschools.org/volunteer/application/.
“Introduce A Girl To Engineering” hosted by NCDOT and Women’s Transportation Seminar – February 12th 8:30AM – 1:30PM – Metrolina Regional Transportation Management Center, 2327 Tipton Drive, Charlotte
The day will consist of two panel discussions, an activity, and a skit. Last year, NCDOT approached WTS to co-sponsor a daylong event to encourage high school girls to think about engineering and it was a big success by all accounts. The students that participated last year asked to hear about different engineering disciplines (mechanical, biomedical, industrial, computer, etc.). WTS contacted SWE to ask our membership for one or two women to attend between 9:00AM and 10:30AM to speak during the panel discussion. Volunteer by contacting Lydia Boles at [email protected].
“Engineers Week” classroom visits – week of February 18th – Monroe Middle School – 601 East Sunset Drive, Monroe
The Careers & Technology teacher at Monroe Middle School is looking for volunteers to come into the school during any period and do a quick intro to engineering using the hands on activity attached. If you would like to volunteer please contact Angela Berry at [email protected]
