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IEEE WIE Mission
The mission of IEEE WIE is to Inspire,
Engage, Encourage, and Empower IEEE women worldwide.
IEEE WIE DC/NoVA Goals for 2010
Our
goal this year is to Inspire,
Engage, Encourage, and Empower :
- Girls to take Courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM);
- IEEE Women and Men to support our Meetings & Events; and
- Women and Men working in Engineering fields to join IEEE & WIE.
WIE Plans to Accomplish These Goals by...
- Having an Educational Outreach program and working with Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in our area.
- Joining with other Groups who are reaching out to Girls to take courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM).
- Co-sponsoring IEEE events with other IEEE Affinity Groups and Societies.
- Networking with IEEE members and non-IEEE members and inviting them to our meetings & events.
- Having a Membership program and providing incentives to new members for joining IEEE and WIE.
- Keeping our website updated with new events & meetings.
- Marketing our group using social networking tools.
- Holding meetings that are organized, fun, & different.
- Holding technical meetings that showcase Women in Engineering roles.
- Having activities for all to enjoy.
WIE
DC/NoVA 2010 Theme
Our theme this year is "Engineering
Girls"!!
The statistics on the number of women engineers in the United States is just below ten percent. For WIE to be able to start closing this gap in the National Capital Area, WIE has to focus on ways to get more girls interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses.
If you are a School Teacher or if you have an academic program geared to girls, WIE would be interested in working with you. Please contact the current WIE Chair.
The statistics on the number of women engineers in the United States is just below ten percent. For WIE to be able to start closing this gap in the National Capital Area, WIE has to focus on ways to get more girls interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses.
If you are a School Teacher or if you have an academic program geared to girls, WIE would be interested in working with you. Please contact the current WIE Chair.
WIE 2010 Chair's Remarks
WIE
Chair's Report...
It has been a pleasure working with women
engineers in the DC Metro Area in 2009 and again in 2010. WIE had
fun last year and WIE plan to have more fun this year while WIE seek to
engineer more girls.
This year WIE have a lot planned as WIE seek to accomplish our goals. In January 2010 WIE held an administrative and social meeting in VA and WIE welcomed our new officers. In February 2010 WIE attended the annual Officers training held in DC then WIE held a short administrative meeting after. In February and March 2010 Lana (WIE 2010 Secretary) and I met with the Clarksburg High School Robotics Club in MD who were building a robot that would play soccer for the FIRST Robotocs Competition. WIE sponsored the Robotics club and they placed 22nd out of 60 teams.
In March WIE held a Workshop in MD to review activities to be used for students at an exhibit or in schools. In March I also had to pleasure to work with IEEE-USA and Society for Women Engineers as WIE visited Capitol Hill and met with our Members of Congress to share our insight on the Engineering Education for Innovation (E2) Bill and asked them to co-sponsor the bill. In April WIE ordered t-shirts with the writing "I am a Woman Engineer" and WIE created a poster board with our pictures and profile. WIE exhibited local Women in Engineering fields at the Rockville Science Day in MD and provided three different engineering activities for the kids to work on. Also in April Deirdre (WIE 2009 Treasurer), Lana, and myself served as Expert Judges at the Montgomery Blair Magnet High School Program.
It is now May and WIE attended the IEEE NCA Awards Banquet where I had the honor of receiving the Washington "Distinguished Service Award" and an award for being "Chair of the Women in Engineering Chaper" in 2009. Other WIE Officers receiving awards were Katie Schaffold (WIE 2010 Vice-Chair) received the Northern VA "Distinguished Service Award" and Monica Taysing-Lara (WIE 2009 Membership-Chair) received the Washington "Administrative Award".
WIE have lots more planned for the calendar year. Keep checking our website for more information on our events and what we are doing.
Varetta Huggins, PMP
2010 Chair, IEEE Women in Engineering DC/NoVA
"I am a Software Engineer"
5/17/2010
This year WIE have a lot planned as WIE seek to accomplish our goals. In January 2010 WIE held an administrative and social meeting in VA and WIE welcomed our new officers. In February 2010 WIE attended the annual Officers training held in DC then WIE held a short administrative meeting after. In February and March 2010 Lana (WIE 2010 Secretary) and I met with the Clarksburg High School Robotics Club in MD who were building a robot that would play soccer for the FIRST Robotocs Competition. WIE sponsored the Robotics club and they placed 22nd out of 60 teams.
In March WIE held a Workshop in MD to review activities to be used for students at an exhibit or in schools. In March I also had to pleasure to work with IEEE-USA and Society for Women Engineers as WIE visited Capitol Hill and met with our Members of Congress to share our insight on the Engineering Education for Innovation (E2) Bill and asked them to co-sponsor the bill. In April WIE ordered t-shirts with the writing "I am a Woman Engineer" and WIE created a poster board with our pictures and profile. WIE exhibited local Women in Engineering fields at the Rockville Science Day in MD and provided three different engineering activities for the kids to work on. Also in April Deirdre (WIE 2009 Treasurer), Lana, and myself served as Expert Judges at the Montgomery Blair Magnet High School Program.
It is now May and WIE attended the IEEE NCA Awards Banquet where I had the honor of receiving the Washington "Distinguished Service Award" and an award for being "Chair of the Women in Engineering Chaper" in 2009. Other WIE Officers receiving awards were Katie Schaffold (WIE 2010 Vice-Chair) received the Northern VA "Distinguished Service Award" and Monica Taysing-Lara (WIE 2009 Membership-Chair) received the Washington "Administrative Award".
WIE have lots more planned for the calendar year. Keep checking our website for more information on our events and what we are doing.
Varetta Huggins, PMP
2010 Chair, IEEE Women in Engineering DC/NoVA
"I am a Software Engineer"
5/17/2010
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