SWE Maine - Section F004
The Maine Section has been active for over 25 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:
The Maine Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Annual Holiday Brunch
will be held on
Saturday, 14 December, at 1130 through dessert o'clock at
Becky's Diner in Portland, Maine.
We invite SWE members, former members, or friends of the organization, to please join us and bring your year of triumphs and / or learning experiences to share. This year's holiday gathering will include opportunities to meet other women engineers at all stages of their careers, a brief membership survey to collect input on goals and objectives for the organization over the next few years, as well as information on opportunities to participate in outreach events statewide over the next few months.
Becky's is located off on the water side of Commercial Street in Portland, about 1/2 mile south of the intersection between Franklin and Commercial Streets.
Please let Anne Carter know you will be attending, or if there are questions, at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com
The Maine Society of Women Engineers and Friends with the Girl Scouts of Maine
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. to noon
Balloon Car Design Girl Scout Badge
Maine Department of Transportation (main office building)
24 Child Street, Augusta, Maine
Maine SWE is joining forces with the Girl Scouts of Maine to facilitate the Balloon Car Challenge Badge for 40 junior girl scouts. Please consider being a volunteer for this event. Contact: Cary Hirnak at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com.
PAST EVENTS
Speed Resume and Interview Session - University of Maine at Orono; October 7, 2019
Maine SWE Professionals met with groups of Students and discussed resumes and interviews. The event was well received by the students and our section is building on this year's event and will be adding this event to our next year's program.
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:
The Maine Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Annual Holiday Brunch
will be held on
Saturday, 14 December, at 1130 through dessert o'clock at
Becky's Diner in Portland, Maine.
We invite SWE members, former members, or friends of the organization, to please join us and bring your year of triumphs and / or learning experiences to share. This year's holiday gathering will include opportunities to meet other women engineers at all stages of their careers, a brief membership survey to collect input on goals and objectives for the organization over the next few years, as well as information on opportunities to participate in outreach events statewide over the next few months.
Becky's is located off on the water side of Commercial Street in Portland, about 1/2 mile south of the intersection between Franklin and Commercial Streets.
Please let Anne Carter know you will be attending, or if there are questions, at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com
The Maine Society of Women Engineers and Friends with the Girl Scouts of Maine
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. to noon
Balloon Car Design Girl Scout Badge
Maine Department of Transportation (main office building)
24 Child Street, Augusta, Maine
Maine SWE is joining forces with the Girl Scouts of Maine to facilitate the Balloon Car Challenge Badge for 40 junior girl scouts. Please consider being a volunteer for this event. Contact: Cary Hirnak at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com.
PAST EVENTS
Speed Resume and Interview Session - University of Maine at Orono; October 7, 2019
Maine SWE Professionals met with groups of Students and discussed resumes and interviews. The event was well received by the students and our section is building on this year's event and will be adding this event to our next year's program.
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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