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Valley Views A Bi-Monthly Publication for the SWE Sacramento Valley Section

August - September 2015

Society of Women Engineers Aug – Sept 2015 Sacramento Valley Section

In this issue New Member Profiles .................................................. 2

Chelsea Spier ............................................................ 2

SWE Community News ................................................ 2

Great Turnout for SWE SVS Planning Meeting......... 2

SWE Sac Valley to Walk for 17th Year in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Event ........................ 3

Scholarship Futures .................................................. 4

A New Scholarship Fundraising Tool: Bidding For Good ......................................................................... 5

SWE SVS Celebrates Local Girls’ Robotics Team 4498 – Team X participation in the 2015 world championships ......................................................... 5

SWE SVS Educational Outreach: Helping Young Women to Become Future Engineers & Scientists .. 6

FY 2015‐16 Officer Roster ............................................ 7

Business & Events Calendar ......................................... 8

Upcoming Events QUARTERLY LUNCH September 25, 2015, 12:00 pm

Black Bear Diner, 255 Second Street, Davis

Join fellow SWE people for a relaxing lunch at Black Bear Diner in Davis! Please contact Wendy Cohen to RSVP or if you have questions. You’re welcome to show up without an RSVP and just pull up a chair.

Contact: Wendy Cohen, [email protected], (530) 908‐7518

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK October 18, 2015, 9:00 am

Police Officers’ Memorial, Across 10th St from the Capitol in Downtown Sacramento

Come one, come all and join the SWE Team for this 17th year of our participation in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk! See article on page 4 for info on how to join and/or support the team.

Contact: Wendy Cohen, [email protected], (530) 908‐7518

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS FUNDRAISER AND SILENT AUCTION October 22, 2015, 6‐8pm

Blue Prynt Restaurant, 815 11th St, Downtown Sacramento

Support local engineers in their clean water projects in Kenya and Panama. Tickets available at www.ewb‐sac.org.

Contact: Christine Rice, [email protected], (530) 559‐4506

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Over the years, our combined SWE Team has raised tens of thousands of dollars to help ACS's unique mission to fight cancer on 4 fronts: research, education, advocacy, and patient services. You don’t have to be a SWE member to join the team, so bring a friend. You’re not required to raise money but if you know of anyone who would like to donate, definitely let them know.

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For assistance or more information, please contact Wendy Cohen at [email protected]. We hope to have a big team this year!

SCHOLARSHIP FUTURES Do you remember the Scholarship Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony we had in April? Or in May 2014, April 2013, May 2012, or any of the many we have had over the years? We’ve had a lot of them now and have brought in and given away a lot of money for scholarships over the years.

Creating the scholarship fundraiser and awards event isn’t very difficult. Over the years, our section has produced a pretty streamlined system. January is a good starting point for an April event.

Picture yourself doing some of these steps.

1. Choose a date (April‐May works well, based on UCD and CSUS finals schedules)

2. Choose a venue (for 50‐80 people), theme, and speaker(s).

3. Coordinate with Scholarship Selection Manager.

4. Invite potential donors and attendees (the best results were from firms our members work for)

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6. Re‐invite potential donors (reminder calls) 7. Prepare thank you letters. 8. Show up, enjoy yourself, honor our scholarship

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We would like YOU to be on the Scholarship Fundraiser Committee and to lead the committee. There are an infinite number of variations on this theme and schedule, which allows you to be as innovative and creative as you dare! Playing a part in putting on this event provides an enormous personal reward of accomplishment, and you get to put your personal brand out there among leaders in local engineering firms.

Speaking of innovations in fundraising tools, see the companion article: A New Scholarship Fundraising Tool ‐ Bidding For Good.

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mentor, please contact Patrick Wong at [email protected] or check out the SES mentor Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SESMentors.

3. SES also holds science & engineering fairs for the high school and middle school students (schedule TBD). In addition, the Sacramento Regional Science & Engineering Fair is generally scheduled in March. These fairs rely on volunteer judges to be successful, and there is always a need for more judges. If you would like to volunteer as a Science & Engineering Fair judge, please contact Patrick Wong at [email protected].

4. SWE SVS supported the girls’ robotics team, Team 4498/Team X, through donation this past year while they participated in the World Championships. A new team will be established for next year due to the graduation of senior team members this year. Discussions with the team coach are ongoing to determine how best SWE SVS can assist, so more details to come. For certain, financial assistance is the greatest need. Donations of building material are also needed, but the types of materials needed will not be known until later in the year. Let Lorraine know if you or your company is interested in supporting the robotics team next year.

If you have any questions you may contact Lorraine Larsen‐Hallock, SWE Outreach Coordinator and member liaison to SES, at l.larsen‐[email protected] or (530) 677‐1973.

Thank you for supporting the young women who will follow your footsteps into the engineering field!

FY 2015-16 Officer Roster President Chelsea Gillis

[email protected] Vice Natalie Muradian President [email protected] Treasurer Vyomini Upadhyay (916) 876-6677 [email protected] Section Rep Paula McDonald (916) 832-0019 [email protected] CSUS Lynne Koropp Counselor [email protected] UCD Linda N. Finley Counselor (916) 557-7411 [email protected]

Scholarship Sarah Christian Selection Coordinator [email protected] Scholarship Amy Terrell Event Coordinator [email protected] Outreach Lorraine Larsen-Hallock Coordinator [email protected] Membership Wendy Cohen Coordinator (530) 756-7518 [email protected] Newsletter Christine Rice Editor (530) 559-4506 [email protected] Web Site Amy Terrell Administrator [email protected] Y.E.S! Heather Sheridan Coordinator (209) 986-5656 [email protected]



Business & Events CalendarFiscal Year 2015‐2016

Dates of Meetings/Events are subject to change

Date/ Time Event Location Coordinator

July 9, 2015 2015‐16 Planning Meeting

Old Spaghetti Factory, Downtown Sacramento

Chelsea Gillis [email protected]

September 15, 2015 Newsletter Articles DUE Send Week of October 1, 2015

Christine Rice [email protected]

September 25, 2015 Quarterly Lunch Black Bear Diner255 Second Street Davis

Wendy Cohen [email protected]

October 2015 YES! Planning Meeting TBD Heather Sheridan [email protected]

October 18, 2015 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

Police Officers’ MemorialAcross 10th St from Capitol, Downtown Sacramento

Wendy Cohen [email protected]

October 22‐24, 2015 SWE National Conference Nashville, TN http://we15.swe.org/

December 3, 2015 Holiday Meeting Café Ettore2376 Fair Oaks Blvd Sacramento

March 12, 2016 YES! (Young Engineers Session) 2016 TBD Heather Sheridan

[email protected]

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