PITT SWE SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
IN THIS ISSUE
PITT SWE OFFICERS
1
Welcome to SWE from the President
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Schlumberger: Stilettos to Steel Toes
3
Halliburton
3
Career Fair 101 with Braskem
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Leadership Conference: FY15 Ohio Valley Region G
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Speed Dating Event President
Dhanu Thiyagarajan
WELCOME TO SWE: a letter from the President
O
n behalf of the University of
that you can benefit in similar ways, and
Pittsburgh Society of Women
feel comfortable doing so.
Engineers (Pitt SWE), I hope
The Executive Board and I are trying
you have been having a great semester
to make several improvements to Pitt
so far. Pitt SWE is a student run
SWE this year. We hope to build Pitt
organization (under societal SWE) that
SWE
provides
community for all females (and males)
professional,
outreach
opportunities for students,
both
female and male. We hope this will allow you to grow personally
and professionally. I know that SWE has
a
and
networking
both
leadership,
as
close
knit, in
“We hope to build Pitt SWE as a close knit, supportive community for all females (and males) in the Swanson School of Engineering.�
positively
supportive
the
Swanson
School
of
Engineering.
We
want Pitt SWE to be
a
support
system
that
anybody
feels
throughout
their
career at Pitt and emphasize
the
importance of joining professional SWE
career tremendously in addition to
post-graduation. We hope to further
being
system
encourage participation of our various
throughout my years at Pitt. Therefore,
events from professional development
I intend to lead Pitt SWE this year so
to outreach events in order to be a
great
support
Secretary
Kylie Zeis
comfortable using
impacted my personal life and my a
Vice President
Erica Stevens
stronger presence at Pitt and better
September 1, 2014 Volume 3, Issue 1
Treasurer
Kim Daloise pittswe@gmail.com Office: G32C BEH
PITT SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Somebody owns a fish. The question is: who? Hints: • The Brit lives in the red house. • The Swede keeps dogs as pets. • The Dane drinks tea. • The green house is on the left and next to the white house. • The green homeowner drinks coffee. • The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. • The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. • The man living in the center house drinks milk. • The Norwegian lives in the first house. • The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. • The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. • The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer. • The German smokes Prince. • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. • The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
Solve this riddle and claim your prize at the SWE Office in Benedum!!
impact our community. Please look out
(www.pitt.edu/~pittswe) will be used to
for information regarding a general
communicate any scholarship and job
body meeting later this semester to
opportunities as made available by our
further
these
sponsors. Our twitter will be used to
improvements will take place and how
provide general reminders about our
you can further benefit by being a
section. As each of our communication
member of Pitt SWE.
methods are being used for a variety of
talk
about
how
We have also made some changes
purposes, be sure to join/like/follow all
to our communication methods this
of them!
year. Our weekly emails will only be
If
you
have
any
questions,
used to send out information specific to
comments, concerns or just want to
Pitt SWE such as events hosted by us,
hang
monthly
section
pittswe@gmail.com or stop by our
updates. Our Facebook group will be
office in the student organization
used
lounge on the ground floor of Benedum.
newsletters to
and
further
communicate
out,
please
information about our section events along with societal SWE events and
Sincerely,
general Swanson School of Engineering events and updates. Our Facebook page will be used to communicate general information
about
our
section’s
activities and outreach events to the public.
Our
Dhanu Thiyagarajan Dhanu Thiyagarajan SWE President 2014-2015
website
SCHLUMBERGER: Stilettos to Steel Toes
O
n Thursday, September 11,
Los Angeles, CA! The contest is judged
2014, representatives from
on originality and creativity and is
Schlumberger,
submitted
an
oilfield
services company, came to
through
the
website
www.StilettosToSteelToes.com.
In
speak to the University of Pittsburgh
addition to these perks provided by
section of SWE about a sponsorship
Schlumberger, every Pitt SWE member
opportunity called “Stilettos to Steel
that writes an essay and submits it by
Toes”. Stilettos to Steel Toes is a
October 1, 2014 will receive five
contest where SWE members can write
dollars’ worth of Pitt SWE merchandise
a 100-350 word essay on how they will
and be entered to win a gift card of
“blaze
a
their choice! National and section
nontraditional engineering career path.
winners will be announced on October
By entering the contest, students can
8, 2014.
their
own
trail”
on
win cash, raise money for their SWE section, and potentially win a trip to the SWE 2014 National Conference in
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CAREER FAIR 101 with Braskem
Oct. 4 Girl Scout Engineering Day 7am – 1pm, BEH 102
S
WE,
NSBE,
and
SHPE
joined
th
together on September 17 to host
enjoyed the catered Chipotle for the event.
an event with Braskem. Braskem is
a petrochemical company that is only 12
Oct. 7 Coffee Hour: Interview Tips 10 – 11am, Student Org. Lounge
years old, but quickly growing. They held a helpful information session on tips for the career and co-op fair. Some of the major
Oct. 18
points they highlighted were to never ask
Elementary Engineering
a recruiter what they do and to always
Extravaganza
research the company and prepare
7am – 1pm, BEH 102
questions before an interview. We broke out into an elevator speech activity,
Oct. 23-25
practicing what we would say if we were
National Conference Los Angeles, CA
given 30 seconds to sell ourselves. Four brave souls presented their speeches to all the attendees. Braskem handed out
Oct. 27 Post Graduate Fair 6 – 8pm, CMU UC
engineering notepads and awarded one lucky raffle winner with a $50 gift card. Everyone gained valuable insight on what recruiters are looking for and thoroughly
HALLIBURTON
F
ounded in 1919, Halliburton has become one of the world’s largest oil field service companies. Although it has headquarters based in Houston, Texas and Dubai, it conducts operations in more than 80 countries, employs more than 80,000 people, and represents 140 nationalities. Halliburton’s major business segment is the Energy Services Group (ESG).
Halliburton services the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. This includes “locating hydrocarbons, managing the geological drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field” (Halliburton Press Release, 2014). Halliburton also is a leader in corporate sustainability in accordance with the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the fifth year in a row. They focus on compliance and conduct as well as releases to the environment and human capital development (Halliburton Press Release, 2014). Halliburton visited our section on September 15th to give a presentation about their company and how to effectively write a resume in preparation for the upcoming career and co-op fairs on September 23rd and 24th. Elena Gearheart, Halliburton’s representative, gave advice was centered on how to develop a “life story” that best highlights your accomplishments in a resume format. She took us step-by-step through the thought process for completing this story. For more information about this company, visit www.gohalliburton.com.
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Pitt Society of Women Engineers
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FY15 Ohio Valley Region G
O
n Friday, September 19th, four officers of
attended workshops entitled “Values, Branding, and
PittSWE traveled to Salt Fork State Park in
Perception” and “Strategic Objectives and Goals” to learn
Cambridge, Ohio to take part in the FY15 Ohio
about both national and regional goals of SWE. These goals
Valley Region G 7th Annual Leadership Summit.
include developing professional excellence, becoming a
Upon arriving Friday night, the officers were met with a
more global organization, and advocating for present and
bonfire and a chance to network with both collegiate and
prospective female engineers. In addition, the PittSWE
professional SWE members from Region G. As one of the
officers took part in Collegiate Section Officer Training,
ten regions in the United States, Region G encompasses
where they learned the requirements of both collegiate
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
sections and of their offices.
Our PittSWE officers met SWE
members
PittSWE
from
officers
also met some very
schools such as Ohio State
important
University, University of
members
Dayton, and University of
President-Elect Colleen
Louisville. The officers also
Layman and Region G
met professionals from the
Governor Lisa Rimpf
Pittsburgh, Kentucky, and
(pictured). The officers
Northeastern
also met Region G
Ohio
sections among others. The bonfire preceded a intended to help the SWE members in build
such
as
Senator Kate Kukla and many
full day of workshops and lectures attendance
SWE
relationships
between sections, learn more about the Society of Women Engineers, and train to become collegiate, sectional,
officers
of
various collegiate sections.
“goals… include developing
The Leadership Summit was co-
professional excellence… and
sponsored with funding by Societal
advocating for present and
SWE and ExxonMobil. We thank
prospective female engineers.”
and societal leaders! Our officers
them for their generosity, which allowed our officers to take part in an amazing leadership experience!
SPEED DATING EVENT Our speed dating networking event was held Wednesday, September 3rd. We gathered in Benedum 157 to start the
was paired up with a random member. Conversation was
year off right by building a variety of networks among Pitt
encouraged between the pair, to see what they had in
SWE members and learning how Pitt SWE can be the right
common and hopefully build a networking contact and
support group for you throughout your career at Pitt. The
maybe even a friend! We switched partners every seven
event started off by enjoying some great Jimmy John
minutes, so people were able to meet and talk to about nine
sandwiches (Of course, we always have free food at our
different people. We hope this event showed our members
events)! We then heard some updates from our officers and
the variety of membership within Pitt SWE and how we can
representatives from other organizations. Then everyone
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