Relax, Unwind and Network with the National Board of Trustees for SWE and the Tampa Bay Area section! Don’t miss the opportunity to spend a nice evening dinning with a remarkable group of women!

When and where: This Friday at 6:30pm at The Cheesecake Factory located at the Bay Street entrance to International Plaza. Address 2223 North West Shore Blvd, Suite B201, Tampa, FL 33607. For additional information on the restaurant please click here.   See flyer.

Please RSVP to Susanna Susanna Packauskas at 727-542-5022

The 2012 Hillsborough Regional S.T.E.M. Fair will be held on Tuesday, February 7th  and February 8th (Awards Night) at the TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER. Judges are needed for Tuesday, February 7th from 11:30-4:00.  Please read the attached letter and respond back as to whether you will be available to help judge this year.  When responding, please indicate which category you would like to judge:

The following categories are available for judging:

1. Behavioral and Social                     2. Biochemistry

3. Botany                                             4. Chemistry

5.  Computer/Math                              6.  Earth and Space

7.  Engineering                                    8.  Environmental Science

9.  Medicine and Health                      10.  Microbiology

11. Physics                                         12.  Zoology

Your help and support makes all the difference for our students.  We truly appreciate your time and assistance.

Here are the invitation and judging form. For additional information contact on this activity and if you would like to represent SWE in this event please contact Seung Park atseung.park@ci.tampa.fl.us

We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Tampa Bay Engineers Week Banquet will be Friday February 24 at the A La Carte Event Pavilion (4050 Dana Shores drive, Tampa, Florida, 33634).  Please join us at this elegant gathering to celebrate the 62nd National Engineers Week and recognize the many contributions made to society by those in the engineering profession.

The evening will feature fine dining, our guest speaker Ms. Kathy Caldwell (2011 ASCE National Chair), and an exhibition room for vendors and attendee networking.  We are expecting four hundred or more attendees including 250-300 engineers of all disciplines, allowing plenty of opportunities to meet with friends and colleagues.

In keeping with the spirit of the event, awards will be given to accomplished engineers in each engineering discipline, to outstanding young engineers in each discipline, and to local university students who excel in engineering related studies.  We’ll also be honoring select local high school educators with the Lignell Award for their outstanding instruction in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

You are also invited to ENGINEERING NIGHT hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning February 21 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.)

Sign Up Forms

Individual - TBEWB12 Attendee Payment_Form

Table Order – TBEWB12 Table Order_Form

On October 26, SWE Tampa Bay hosted its October General Meeting at Yuengling Brewery.  14 members and guests came out for the brewery tour.  A networking session accompanied by light snacks and sampling of Yuengling beers were enjoyed by all who attended.  The tour lasted about an hour and twenty minutes and the members got to see how the brewery is run.

The Pinellas County Regional Science Fair committee is looking for volunteers to participate as judges in this event. The fair will be held at Seminole Middle School on Saturday-Feb 4th, 2012.

Please see the invitation letter and judging category form below.  Please forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who may also want to judge. As always, the schools at Pinellas County truly appreciate your generous help and look forward to hearing from you.

For additional information on this event please contact Paul Dickman at dickman@cat.pcsb.org or 727-893-2609

Pinellas 2012 JUDGES INVITATION LETTER

Pinellas 2012 Judging Category Form

Dear members and friends,

Save the date for our next General Meeting, Wednesday January 18, 2012. Please stay tuned for additional information on topic, location and time!

A new tool for job seekers was launched at SWE National Conference last month.

QIZMA is a free resource for job seekers designed by job seekers. It provides tools that are designed around the needs and experiences of many of its employees. These tools can help you as you progress through your working life – from understanding your true passion and matching an appropriate career to that passion, to managing the tasks involved in finding a job that will get you started in that career, to determining and working toward the milestone you’ll need to reach along your road to success in your chosen career. Through all this, it helps you remember that there’s more to life than work.

A brochure is attached for additional information on QIZMA features.

If you are interesting in exploring this new tool visit http://www.qizma.com/ and sign up and start your search today.

SWE National Conference 2011 was a great success this year, which is why we would like you to mark your calendars and Save the Date for SWE National Conference 2012 in Houston, Texas, November 8-10. Don’t miss it!

We are excited to announce the 2012 Region D Conference to be held March 2-4, 2012, in Charleston, South Carolina!

The goal of this conference is to give women in engineering the tools to succeed at both the academic and professional level.  We want all conference attendees to walk away with new knowledge on how to advance and reach their full potential, as well as new insight on technologies relating to this year’s conference theme: “Women: Bridging the Past to the Future”

Attendees will be treated to an opening social, section development training, SWE Boutique, workshops, a Keynote Luncheon, a career fair, Region D meetings, an Awards Dinner and more! Additionally, professionals may earn CEU credits by registering for the professional development workshop that takes place on Friday morning.

Conference Dates: March 1 – 4, 2012 | Exhibit Dates: March 3, 2012

Registration Open: December 1, 2011

Hosted by:  Lowcountry Section of SWE

E-mail: RegionDConference@swe.org

Website: http://sweregiond.org/conference

Member and friends of SWE Tampa Bay Area save the date now and make plans to be part of Great American Teach-in!

The Hillsborough and Pinellas County Public Schools are looking for volunteers to teach one class or teach all day to give you a taste of teaching.

You don’t need teaching experience, just enthusiasm and a desire to share with students something about your career, your experiences, your hobby, or yourself.  The schools want you to carry some key messages into our classrooms, including the importance of staying in school and the value of each individual student.

The Great American Teach-In is a perfect opportunity for parents, business leaders, and community members to let our students know we care about them. The idea is simple – join this event on November 17, 2011, and teach a class or two, whatever your schedule permits. Opportunities are available all day long.

Contact the school of your convenience by:

Hillsborough County Schools Registration Form, Register November 9

http://swetampabay.org/event_files/GATI_HillsCoSchools.pdf

Pinellas County Registration Form, Register by November 03

http://swetampabay.org/event_files/GATI_PinellasCoShools.pdf