The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Society of Women Engineers (SWE), with URS as a major sponsor, is hosting a public event on Jan. 23, 2012, at the URS Center for the Performing Arts at 126 Newberry Street Aiken, SC, to discover what happens behind the scenes in Technology and Engineering industries and what type of person it takes to work in these fields.
A mini career fair will be held before the event from 5 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. and will feature career booths from local employers in the engineering and technology fields including URS, Value Added Solutions (VAS), Bridgestone, Kimberly Clark and RCS. The event will be free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The event will include a panel discussion on Engineering and Technology in the CSRA from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The panel will be composed of prominent professionals in the engineering and medical technology field from the community. Panelists include: Cheryl Cabbil (URS), Dr. Lynnette McCluskey (Georgia Health Sciences University), Kim Cassara (Savannah River Remediation), Sue King (Shaw Areva MOX Services), Harriet Haynes (Aiken Technical College) and Ria Alexander-Reid (Kimberly Clark).
For more information contact Michele O’Shaughnessy, FY12 Society of Women Engineers Central Savannah River Area Section President (michele.oshaughnessy@swe.org).
SWE is hosting this event in conjunction with other professional societies such as the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Health Physics Society (HPS), Toastmasters International, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Federally Employed Women (FEW), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE-I).
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a non-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders (www.swe.org). The CSRA SWE Section, established in May 1993, has more than 20 members covering the Aiken, SC, and Augusta, GA, areas (www.swe.org/regiond/d018).
The NC State University SWE Chapter has been very busy planning our 3rd Mr. Engineer SWE Pageant which will take place January 22, 2012 from 7 pm-9 pm at NCSU’s Stewart Theatre in the Talley Student Center! This is completely planned by our SWE chapter officers and is open to the public. We began by opening the application to all undergraduate male engineers at NCSU to apply for the pageant. As officers, we then select a male contestant to represent each engineering discipline. We also select a panel of distinguished judges (school administrator, 2 students, and an industry rep) to judge.
This Sunday 10 male engineers will compete for the title of Mr. Engineer 2012. They will compete in a profession attire (an outfit that represents their major, such as Mr. Electrical Engineer wrapped himself in lights), a talent round, and an interview question round. SWE members serve as escorts for the male contestants and ushers. We reward a “People’s Choice” (the audience vote), 2nd runner up, 1st runner up, and Mr. Engineer. Winners are awarded with medals, flowers, gift cards, and Mr. Engineer also receives a sash, crown, trophy, and of course, bragging rights.
We also have received gracious donations from companies for prizes to raffle such as an iPod Touch from Tekelec, miniVideo Recorder from Cisco, and other various prizes sponsored by Intel. ‘
Most importantly, all ticket sales and raffle sales raised from the event will be donated to Relay for Life. We are very excited about hosting a fun event that everyone can enjoy but at the same time for a great cause.
Posted by RCCE-D on January 11, 2012 at 9:22 am
The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Society of Women Engineers (SWE), with URS as a major sponsor, is hosting a public event on Jan. 23, 2012, at the URS Center for the Performing Arts at 126 Newberry Street Aiken, SC, to discover what happens behind the scenes in Technology and Engineering industries and what type of person it takes to work in these fields.
A mini career fair will be held before the event from 5 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. and will feature career booths from local employers in the engineering and technology fields including URS, Value Added Solutions (VAS), Bridgestone, Kimberly Clark and RCS. The event will be free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The event will include a panel discussion on Engineering and Technology in the CSRA from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The panel will be composed of prominent professionals in the engineering and medical technology field from the community. Panelists include: Cheryl Cabbil (URS), Dr. Lynnette McCluskey (Georgia Health Sciences University), Kim Cassara (Savannah River Remediation), Sue King (Shaw Areva MOX Services), Harriet Haynes (Aiken Technical College) and Ria Alexander-Reid (Kimberly Clark).
For more information contact Michele O’Shaughnessy, FY12 Society of Women Engineers Central Savannah River Area Section President (michele.oshaughnessy@swe.org).
SWE is hosting this event in conjunction with other professional societies such as the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Health Physics Society (HPS), Toastmasters International, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Federally Employed Women (FEW), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE-I).
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a non-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders (www.swe.org). The CSRA SWE Section, established in May 1993, has more than 20 members covering the Aiken, SC, and Augusta, GA, areas (www.swe.org/regiond/d018).
Michele O’Shaughnessy
FY12 SWE CSRA President
Posted by Lai Nguyen on January 20, 2012 at 3:16 am
The NC State University SWE Chapter has been very busy planning our 3rd Mr. Engineer SWE Pageant which will take place January 22, 2012 from 7 pm-9 pm at NCSU’s Stewart Theatre in the Talley Student Center! This is completely planned by our SWE chapter officers and is open to the public. We began by opening the application to all undergraduate male engineers at NCSU to apply for the pageant. As officers, we then select a male contestant to represent each engineering discipline. We also select a panel of distinguished judges (school administrator, 2 students, and an industry rep) to judge.
This Sunday 10 male engineers will compete for the title of Mr. Engineer 2012. They will compete in a profession attire (an outfit that represents their major, such as Mr. Electrical Engineer wrapped himself in lights), a talent round, and an interview question round. SWE members serve as escorts for the male contestants and ushers. We reward a “People’s Choice” (the audience vote), 2nd runner up, 1st runner up, and Mr. Engineer. Winners are awarded with medals, flowers, gift cards, and Mr. Engineer also receives a sash, crown, trophy, and of course, bragging rights.
We also have received gracious donations from companies for prizes to raffle such as an iPod Touch from Tekelec, miniVideo Recorder from Cisco, and other various prizes sponsored by Intel. ‘
Most importantly, all ticket sales and raffle sales raised from the event will be donated to Relay for Life. We are very excited about hosting a fun event that everyone can enjoy but at the same time for a great cause.
Lai Nguyen
NCSU SWE Chapter Co-President