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January General Body Meeting
1/21/2025 Google Meets
Meeting Notes
Recent Events
- Holiday Happy Hour and Dinner
- In January we held our annual Holiday Happy Hour and Dinner. SWE members and friends enjoyed food, drink, and networking at the CopperTop Tavern in Camillus. Thank you to everyone who came!
- Fall Seminar
- In November members and other local professionals met and viewed an online seminar on managing burnout.
Upcoming Events
- Guided Nature Walk or similar
- Rice Creek Field Station, a part of SUNY Oswego, offers guided nature walks and other nature-related programming free and open to the public many weekends each year. An interest survey will be sent out soon for attending an event as a group sometime this winter or spring, with a coffee hour either before or after depending on the event time.
- Rice Creek Field Station, a part of SUNY Oswego, offers guided nature walks and other nature-related programming free and open to the public many weekends each year. An interest survey will be sent out soon for attending an event as a group sometime this winter or spring, with a coffee hour either before or after depending on the event time.
- Scholarship Reception will be Monday, May 5th 2025 at SRC. More details to come.
- Additional General Body Meetings as needed
Other Business
- Open Positions
- Scholarship Committee Co-Chair
- Scholarship Reception Co-Coordinator
- Scholarship Application Coordinator Apprentice
- Outreach Chair
- 2025 Scholarship Program
- Scholarship Applications are now available (due 3/14/2025)! Please see our website for eligibility details and the application form.
- We are accepting nominations for this year’s Keynote Speaker through Friday 1/24. A poll will be sent out on 1/27 for members to vote on the nominees. If there is a local woman you would like to nominate, please send us her name and a link to her LinkedIn by EOB 1/24.
- We are currently seeking volunteers to review scholarship applications during the last two weeks of March. Volunteers must be SWE members. If you would like to volunteer or would like more information, please email our scholarship account: SyracuseSWE.Scholarship@gmail.com .
- We are currently seeking suggestions and opportunities for K-12 STEM outreach.
November General Body Meeting
11/04/2024 Google Meets
Meeting Notes
Recent Events
- We have had no events since our October meeting
Upcoming Events
- Seminar and networking event (November)
- We will be putting on a seminar in November using one of the presentations from SWE’s online Advance Learning Center. The topic selected via vote by section members is “Managing Burnout for Busy People”. Unfortunately, after further verification, we learned that this session will NOT be eligible for PDH credit in NY State. GHD will host the event at their location on Widewater Parkway and will also be sponsoring dinner. The event is free for all to attend.
- We will be putting on a seminar in November using one of the presentations from SWE’s online Advance Learning Center. The topic selected via vote by section members is “Managing Burnout for Busy People”. Unfortunately, after further verification, we learned that this session will NOT be eligible for PDH credit in NY State. GHD will host the event at their location on Widewater Parkway and will also be sponsoring dinner. The event is free for all to attend.
- Annual Holiday Dinner/Happy Hour- details TBD
- We anticipate holding this event in January, most likely at the CopperTop Tavern in Camillus. A survey to select the date will be going out soon.
- We anticipate holding this event in January, most likely at the CopperTop Tavern in Camillus. A survey to select the date will be going out soon.
- Additional General Body Meetings as needed
Other Business
- Open Positions
- Scholarship Committee Co-Chair
- Scholarship Reception Co-Coordinator
- Outreach Chair
- We would also like to thank Jessica Bates for volunteering to fill both the SU Liaison and Professional Development Chair Positions.
- 2025 Scholarship Program
- Scholarship Applications are now available (due 3/14/2025)! Please see our website for eligibility details and the application form.
- Scholarship Applications are now available (due 3/14/2025)! Please see our website for eligibility details and the application form.
- We are currently seeking suggestions and opportunities for K-12 STEM outreach.
October General Body Meeting
10/7/24 Google Meets
Meeting Notes
Recent Events
- Apple Picking
- Unfortunately this event was canceled due to low interest
- Kickoff Picnic
- In September we kicked off the fiscal year with a picnic at Onondaga Lake Park in Syracuse. SWE members and friends enjoyed networking and food! Thank you to everyone who came!
Upcoming Events
- PDH Seminar (November)
- We will be putting on a PDH eligible seminar in November using one of the presentations from SWE’s online Advance Learning Center. The event will be free to attend and PDH credit will be free for SWE members or $40 for non-members. GHD will host the event at their location on Widewater Parkway. A survey has been sent out to SWE members to vote on the topic and date.
- We will be putting on a PDH eligible seminar in November using one of the presentations from SWE’s online Advance Learning Center. The event will be free to attend and PDH credit will be free for SWE members or $40 for non-members. GHD will host the event at their location on Widewater Parkway. A survey has been sent out to SWE members to vote on the topic and date.
- Annual Holiday Dinner/Happy Hour- details TBD
- We anticipate holding this event in January, most likely at the CopperTop Tavern in Camillus.
- We anticipate holding this event in January, most likely at the CopperTop Tavern in Camillus.
- Additional General Body Meetings as needed
Other Business
- Open Positions
- Scholarship Committee Co-Chair
- Scholarship Reception Co-Coordinator
- Professional Development Chair
- Outreach Chair
- SU Liaison
- We would also like to thank Sam Kerlin for volunteering to fill the Scholarship Application Coordinator Apprentice position.
- 2025 Scholarship Program
- We kicked off the 2025 Scholarship program by discussing the timeline, anticipated dates, and reception location.
- Largest item of note- in recent years we have run into several scheduling conflicts for our recipients between our reception and end-of-year school affiliated commitments. In order to try to avoid these conflicts we will be moving our program timeline up by two weeks. Applications will now be due in mid-March and the reception will be in early May.
- Scholarship Applications are now available on our website!
- More details and scholarship related volunteer opportunities to come.
We are currently seeking suggestions and opportunities for K-12 STEM outreach.
August General Body Meeting
8/4/24 Google Meets
Meeting Notes
Recent Events
- 34th Annual Scholarship Reception
- On May 20th we recognized 4 young women from the Central New York region who are headed to college for STEM related majors in the coming fall. In addition to our members, we joined by representatives of several of our sponsors, the scholarship recipients, and the recipients families and teachers, as well as by our Keynote Speaker, Katie Backus, PE, Vice President of Gas Program Delivery at National Grid. The event was held at Carrier, in East Syracuse, NY. Though this was not a record breaking year in regards to sponsorship we still received outstanding support from both long-term and new sponsors- each recipient received a $1750 scholarship. It was a lovely evening and we look forward to continuing the tradition in 2025.
- On May 20th we recognized 4 young women from the Central New York region who are headed to college for STEM related majors in the coming fall. In addition to our members, we joined by representatives of several of our sponsors, the scholarship recipients, and the recipients families and teachers, as well as by our Keynote Speaker, Katie Backus, PE, Vice President of Gas Program Delivery at National Grid. The event was held at Carrier, in East Syracuse, NY. Though this was not a record breaking year in regards to sponsorship we still received outstanding support from both long-term and new sponsors- each recipient received a $1750 scholarship. It was a lovely evening and we look forward to continuing the tradition in 2025.
- Trivia Night
- In late June Greater Syracuse SWE members and friends gathered at Meier’s Creek Brewing Co.- Inner Harbor to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day! We enjoyed food, drinks, and participated in Trivia night at the venue.
Upcoming Events
- FY25 Kickoff Picnic
- Date: Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
- Time: 5:30pm
- Location: Onondaga Lake Park in Syracuse (additional details sent to any who RSVP)
- Food will be provided
- Families are welcome
- Cost: $10 for all
- RSVP
- October- Apple Picking! Details TBD
- November- PDH Seminar, Details TBD
- Additional General Body Meetings as needed
Other Business
- Open Positions
- Outreach Chair
- Professional Development Chair
- SU Liaison
We are currently seeking suggestions and opportunities for K-12 STEM outreach.
