Category: Updates

The Charlotte Metrolina Section of SWE won the Region D Outreach MOU Partnership Award during the awards banquet on Friday April 1 at the Region Conference.  The award recognizes one Professional and one Collegiate Section that has an outstanding program targeted for the outreach organizations that SWE has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with: FIRST, Girls Incorporated, and Girl Scouts of the USA. The Outreach MOU Partnership Award is not limited to a one-time only activity.

The award application was submitted based on the Engineers are Epic! event with the Hornets Nest Girl Scout Council.  The events are held in the fall and spring (Engineers Week) to provide hands on experiences for Girl Scouts in the different engineering fields.

Angela Berry has organized these events over the past 13 years.  She recruits volunteers for each event and provides support to each session leader so they can learn the activity and teach the Girl Scouts about the area of engineering.   All the volunteers for this have brought about this award win for the Section!  Thanks to all those involved.

Attend the Conference!
Attendees will be treated to an opening reception, section development training, SWE Boutique, workshops, Keynote presentations, a career fair, Region D meetings, and more! Additionally, professionals may earn CEU credits by registering for the professional development workshop that takes place on Friday morning.

Conference Dates: March 31- April 2, 2016

http://www.sweregiond.org/Conference

E-mail: [email protected]

Date: June 20, 2015
Time: 5:30-7:30PM
Location: Heirloom Restaurant, 8470 Bellhaven Boulevard, Charlotte, NC
Cost: $15.00 (includes gratuity) per person
Contact: Cheryl Kinchen, [email protected]
RSVP/Pre-pay by Wednesday, June 17, 2015

AGENDA
– Creative farm-to-table cuisine with a global spin.
– The Distinguished Engineering Service Award to recognize an individual who best exemplifies the engineering profession through leadership and community service contributions to the community.
– The Service to SWE award, established to allow our Section President to recognize a deserving member who goes above and beyond their call of duty as a member or officer.
– Outgoing FY15 officers to be recognized
– Outstanding Committee Chairs to be recognized
– Installation of new Officers for FY16

The  South East Region D Society of Women’s Conference was held in Tennessee March 26th-28th. The event was hosted by the Tennessee Tech University. The theme was, “A Sea of Opportunities.”  Four of our SWE-CM members were able to attend: Cheryl Kinchen, Divya Radhakrishnan, Chris Cathcart and Angela Berry. Highlights included the opening reception, section development training, workshops, a career fair, SWE boutique, a dinner with guest speaker Jonna Gerkins, presenting, “The State of SWE,” and guest speaker Andrea Clewley presenting, “The State of Region D”.  The awards banquet was the grand finale that included a fantastic Key Note Speaker, Trudy Harper. Cheryl Kinchen, our SWE-CM Section President, was recognized for 10 years SWE membership during the awards banquet.

Chris Cathcart, our SWE-CM Alternate Section Representative, presented, “Interviewing, How to Make a Good Impression”, and a Leadership Module, “Increase Membership.”

Cheryl Kinchen provided systems engineering leadership support to collegiate and professional engineers with her presentation, “You don’t have to be a spy to advance your career, but it helps.” Key points included: ways to gather the information you need while protecting your identity, applying Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) for successful results, and how to find the right company and convincing them you are the right candidate.

Save the date! Our next Region D Conference will be held in Miami, Florida 17-20 March 2016.