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2018 Tip Top Run and World Water Day Festival

2/28/2018

[Updated 03/15/2018]

Join your fellow SWE members & supporters at this year's Tip Top Run! This fun run has both 5K and 10K course options. A free, family friendly party will take place afterwards at the Agua Hedionda Discover Center featuring live music, a beer garden and food from Tip Top Meats. Whether you walk, run, or just join the fun, we look forward to seeing you there!

FY18 MS / PD Planning Committee

2/21/2018

[Updated 03/24/2018]
[Updated 03/02/2018]

SAVE THE DATE!
Placeholders for the rest of the fiscal for the SWE Professional Development (Kim and Nichole) and Member Services (Charlotte and Judy) Committees meeting.
We’ll aim to just do a phone call for this.

PD/MS Committee Meetings
•       Thursday March 1st @ 5:30pm
•       Wednesday March 28th @ 7:15pm
=> Dinner meeting following the SD Women in Biotech panel Influence of AI on Medicine - location TBD.
•       Thursday May 3rd @ 5:30pm

www.join.me/NicholeMayer

Topics:

Updates for PD / MS
Review calendar of events
Ensuring future events are locked in

Engineers Week SD Banquet

2/19/2018

SWE San Diego will be hosting a table at San Diego's E-Week banquet. We are opening up the registration to our members. Tickets are $25/person to sit at the SWE sponsored table (half of the typical banquet ticket price) and can be paid when RSVP'ing.

When:
Friday, February 23, 2018
Time:
6pm - 9pm

Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA

2/16/2018

Join us for this Central Library sponsored talk featuring Dr. Duchess Harris, author of the new book Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA. The book was inspired by Harris' grandmother who was one of the first eleven black women recruited to work at NASA in the 1950s, a tale that got the Hollywood treatment with the film "Hidden Figures".

When:
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meet on the patio at the coffee stand between
12:30pm and 12:45pm

Outreach at Rosa Parks Elementary

2/13/2018

SWE-SD is sponsoring an outreach event at an elementary school in City Heights. Volunteers will lead 5th graders through hands-on life and physical science experiments.

Day 1:
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Sessions:
8:00am - 8:45am, 8:45am - 9:30am, 9:30am - 10:25am

Day 2:
Thu March 22nd, 2018
Sessions:
8:30am - 9:20am, 9:30am - 10:25am

San Diego Science Fair: SWE Judges

2/13/2018

Every year, SWE-SD helps with judging at the Greater San Diego High School Science and Engineering Fair held at the Balboa Park Activity Center. Volunteers interact with students from 7th through 12th grades, and assist with judging their projects.

Volunteers spend 2-3 hours during lunchtime talking to the students about their projects and ultimately select SWE-SD award winners.

Date:
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Time:
11:30am - 2:30pm

Science Festival - EXPO Day

2/13/2018

The week long San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering culminates in Expo Day at Petco Park featuring hundreds of Science and Engineering booths. Last year, more than 26,000 children, parents and STEM enthusiasts attended EXPO day!

SWE San Diego will be hosting a booth at the expo to promote STEM and is looking for volunteers to interact with children, parents, and the general public.

When:
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
(2-hour shifts)

Introduce a Girl to Engineering (IGTE) Day

2/13/2018

This year we are partnering with Raytheon to host ~50 girls for IGTE day and get them excited about engineering. We are looking for volunteers to participate on a panel of engineers for a Q&A session on engineering and help with the hands-on activities.

When:
Monday, February 19th (President's Day)
Time:
9:00am - 1:00pm

SWEET 2018 Committee Planning

2/13/2018

Consider lending a hand to plan SWE-SD's annual signature outreach event in April and make it a success! The planning committee will have biweekly meetings starting next Tuesday.

When:
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
Time:
6:00pm - 7:30pm

SWE-SD Awards Call for Judges

2/13/2018

Dear SWE-San Diego Community,The SWE San Diego FY18 Awards and Recognition program is in full swing and we need your help! We are seeking Award Judges. Awards judging is a wonderful way to volunteer for SWE-San Diego — it is a chance to see what our amazing nominees are achieving professionally, contributing to SWE, and to the world.

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