May 15, 2019 Year End Wrap up

TWO LOCATIONS:
Portland Area:  GZA GeoEnvironmental Offices in the Time and Temp Building Downtown:  477 Congress Street, Suite 700.  RSVP to Kristie Rabasca krabasca@integratedenv.com or 207-415-5830. 

Augusta Area: Maine DOT offices at 24 Child Street  ​RAVP to Anne Carter:  207-557-4602  or via email:  etw2419@aol.com 

Girl Scout Badge Day - Exploring Engineering
Date:  This event will likely be scheduled for the fall of 2019
Location:  USM Gorham Campus, John Mitchell Center 68 Church Road, Brunswick, ME
Time:  Volunteers meet at 8:30 am
Detailed Schedule of activities:
8:30 Building Open,  Volunteers prepare for event
9:00 - 9:30  Registration
9:30 - 2:00 pm - Scouts rotate through three Engineering Activities, staffed by professional engineers and volunteers - lunch provided for volunteers.
1:45 Wrap-up/Presentation of Badges
2:00 - 2:30 Clean up by SWE Volunteers

We have ~30 Girl Scouts signed up for this program.  Volunteers will help groups of ~10-12 Work through construction of Cranes (and destruction of course, as we put the cranes through their paces), there will be a new atmospheric science experiment, and a slingshot experiment.  All review of the concepts and principles of engineering during activity. 

If you would like to volunteer, RSVP to Kristie Rabasca krabasca@integratedenv.com or 207-415-5830. 

Detailed Program and Meeting Information

Holiday Brunch

Date: Saturdays December each year 
Location:  Slates - 163 Water Street, Hallowell, Maine
Time:  11:30 am

Come join us for a delicious and relaxing Holiday Brunch.  women engineers from BIW, Maine DOT, Kleinschmidt Associates, Integrated Environmental, and other firms around Maine.  Whether you are new to Maine, or have been here for years, come meet us and find out what we do!  We would love to meet you. 

RSVP:  etw2419@aol.com

Certificate of Merit Requests 
Date:  May 2019

Each year, the Maine Section provides a Certificate of Merit to a High School Junior who has excelled in Science and Mathematics for three years.  Typically a High School Counselor provides the girls information to our coordinator and we provide the certificate either as a paper copy or electronic for printing by the high school. 

High Schools with nominations should send their recipient information to Rhonda Forrester at rnf@smemaine.com