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February 2025 – Events Recap

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This past month, SWE co-hosted two events: AI Agents and Generative AI with PMI Maine and an Early Career Panel Discussion with the University of Maine SWE Section! Both were great successes and thank you to all those who spoke and attended. AI Professional Learning Event Recap Early Career Panel Discussion On Thursday February 20th,…

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Holiday Party Recap

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Many thanks to Amy, Katherine, and Elissa for taking a break from their busy holiday schedules to join us for a cozy Maine SWE social at Oxbow Blending and Brewing in Portland on December 15th!  We had a lovely time sharing stories and experiences, making new friends, and enjoying the spirit of the holiday season! …

Sip on your beverage of choice and join Maine SWE and the Project Management Institute of Maine on Tuesday, March 19 as we co-host a Wine and Webinar from 6:30-8 pm. After brief introductions to the two organizations, we will watch Future-Proofing your Career: Work Trends to 2030, a webinar from the SWE Advanced Learning Center, and pause to reflect and discuss in breakout rooms. 

This is a fully virtual event. Click here to RSVP.

More details about the webinar are included below.

  • Course Description:  This interactive course will address how the global workplace, organizations and employees will change in the next 10-15 years. Author and futurist Alexandra Levit will explore what the future of work has to offer – from technology advances to the human advantage. By discussing the implications of these developments, individuals will be in an excellent position to be both productive and competitive in the workforce of tomorrow.
  • Learning Outcomes:
    • Recognize how 21st century demographics will impact who is available to work, and where
    • Identify what hybrid teams are, and describe the unique skills of both humans and machines
    • Identify ways to succeed in an environment with differing and frequently changing work arrangements
  • Speaker:  Alexandra Levit is the author of the new book Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future and the bestselling They Don’t Teach Corporate in College. A partner at People Results, she helps Fortune 500 and government organizations and their leaders prepare for the future of work through proprietary research, consulting, and program development.
Example of badge for Girl Scouts Maine Event

Take Apart a Toaster Event

March 9th – 9am to 12pm
Region 10 Technical School, Brunswick ME.

SWE Maine volunteers share their love of engineering with Girl Scouts of Maine. Cadette Girl Scouts (and some responsible Juniors) will get to reverse engineer broken household items.

  • Items to disassemble includes:
    • Vacuum cleaners
    • Keyboard
    • Bluetooth speaker
    • Toaster
    • DVD player

With our membership spread out across the state, we are introducing the concept of City Hub Hosts. These hosts are centrally located in key areas around the state, and they will be responsible for helping to coordinate local events such as our upcoming holiday parties. We plan to host a dinner for our members (and any interested colleagues!) in mid-January. The details for these dinners are currently being determined, and we will share them soon.

Augusta Area

With the holidays behind us, Maine SWE is planning networking gatherings at several locations around the state. You do not need to be a SWE member to attend one of these, and we encourage you to bring coworkers or other women engineers that you know.

The Augusta-area gathering will be:

Where: Burano’s, 192 Water Street, Hallowell, ME 

When: Wednesday, January 31, 5:30 (this is a date that would work for several of us who replied to an earlier RSVP)

Who: you and other women engineers

What: chance for networking, getting to know each other, discuss possible SWE activities all while enjoying excellent pizza and other dishes at Burano’s (formerly Bruno’s, they have locations in Hallowell, Bath and Scarborough).

Email aecarter2419@gmail.com to RSVP

Bangor Area

Where: Green Tea Restaurant (Japanese) by the Bangor mall at 11 Bangor Mall Blvd, Bangor, Maine.

There is ample parking. Asked if anyone has a preferred date the week of Jan 22. We are thinking of meeting at 6 pm, but we could do 5:30 if that’s easier for everyone to come directly after work. Email swe.mainechapter@gmail.com to RSVP.

Waterville Area

Where: 18 Below at 18 Silver Street, Waterville, ME

When: Tuesday, January 30 at 6 pm.

Email swe.mainechapter@gmail.com to RSVP.

Lewiston/Auburn Area

Where: bon Vivant at 133 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ME

When: Wednesday, January 31 at 6 pm. Email swe.mainechapter@gmail.com to RSVP.

Portland Area

Where: Foundation Brewing – 1 Industrial Way, Suite 7 Portland, ME 04103.

When: January 22nd 5:30pm-7:30pm

Email libbymdonovan@gmail.com to RSVP.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Area

Where: 110 Grill at 103 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, ME

When: Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm.

Email swe.mainechapter@gmail.com to RSVP.

With our membership spread out across the state, we introduced the concept of City Hub Hosts. These hosts are centrally located in key areas around the state, and they will be responsible for helping to coordinate local events such as our holiday parties. We invited our membership to join together for family-friendly fun the first weekend in December. Please find the details about each event below.

Bangor
We invited our members to attend the Festival of Lights Parade at 4:30 pm on Saturday, December 2.

Waterville
We invited our members to attend the Kringleville cabin at 1 pm on Saturday, December 2 to greet Santa Claus and enjoy give-aways from local organizations. DJs, hot cocoa, winter princess visits and more were part of the holiday celebration.

Augusta
We invited our members to attend a Gingerbread House & Charlie Brown Movie Night on Friday, December 1 from 6:30 to 7:45 pm at the Buker Community Center Gymnasium.

Lewiston-Auburn
We invited our members to attend the Holiday at the Plaza on Saturday, December 2 at Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St, at 2 pm. Attendees looked forward to a visit with Santa, live reindeer, ice skating, horse and wagon rides, food and craft vendors, and more. There was a Tree and Menorah Lighting at 5:17 pm.

Portland
We invited our members to attend the Festival of Trees Craft Fair & Santa at 415 Congress Street on Saturday, December 2 from 1 to 3 pm. Attendees looked forward to raffles and a silent auction in addition to craft fair vendors and a visit with Santa. The cost to attend wass $5/adults (children under 12 were free).

Kittery
We invited our members to participate in a family walk in Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH on Sunday, December 3, 1-3 pm. We also invited the southern NH SWE professional section to join us too! In case of inclement weather, we planned to visit the Seacoast Science Center which is right next to the state park.

Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Time: 7-8:30 pm

We met virtually to watch and discuss a webinar from the SWE Advanced Learning Center. The selected topic was Get Out of Your Own Head: Understanding and Unraveling Stereotype Threat. 

In-Person Option

Date: Thursday, October 19
Time: 4-6 pm
Location: Terrarium (98 Cross St N, Portland, ME 04101)

​We met in a relaxed and casual environment. Terrarium is a garden center, serving house-made snacks, local craft beer, wine, coffee, and tea. While we made terrariums, we announced our calendar of events. This was an opportunity to mingle with other female engineers and to sign-up to assist with our many efforts.

Virtual Option

Date: Thursday, October 12
Time: 7-8 pm

For those who were unable to attend our in-person gathering, we hosted a virtual meeting to share the same content about our plans for the fiscal year. We included time for an interactive activity to allow us to get to know one another over the screen.

After attending the UMaine Engineering and Computer Job Fair on Wednesday, October 18, we met for dinner in Old Town along with the UMaine Collegiate section.