PittSWE Newsletter - December 2012

PITT SWE Volume 1, Issue 4

December 2012 Edited by: Julia Wasas

Welcome Back Future Events Written By: Julia Wasas Welcome Back! Pitt SWE would like to welcome everyone back to school here at Pitt. This semester is starting off busy with SWE and we would like to invite everyone to our upcoming events. Anyone interested can attend our events, even men.

On that note, SWE will be hosting a meet and greet event on Tuesday, January 15 at 8:30 pm with the officers. This event will be our transition to officer elections. Anyone interested in running for an officer position for next year (Fall 2013 to Spring 2014) are encouraged to attend. Our current officers will be there to help answer any questions.

Upcoming Events January January 9 - Welcome Back! Housing Panel January 17 – That Could Happen to Me! Sexual Harassment Workshop.

January 17 – Death by Chocolate January 21 – 30 – 2013-2014 Officer Nominations January 23 – Diversity Dinnerview January 31 – February 7 – Officer Elections

Recent Graduates Recognition Written By: Julia Wasas Congratulations to all of the University of Pittsburgh students who graduated this December. Pitt SWE wishes the best for all of those who graduated and to extend a special recognition to a past officer, Karin Rozendaal. Karin has been an active member of our section while here at Pitt. She will now work at Nestle Corporation. We thank her for all her hard work and wish she has a great future.

Regional News Region G Written By: Julia Wasas Region G will be holding a regional conference on March 1 through the 3 in Oakland at Carnegie Mellon University!

Registration for this conference will be opening in the middle of January. We encourage everyone to attend if they can. It is very exciting for the conference to be held in Pittsburgh!.

Please visit http://sweregiongconference2013.org/index.html for more details

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Welcome Back Upcoming Events Recent Graduates Regional News Holiday Card Decorating Holiday Party National News SWE Riddle

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Holiday Party Celebration Written By: Julia Wasas On December 12th Pitt SWE hosted a holiday party. There was hot chocolate, cookies, and more. Our members took a break from finals to enjoy some friendly competition.

Members made 3D snowflakes and gingerbread houses.

These were then judged to find the best one. Winners went home with prizes but everyone got to enjoy a good time and lots of candy.

The gingerbread houses and snowflakes made by our members at the holiday party.

National News SWE National Written By: Julia Wasas

SWE RIDDLE Pitt SWE would like to challenge you to a riddle! The first University of Pittsburgh student to email PittSWE@gmail.com with the correct answer will receive a $10 dollar gift certificate as a reward.

Please solve the riddle below.

Three mathematicians are applying for a job. There are five hats, three white, two black. They’re lined up, and a hat is placed on each. The first person in line cannot see any hat; the second in line sees only the hat of the person in front of him; the third person sees only the hats of the two people in front of her. The first person to correctly figure out what color hat he has gets the job; you guess wrong and you are killed. Assume these are INTELLIGENT mathematicians, and that they will do the logically correct thing at each stage — if something can be deduced, they will figure it out. After a long pause, the first person, who cannot see any hats, says he knows the color of his hat. What is the color, and how does he know?

The Society of Women Engineers offers scholarship opportunities to all women members. There are a large number of scholarship opportunities and they all have individual requirements. To find a scholarship that applies to you please go to www.swe.org >Scholarship> Find a Scholarship. For non-Freshman members applications are typically accepted from December 1st to February 15th.

Freshman applications are typically accepted from March 1 st through May 15th. Pitt SWE urges all of our members to go online and see if they are eligible for any scholarships. The scholarship values range from $1,000 to $10,000, and in the year 2012 SWE awarded scholarships in an amount over $577,000. Both graduate and undergraduate students are eligible. Good luck to all that apply!

Pitt SWE Officers President – Lisa Volpatti Vice President – Julia Wasas Secretary – Sandy Liu Treasurer – Christina O’Donnell

To stay updated on news and events visit our website www.pitt.edu/~pittswe.

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