Colorado State University
​Society of Women Engineers

We are a student lead organization that strives to help women in the field of engineering form friendships, study groups, and gain experience through the interaction of other women in the field of engineering and other sciences. 

​Registration for WE Local Denver (March 15-16, 2019) is now open!

WE Local is a smaller scale nationals conference. This year, SWE is hosting a WE Local conference in 5 US cities and Denver is one of them! The conference is a great opportunity to attend sessions and to network with local collegiates and professionals. All members are welcome to attend!

If you plan to attend the conference, apply for the travel grant to receive discounted registration and a free awards banquet ticket. Applications are due Friday, November 30, 2018.

SWE Next DesignLab at WE Local!

The SWENext DesignLab Community Engagement Challenge asks Teams of high school students to design a Service Project that addresses a specific environmental or economic community need using a hands-on engineering Activity. The Activity and Service Project must engage local elementary and/or middle school Participants using a proposed $1000 budget. 

The interest application closes on December 23rd and can be found through this link; https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/55141-Society-Of-Women-Engineers

SWE Officer Elections for 2019-2020!

Attached is an officer nomination form which you can fill out and send to csuswe@gmail.com by Friday, December 7. In addition, here is a description of each officer position. Elections will take place at a SWE meeting on Wednesday, January 23. Although positions will not begin until July 1, we have learned that it is helpful to shadow the current officer in the position you are elected to for the spring semester before you assume your position.

Important things to remember:

• You must be a national, dues-paying SWE member in order to vote and/or run for an officer position.
• You can run for more than one officer position.
• In order to be eligible for outreach coordinator, you must have been a member of the IAGE planning committee.
• In order to be eligible for the mentoring coordinator, you must have been a participant in the professional mentoring program for at least one year.
• Treasurer is the only position with a different term. If you are elected to be treasurer, your term will be effective immediately (in January) and will end when the 2019 year ends.

It is encouraged to get in contact with the current officer for a position you're interested in to discuss their role, responsibilities, and time commitments. Here is a list of the current officers and their emails. 

SWE National Conference

Twelve CSU Society of Women engineers enjoyed the opportunity of attending the 2019 SWE National Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota! The conference consisted of sessions with professionals in the field as well as a career fair. CSU SWE would like to thank everyone that made this experience possible.

Colorado State University's SWE Section was awarded GOLD for our collegiate section.

Stick with SWE Fall 2018

Stick with SWE is an awesome ​free opportunity for young women to shadow a CSU engineering student for the day to learn more about CSU, engineering, and college life in general! Thank you to all who attended and to those who volunteered to make this event possible!

Evening With Industry Fall 2018 

Special thanks to IM Flash, Gannett Fleming, and Halliburton for sponsoring our event! The evening was full of great food, networking, and professional development for all engineering students.

"For middle school girls, this is what an engineer looks like " 

Take a look at the article SOURCE wrote about IAGE:
​https://engr.source.colostate.edu/for-middle-school-girls-this-is-what-an-engineer-looks-like/

RMS Spring Summit

The Rocky Mountain Professional SWE section, with help from CSU SWE members, hosted the 2018 Spring Summit on the CSU campus! The day was filled with inspirational and educational information sessions, networking, and recognition of some of our amazing SWE members!

SLiCE's Student Leadership Awards

The SWE section and our very own Outreach Coordinator, Natalie Rios, were recognized for our IAGE program!

• Introduce A Girl to Engineering ...............  Outstanding Educational Program of the Year Award
• Natalie Rios ................ ............................  Outstanding Emerging Leader of the Year Award

Silver Medal Award - Hannah Mikelson

Our very own Hannah Mikelson was awarded the prestigious Silver Medal Award! This award, presented by the Colorado Engineering Council, is awarded to one engineering student from each select university. Hannah, a biomedical and mechanical engineering student, has had several co-ops and internships, held numerous SWE leadership positions, and has been involved with other student organizations during her time here at CSU!

Pictured: Hannah and her parents at the CSU Engineering Days Awards Ceremony

WELocal 2018 Awards

Our section was honored with three awards at the SWE WELocal - Tulsa, OK conference!

• Introduce A Girl to Engineering ...............    Innovation Award
• CSU SWE Mentoring Program ................    Intertwined Award 
• Hannah Mikelson .....................................    Intrepid Award: Undergraduate of the Year 2018

Stick with SWE

CSU SWE hosted a high school shadowing event on Friday, February 2nd that was a huge success! The first year of the event, Stick with SWE, allowed high school girls to come shadow members of SWE. They were able to experience engineering classes and a typical Friday on a college campus! Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible.  

Check out the link CSU Source wrote about this event:
engr.source.colostate.edu/high-school-girls-day-life-csu-engineering/

WE17 Awards

We are excited to announce that our section has been honored with two awards from SWE:

• SWE Mission Award - Collegiate (Gold)
• SWE Mission Award - Best Practices: Awards and Recognition

Two SWE members were also awards two incredible scholarships! Congratulations Lauren Pott and Theresa O'Donnell.

Learn More About SWE

Click here for a video introduction. 

SWE also has an active Youtube channel!  Videos include information about governance, scholarships, awards, mentoring, and more. 
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Articles of Interest

"For high school girls, a day in the life of CSU engineering"
engr.source.colostate.edu/high-school-girls-day-life-csu-engineering/
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"CSU SWE chapter recognized for outreach efforts"
http://source.colostate.edu/csu-society-women-engineers-chapter-recognized-outreach-efforts/ 

"Middle-school girls try out engineering for a day"
http://source.colostate.edu/middle-school-girls-try-engineering-day/ 

​"Karla Young, College of Engineering"
 The journey of a non-traditional CSU engineering graduate
source.colostate.edu/bridging-the-gender-diversity-gap-in-engineering/

"Bridging the gender diversity gap in engineering" 
source.colostate.edu/bridging-the-gender-diversity-gap-in-engineering/
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 "Summertime standouts: College of Engineering"
source.colostate.edu/summertime-standouts-college-of-engineering/
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"To the Women in my engineering class..."
An open letter to women in engineering from a male perspective 
 easterneronline.com/36007/letters-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-stem/Letter to the Editor: STEM

Thank you to our 2017-2018 Sponsors!

Antea Group
CDM Smith
Halliburton
Rockwell Automation