Welcome Back Returning SWE Members! I Hope You Had a Tremendous Summer. I Would Like To

President

SWE,

Welcome back returning SWE members! I hope you had a tremendous summer. I would like to welcome all of our new and prospective members to The Society of Women Engineers at MSU. My name is Jennifer, and I am your President for the ’14-’15 year. I am currently in my third year studying Mechanical Engineering and German. As a national, professional organization, SWE has much to offer women engineers. From conferences, to networking, to social events, this organization offers women the opportunity to grow as engineers while making lasting connections.

Jennifer Jones

Vice President

Hello, Ladies!

Welcome to our first event of the year! For those who are new to SWE this year, I am glad you made it out to the meeting! If you are returning, I’m happy to have you back for another awesome year!

For those who don’t know me, I am a Mechanical Engineering student in my 4th(but not last!) year at MSU. I enjoy being involved in a variety of ways on campus and love to travel!

I’d like to inform you about the upcomingNationals Conference, which will take place fromOct. 23rd– 25th. We have applicationsavailable for you tonightif you are interested in going; it is a phenomenal experience!In order to go, however, you must become a national member (go to:

If you have any questions about anything or want to know more about SWE, please feel free to email me! I’d love to speak with you all!

Laura Gumpper

Secretary

Hi Ladies!

Welcome to SWE! My name is Elizabeth and I will be the SWE Secretary for the year. I am a senior studying computer science. This year I am in charge of making the biweeklies and maintaining all of the mailing lists. If you ever have any issues receiving emails, please let me know!

Elizabeth Florian

Treasurer

Hi Ladies! My name is Mariana, and I will be your SWE treasurer for this year! I am also a senior in Biosystems Engineering with an interest in food manufacturing. This year I will be responsible for getting all of the delicious food for our general member meetings as well as setting up spirit wear and refunding you for anything that is necessary! I am looking forward to meeting all of you and to catch up with all you ladies.

Mariana Madrigal :)

Professional Relations

Hey ladies!

For those that are new I want to say welcome to SWE and to this returning I want to say welcome back! My name is Amanda Sliney and I am the new professional relations chair for the year. Just a bit of background about me: I'm a senior in Mechanical engineering and this is my third year on the E-board. We have many SWE meetings coming up with I am personally very excited to present to you ladies this year! I hope you all have had a great start to the school year and I look forward to meeting you!

Amanda Sliney

Communications Coordinator

Welcome to our returning SWEsters and welcome to our new friends!We have so many awesome things planned this fall. Make sure you stay updated by getting on our email list, joining our facebook group, and following us on twitter/instagram!

twitter: MSU_SWEsters
insta: MSU_SWEsters
Erica Allen

Service Coordinator

Hi ladies! My name is Nicole Traitses and I am your ServiceCoordinator for Society of Women Engineers. I am a junior studyingchemical engineering. I am so excited for this school year with all ofyou. My goal this year is to get more people involved in our serviceevents which include both community service and outreach. Stay tunedfor upcoming events that you can sign up for. These events are notonly an awesome way to impact our community but also hang out withyour SWEsters. If you have any questions about our events feel free toask me!

Nicole Traitses

Events Coordinator

Thank you for joining us for our first meeting of the year! We are your Event Coordinators: Lucia DelVillano and Laura Bartow-Goudie. Laura is a senior in Materials Science and engineering who completed a co-op for GE Aviation at the Batesville Composite plant in Batesville, Mississippi. Lucia is a junior in Mechanical Engineering, who interned with Meritor in Troy, Michigan.

We are so excited to be back at MSU and to start planning our fall events! We will be overseeing chairs for our WOW That's Engineering, Day with SWE, Girl Scout Day, and Impressions 5 events. We will be looking for volunteers for each event, so please consider helping out! They are always a lot of fun, and a great way to meet current and future SWEsters!
Lucia DelVillano and Laura Bartow-Goudie

Professional Counselor

Emily Khouphongsy

SWE Advisors
We are your SWE advisors! We want to welcome you to a great year in SWE, and we hope you will get involved in many of our activities. We look forward to meeting all of you. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Judy
Sandy
Colleen

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”

Vivian Greene