COVID-19 Updates
Tuesday 5/26/2020
Hello SWE,
We are winding up our webinar series, so be sure to check out and register for the last two webinars. Also please vote if you have not done so already.
Again we are looking to feature SWE engineers on our social media pages. We want to show what women in engineering really look like and what it means to be part of SWE, a society that promotes women in engineering. Reply to this email if you'd like more information and would to help us showcase the diversity of what it means to be a woman in engineering.
Thanks,
SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 5/18/2020
Hello SWE!
Thank you to everyone who's been joining in on all of our virtual events! We've gotten lots of positive feedback. If you've been missing out, we have another Professional Development event lined up this week with professional speaker CC Sutton. And our STEM video challenge is still ongoing.
Don't forget to vote for next year's SWE-HA officers! We do have contested positions. SWE Members received an email with details on how to vote. If you missed it, our Interview with the Candidates is posted on our website.
Congratulations to our SWE Scholarship and Award recipients! We hosted a Virtual Awards banquet on Friday. While we were disappointed about not hosting the event in person, it was still a successful event, with keynote speaker Teresa Keating from Dow Chemical. You can learn more about our award winners and the event on our website.
And a couple more links for the kids!
Who: PBS Kids - Design Squad Activities
About: Design Squad Global empowers middle school kids to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context. Refreshed weekly with challenges, videos, and activities, the website is one of the only places on the web where kids can share their engineering ideas with other kids.
Website: The Build section features hands-on projects with short demo videos and step-by-step photo instructions. - https://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/
Girl's Start:
STEM activities using materials from around your home - Follow on social media for daily activities or go to stemathome.org
Stay Well!
SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 5/11/2020
Hello all,
We hope that you have been enjoying and continue to take advantage of the fantastic professional development webinar series that our PD committee has put together.
We are especially excited to honor the amazing students at our first ever virtual awards banquet and hear from our awesome guest speaker this Friday. So call in from the comfort of your couch or listen while you're making dinner, either way we want to make this event special and recognize the outstanding work of our honored students.
Finally, we are doing a social media blitz, featuring a SWE-HA member each day for an entire week. We want to show what women in engineering really look like! Reply to this email if you'd like more information and would to help us showcase the diversity of what it means to be a woman in engineering.
Hang in there!
Monday 5/4/2020
Hi Everyone!
We hope you are doing well and taking advantage of our virtual programming! We had a good group for our first virtual PD event and had 3 groups for virtual coffee proving that virtual coffee is just as popular as in person coffee! (Ok, maybe as popular but we still miss getting together with you.)
If you've been bored lately, come hang with us, we have lots going on this week including our Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday; a Live event to informally Interview our Executive Committee Candidates on Thursday - which we promise will be less contentious than any other election event you'll see this year; and an exciting PD event on Saturday with a speaker on Personal Branding Strategies. Plus a new STEM Challenge this week. See details on all these events below.
FY21 Officer election information will be coming out this week. Members will be emailed (to the email address on file with your SWE membership) a link to vote for next year's officers. And we do have some contested positions, so be sure to vote! Not sure who to vote for? Check out our Interview the Candidates event on Thursday!
Hope you're all doing well! We look forward to seeing you at our virtual events!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/27/2020
Hello Everyone,
We hope you are staying well and staying sane. We understand that's a challenge right now but we are here to help! Check out the many virtual events we are hosting in the coming weeks.
Check out this week's STEM Challenge:
Marble Run: Cardboard. Sticky tape. Marbles. Can you build a run that keeps the marble going for at least a minute? See the website for more details- your kids could win a prize for their entry!
Use #SWEhaChallenge or tag us in your posts!
Or these other websites for activities for the kiddos:
Who: SciGirls
About: SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math-or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of middle school girls who design, with the help of scientist mentors, their own inquiry-based investigations on a variety of topics.
Website: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/engineer-and-invent/
Who: TeachEngineerring
About: TeachEngineering is a digital library comprised of standards-aligned engineering curricula for K-12 educators to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design.
Website: https://www.teachengineering.org/curriculum/browse?collection=Activities
Kind wishes from the SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/20/2020
Hello SWE Members!
We know staying at home is starting to wear on everyone. We hope you're doing well and hanging in there.
SAVE THE DATE! Stay connected with our upcoming free professional development webinars.
Thursday 4/30: Past Year's SWE Annual Conference Topics presented by our very own SWE-HA members! If you would like to present your past topic in a future webinar, contact Stephanie at swehavp.internal@gmail.com.
Saturday 5/9: Personal Branding Strategies in the Workplace with Speaker Marsha Hudson!
Registration goes live with event details to follow next week!
Check out the Society of Women Engineers-Houston Area
Online Weekly STEM Challenge!
What it is: Weekly online STEM challenges, open to students 6th through 9th grade.
Have your students submit today for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card
And some more links for the kiddos:
Who: ScienceBob
About: "Science Bob" Pflugfelder is a science teacher, author, maker, and presenter that knows how to share the world of science like never before. Bob encourages parents and teachers to practice Random Acts of Science by providing instructions and videos for interactive science experiments on his web site.
Website: https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/
Who: Carnegie STEM Girls
About: CarnegieSTEMgirls.org is a comprehensive site with activities, resources, and links designed to get teenagers excited about STEM - science, technology, engineering, and math.
Website: https://carnegiestemgirls.org/stem-activities/activities/
Have other ideas? Feel free to let us know!
Stay well!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/13/2020
Hi Everyone!
We are excited to announce the Society of Women Engineers-Houston Area
Online STEM Challenge!
What it is: Weekly online STEM challenges, open to students 6th through 9th grade.
Have your students submit today for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!
Hope you're hanging in there! Here are a couple more links to entertain the kids and look for additional information about virtual Professional Development Events coming in May!
Who: Science Buddies
About: Science Buddies empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. :
Website: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities ; https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceBuddiesTV/videos
Who: NASA STEM Engagement
About: Inspire, Engage, Educate and Employ the Next Generation of Explorers
Website: https://www.nasa.gov/stem
NASA Kids' Club - https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Note: Take advantage of early bird discounts to renew your SWE membership, use promocode EBIRD at check out for a $5 discount off your annual dues.
Take care!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee
Hello SWE,
We are winding up our webinar series, so be sure to check out and register for the last two webinars. Also please vote if you have not done so already.
Again we are looking to feature SWE engineers on our social media pages. We want to show what women in engineering really look like and what it means to be part of SWE, a society that promotes women in engineering. Reply to this email if you'd like more information and would to help us showcase the diversity of what it means to be a woman in engineering.
Thanks,
SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 5/18/2020
Hello SWE!
Thank you to everyone who's been joining in on all of our virtual events! We've gotten lots of positive feedback. If you've been missing out, we have another Professional Development event lined up this week with professional speaker CC Sutton. And our STEM video challenge is still ongoing.
Don't forget to vote for next year's SWE-HA officers! We do have contested positions. SWE Members received an email with details on how to vote. If you missed it, our Interview with the Candidates is posted on our website.
Congratulations to our SWE Scholarship and Award recipients! We hosted a Virtual Awards banquet on Friday. While we were disappointed about not hosting the event in person, it was still a successful event, with keynote speaker Teresa Keating from Dow Chemical. You can learn more about our award winners and the event on our website.
And a couple more links for the kids!
Who: PBS Kids - Design Squad Activities
About: Design Squad Global empowers middle school kids to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context. Refreshed weekly with challenges, videos, and activities, the website is one of the only places on the web where kids can share their engineering ideas with other kids.
Website: The Build section features hands-on projects with short demo videos and step-by-step photo instructions. - https://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/
Girl's Start:
STEM activities using materials from around your home - Follow on social media for daily activities or go to stemathome.org
Stay Well!
SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 5/11/2020
Hello all,
We hope that you have been enjoying and continue to take advantage of the fantastic professional development webinar series that our PD committee has put together.
We are especially excited to honor the amazing students at our first ever virtual awards banquet and hear from our awesome guest speaker this Friday. So call in from the comfort of your couch or listen while you're making dinner, either way we want to make this event special and recognize the outstanding work of our honored students.
Finally, we are doing a social media blitz, featuring a SWE-HA member each day for an entire week. We want to show what women in engineering really look like! Reply to this email if you'd like more information and would to help us showcase the diversity of what it means to be a woman in engineering.
Hang in there!
Monday 5/4/2020
Hi Everyone!
We hope you are doing well and taking advantage of our virtual programming! We had a good group for our first virtual PD event and had 3 groups for virtual coffee proving that virtual coffee is just as popular as in person coffee! (Ok, maybe as popular but we still miss getting together with you.)
If you've been bored lately, come hang with us, we have lots going on this week including our Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday; a Live event to informally Interview our Executive Committee Candidates on Thursday - which we promise will be less contentious than any other election event you'll see this year; and an exciting PD event on Saturday with a speaker on Personal Branding Strategies. Plus a new STEM Challenge this week. See details on all these events below.
FY21 Officer election information will be coming out this week. Members will be emailed (to the email address on file with your SWE membership) a link to vote for next year's officers. And we do have some contested positions, so be sure to vote! Not sure who to vote for? Check out our Interview the Candidates event on Thursday!
Hope you're all doing well! We look forward to seeing you at our virtual events!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/27/2020
Hello Everyone,
We hope you are staying well and staying sane. We understand that's a challenge right now but we are here to help! Check out the many virtual events we are hosting in the coming weeks.
Check out this week's STEM Challenge:
Marble Run: Cardboard. Sticky tape. Marbles. Can you build a run that keeps the marble going for at least a minute? See the website for more details- your kids could win a prize for their entry!
Use #SWEhaChallenge or tag us in your posts!
Or these other websites for activities for the kiddos:
Who: SciGirls
About: SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math-or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of middle school girls who design, with the help of scientist mentors, their own inquiry-based investigations on a variety of topics.
Website: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/engineer-and-invent/
Who: TeachEngineerring
About: TeachEngineering is a digital library comprised of standards-aligned engineering curricula for K-12 educators to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design.
Website: https://www.teachengineering.org/curriculum/browse?collection=Activities
Kind wishes from the SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/20/2020
Hello SWE Members!
We know staying at home is starting to wear on everyone. We hope you're doing well and hanging in there.
SAVE THE DATE! Stay connected with our upcoming free professional development webinars.
Thursday 4/30: Past Year's SWE Annual Conference Topics presented by our very own SWE-HA members! If you would like to present your past topic in a future webinar, contact Stephanie at swehavp.internal@gmail.com.
Saturday 5/9: Personal Branding Strategies in the Workplace with Speaker Marsha Hudson!
Registration goes live with event details to follow next week!
Check out the Society of Women Engineers-Houston Area
Online Weekly STEM Challenge!
What it is: Weekly online STEM challenges, open to students 6th through 9th grade.
Have your students submit today for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card
And some more links for the kiddos:
Who: ScienceBob
About: "Science Bob" Pflugfelder is a science teacher, author, maker, and presenter that knows how to share the world of science like never before. Bob encourages parents and teachers to practice Random Acts of Science by providing instructions and videos for interactive science experiments on his web site.
Website: https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/
Who: Carnegie STEM Girls
About: CarnegieSTEMgirls.org is a comprehensive site with activities, resources, and links designed to get teenagers excited about STEM - science, technology, engineering, and math.
Website: https://carnegiestemgirls.org/stem-activities/activities/
Have other ideas? Feel free to let us know!
Stay well!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 4/13/2020
Hi Everyone!
We are excited to announce the Society of Women Engineers-Houston Area
Online STEM Challenge!
What it is: Weekly online STEM challenges, open to students 6th through 9th grade.
Have your students submit today for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!
Hope you're hanging in there! Here are a couple more links to entertain the kids and look for additional information about virtual Professional Development Events coming in May!
Who: Science Buddies
About: Science Buddies empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. :
Website: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities ; https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceBuddiesTV/videos
Who: NASA STEM Engagement
About: Inspire, Engage, Educate and Employ the Next Generation of Explorers
Website: https://www.nasa.gov/stem
NASA Kids' Club - https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Note: Take advantage of early bird discounts to renew your SWE membership, use promocode EBIRD at check out for a $5 discount off your annual dues.
Take care!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee
Monday 4/6/2020
Hi Stay-At-Home-SWE-sters!
Our Virtual Coffee Meet-up was a success! We connected in small groups via Zoom to Network and meet new people without going out! (No traffic, no waiting in line, Free!) We'll plan on holding Virtual Networking again in May in place of our usual coffee meet up.
Check out these activities for your kids and stay tuned for details on an upcoming SWE contest!
Who: Flux
About: The mission of Flux is to engage all stakeholders to address the need for better learning experiences and environments. We intentionally provide opportunities for students, educators, and industry professionals to work together to create a more collaborative and forward-thinking community and workforce.
Online STEAM Daily Challenges - A series of daily, online STEAM challenges focused on creating, tinkering, making, for students of all ages.
Website: https://fluxspace.io/fluxosc/
Who: DiscoverE
About: DiscoverE works to ensure people everywhere understand how engineers, technicians, and technologists make the world a better place.
Website: Cool Content & Activities - http://discovere.org/our-activities
Website: 4 Easy Tips to Having Fun Doing STEM Activities at Home - http://discovere.org/about-us/news/4-easy-tips-to-having-fun-doing-stem-activities-at-home
Stay tuned for information on upcoming Virtual Professional Development Activities as well!
Stay Healthy!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Hi Stay-At-Home-SWE-sters!
Our Virtual Coffee Meet-up was a success! We connected in small groups via Zoom to Network and meet new people without going out! (No traffic, no waiting in line, Free!) We'll plan on holding Virtual Networking again in May in place of our usual coffee meet up.
Check out these activities for your kids and stay tuned for details on an upcoming SWE contest!
Who: Flux
About: The mission of Flux is to engage all stakeholders to address the need for better learning experiences and environments. We intentionally provide opportunities for students, educators, and industry professionals to work together to create a more collaborative and forward-thinking community and workforce.
Online STEAM Daily Challenges - A series of daily, online STEAM challenges focused on creating, tinkering, making, for students of all ages.
Website: https://fluxspace.io/fluxosc/
Who: DiscoverE
About: DiscoverE works to ensure people everywhere understand how engineers, technicians, and technologists make the world a better place.
Website: Cool Content & Activities - http://discovere.org/our-activities
Website: 4 Easy Tips to Having Fun Doing STEM Activities at Home - http://discovere.org/about-us/news/4-easy-tips-to-having-fun-doing-stem-activities-at-home
Stay tuned for information on upcoming Virtual Professional Development Activities as well!
Stay Healthy!
The SWE-HA Executive Committee and Leadership Team
Monday 3/30/2020
Hi Everyone!
We hope you're staying home and staying healthy! To help you through these unusual and difficult times, SWE-HA aims to provide you with some virtual activities to help keep you connected.
Check out SWE's Advanced Learning Center for Free and Paid webinars: https://advancelearning.swe.org/Pages/Catalog/TitleCatalog.aspx?subject=-1
You can also submit a blog post to SWE about Engineering in the time of crisis: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5VFGFB
For those with kids at home, here are some Outreach resources - we'll post new ones each week!:
Who: SWENext and SWENext Club Activities and Resources
About: SWENext is a way to become part of the SWE community as a student through the age of 18. SWENext Clubs are a way to connect with SWE members and other SWENexters in your area!
Website: https://swe.org/k-12-outreach/youth-programs/
Who: EngineerGirl
About: The EngineerGirl website is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women. (Good info for boys too!)
Website: https://www.engineergirl.org/128249/Try-This
Monday 3/23/2020
Dear Fellow SWE Members,
Welcome to the world of remote working for everyone. The global situation has changed rapidly in the last week so rather than waiting til next week, we wanted to update you on our events now:
April and May Coffee: Canceled
Annual Business Meeting: Postponed til May and will be held Virtually
April and May Outreach Events: Cancelled or postponed.
Awards Banquet: Postponed til June - stay tuned for new date, students will be notified if they've won a scholarship in April
May PD Event: Will be held virtually, stay tuned for details!
May Tech Tour: Still under discussion
While we are disappointed we won't be able to hold our events as scheduled, the Leadership Team is working on ways to engage with you virtually over the next couple of months. Stay tuned for more details on virtual events, science projects to do with your kids and other ways to connect with your fellow SWE members. This is a challenging time but SWE remains committed to supporting you.
If you have questions or suggestions, you're welcome to email me: President@HoustonSWE.org
Thank you,
Amy Gelsinger, President, SWE-Houston Area
Upstream Oil & Gas Professionals Hiring Event
COVID-19 Update (03/17/2020): EVENT POSTPONEDThank you for your interest in the SPE Upstream Professional Hiring Event Spring 2020. Due to the Covid-19 situation, and advice from both the CDC and Harris County governments, the Hiring Event will be postponed until 29 September 2020.
The SPE MiT Leadership Team wishes to express our sincere thanks for everyone’s support in this enormous effort, as well as our regrets for the inconvenience. That said, we look forward to making our Fall 2020 event even bigger and better, and trust that we can count on your support once again at that time.
In the meantime, stay safe and remember to wash your hands!
The SPE MiT Leadership Team wishes to express our sincere thanks for everyone’s support in this enormous effort, as well as our regrets for the inconvenience. That said, we look forward to making our Fall 2020 event even bigger and better, and trust that we can count on your support once again at that time.
In the meantime, stay safe and remember to wash your hands!
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