SWE Maine - Section F004
The Maine Section has been active for over 20 years. Our members work and live all over the state. Our professional section meets with the collegiate section, based at University of Maine, Orono Campus approximately twice each year. We hold our planning meetings each summer in order to set our meeting schedule for the year. Formal meetings typically begin in September and end in April or May.
Volunteers, Engineers and Girl Scout Cadettes who participated in the 2/2/2019 Take-apart-a-toaster Event at VOC 10 School in Brunswick
Meetings and Activities
The following is a brief overview of our meetings for the upcoming year.
See the Details about Programs and Meetings page for more information and directions.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October's event will be a meeting with the UMaine Society of Engineers group in Orono. In support of upcoming job searches, we are supporting interview practice and resume preparation. Additionally, this year we are working to make this something where SWE professional members can participate onsite, remotely, or asynchronously. This would be through:
A. Asynchronous resume reviews - To be completed by 07 October. These will be sent / received electronically and reviewed ahead of time. We'll collect the comments and review with the students.
B. Video interviews - This event will occur from 4-5:30 on Monday 07 October. We'll be looking for folks who are available to conduct practice video interviews. We're particularly looking for folks who might have real-life experience with this.
C. Attendance in person. A final sequence is under construction, and we are looking for folks who would be able to be in Orono on 7 October to conduct practice interviews in a speed-dating format. Car pools will be organized wherever possible.
Please let us know if this is something you are interested in participating in and at what level (A, B, or C). Additionally, please let us know what your field and industry are, time in the field, and if you have any particular experience that might be of special interest (military, non-traditional students, non-US background, sole practitioner, etc.).
The event is an opportunity is to use the experience of the professional SWE group to help the UMaine students and future graduates to put their best foot forward in the workplace. Please consider participating as fully as you are reasonably able. Contact Maine SWE at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com.
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, September 12th, 2019; Meet and Greet Event
Location: The Compass Room, SeaDog; South Portland, Maine
Roughly a dozen of Women Engineers around Maine networked and chatted about Maine SWE's goals for the upcoming fiscal year.
Wednesday July 31, 2019 - 4: 00 pm Society of Women Engineers Presentation: Knowledge of SWE. Join us either online, or at one of our physical locations around Maine as SWE Leadership Coach Leslie Griffiths informs us about the benefits of SWE. Leslie's presentation is available via online conference, or at Pratt-Whitney (North Berwick), Woodard & Curran (Portland) or Maine DOT (Augusta). RSVP to Anne Dunham if you would like to attend 207-650-5023 or dunham.aa@gmail.com
May 15 - 5pm to 6 pm - Year End Wrap up at either Maine DOT Augusta or GZA Offices in Portland Maine: Come find out what we have been up to, and give us your preferences for next year's events! Do you want more professional development hours? More social networking? We'd love to share our activities with you and hear what you would like. RSVP to: Kristie Rabasca at KRabasca@integratedenv.com for Portland or Anne Carter at etw2419@aol.com
May 2019 - Certificate of Achievement Program (requests to Rhonda Forrester certificates.swe@gmail.com)
April 22, 2019 - USM is hosting Maine's Emerging Leaders - The How & Why of Values-Driven Business. Send your emerging leaders to the inaugural Timothy B. Hussey Leadership Institute for a day of learning, networking and leadership development. Click here to learn more and register (link opens new window offsite)
April 2019 - Social and Scholarship Meeting at Sea Dog in Topsham, ME
Saturday 2/2/2019 Volunteers attend from 9 am to Noon Take-Apart-a-Toaster Event for Junior Girl Scouts at VOC 10 Technical High School 66 Church Road, Brunswick, ME. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! For more info, or to volunteer, please contact Anne Carter at etw2419@aol.com
Monday 9/24/2018 - Network Gathering - 4:45 to ?? Sea Dog in South Portland (rsvp to kochwhgo@comcast.net or Cary.Hirnak@gdbiw.com )
11/8/2018 Tour of Pratt and Whitney, North Berwick, Maine
Location: 113 Wells Street, North Berwick Maine
Time: 5:00 - ??
12/8/2018 Holiday Brunch at Slates in Hallowell, Maine 11:45 - whenever....
See the Details about Programs and Meetings page for more information and directions.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October's event will be a meeting with the UMaine Society of Engineers group in Orono. In support of upcoming job searches, we are supporting interview practice and resume preparation. Additionally, this year we are working to make this something where SWE professional members can participate onsite, remotely, or asynchronously. This would be through:
A. Asynchronous resume reviews - To be completed by 07 October. These will be sent / received electronically and reviewed ahead of time. We'll collect the comments and review with the students.
B. Video interviews - This event will occur from 4-5:30 on Monday 07 October. We'll be looking for folks who are available to conduct practice video interviews. We're particularly looking for folks who might have real-life experience with this.
C. Attendance in person. A final sequence is under construction, and we are looking for folks who would be able to be in Orono on 7 October to conduct practice interviews in a speed-dating format. Car pools will be organized wherever possible.
Please let us know if this is something you are interested in participating in and at what level (A, B, or C). Additionally, please let us know what your field and industry are, time in the field, and if you have any particular experience that might be of special interest (military, non-traditional students, non-US background, sole practitioner, etc.).
The event is an opportunity is to use the experience of the professional SWE group to help the UMaine students and future graduates to put their best foot forward in the workplace. Please consider participating as fully as you are reasonably able. Contact Maine SWE at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com.
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, September 12th, 2019; Meet and Greet Event
Location: The Compass Room, SeaDog; South Portland, Maine
Roughly a dozen of Women Engineers around Maine networked and chatted about Maine SWE's goals for the upcoming fiscal year.
Wednesday July 31, 2019 - 4: 00 pm Society of Women Engineers Presentation: Knowledge of SWE. Join us either online, or at one of our physical locations around Maine as SWE Leadership Coach Leslie Griffiths informs us about the benefits of SWE. Leslie's presentation is available via online conference, or at Pratt-Whitney (North Berwick), Woodard & Curran (Portland) or Maine DOT (Augusta). RSVP to Anne Dunham if you would like to attend 207-650-5023 or dunham.aa@gmail.com
May 15 - 5pm to 6 pm - Year End Wrap up at either Maine DOT Augusta or GZA Offices in Portland Maine: Come find out what we have been up to, and give us your preferences for next year's events! Do you want more professional development hours? More social networking? We'd love to share our activities with you and hear what you would like. RSVP to: Kristie Rabasca at KRabasca@integratedenv.com for Portland or Anne Carter at etw2419@aol.com
May 2019 - Certificate of Achievement Program (requests to Rhonda Forrester certificates.swe@gmail.com)
April 22, 2019 - USM is hosting Maine's Emerging Leaders - The How & Why of Values-Driven Business. Send your emerging leaders to the inaugural Timothy B. Hussey Leadership Institute for a day of learning, networking and leadership development. Click here to learn more and register (link opens new window offsite)
April 2019 - Social and Scholarship Meeting at Sea Dog in Topsham, ME
Saturday 2/2/2019 Volunteers attend from 9 am to Noon Take-Apart-a-Toaster Event for Junior Girl Scouts at VOC 10 Technical High School 66 Church Road, Brunswick, ME. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! For more info, or to volunteer, please contact Anne Carter at etw2419@aol.com
Monday 9/24/2018 - Network Gathering - 4:45 to ?? Sea Dog in South Portland (rsvp to kochwhgo@comcast.net or Cary.Hirnak@gdbiw.com )
11/8/2018 Tour of Pratt and Whitney, North Berwick, Maine
Location: 113 Wells Street, North Berwick Maine
Time: 5:00 - ??
12/8/2018 Holiday Brunch at Slates in Hallowell, Maine 11:45 - whenever....
High School Certificate of Achievement Program
The Maine Section of Society of Women Engineers offers Certificate of Achievement
The Maine Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is happy to again offer our Certificate of Achievement award to high school junior girls who have excelled in math and science during their high school careers.
Our goal is to encourage young women currently attending secondary schools to continue studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes in order to expand their educational opportunities and to consider engineering as a possible career choice.
Please cut and paste the following in the body of an email to certificates.swe@gmail.com and add the appropriate information. Please provide us at least three weeks notice to prepare the certificate.
· School Name:
· School Mailing Address:
· Staff contact name:
· Staff Title or department:
· Email:
· Phone number:
· Best time to call:
· Award winner's name:
· Date by when certificate is needed:
· Do you wish to have a SWE representative present the award, if one is available? (Yes or No):
· File Preference (word or pdf):
Thank you for your support of all those students who have worked so hard!
The Maine Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is happy to again offer our Certificate of Achievement award to high school junior girls who have excelled in math and science during their high school careers.
Our goal is to encourage young women currently attending secondary schools to continue studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes in order to expand their educational opportunities and to consider engineering as a possible career choice.
Please cut and paste the following in the body of an email to certificates.swe@gmail.com and add the appropriate information. Please provide us at least three weeks notice to prepare the certificate.
· School Name:
· School Mailing Address:
· Staff contact name:
· Staff Title or department:
· Email:
· Phone number:
· Best time to call:
· Award winner's name:
· Date by when certificate is needed:
· Do you wish to have a SWE representative present the award, if one is available? (Yes or No):
· File Preference (word or pdf):
Thank you for your support of all those students who have worked so hard!
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