Group photo from the SWE NESS 30th Anniversary Celebration on May 5, 2019.
Calendar of Events
Monthly SWE NESS Planning Meeting:
FY20 EC #9
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 7pm via video chat. Join the Executive Council for the monthly planning meeting! We will be discussing what events we want to hold and what activities our members are interested in, so come provide your input.
Contact Yadira for more info.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 7pm via video chat. Join the Executive Council for the monthly planning meeting! We will be discussing what events we want to hold and what activities our members are interested in, so come provide your input.
Contact Yadira for more info.
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We have some great ideas for events this year! Contact us if you are interested in helping out with events or joining the next planning meeting. Meetings often include a special treat from Sue, like brownie cheesecake fruit dessert! |
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Upcoming Events: All events are unfortunately postponed until further notice due to COVID-19.
Past Events:
March 14, 2020 - 11:30am to 3:30pm. Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair at CCRI in Warwick. SWE-NESS presented an award to two girls for their science fair project.
February 22, 2020 - 11am to 2pm. Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum. SWE NESS and Brown University members volunteered. 87 kids and about 80 parents attended the event. Everyone had fun at the five stations which included pulleys, human robot, completing a circuit, building towers, and making oobleck!
February 8, 2020 - 9am to 1:30pm. Engineering Your Tomorrow: Think Like an Engineer Journey Workshop at RWU Engineering Building in Bristol, RI, for Junior girl scouts.
February 7, 2020 - 7 to 9pm. Paint Night Fundraiser at O'Brien's Pub in Newport, RI. We sold out ticket sales and raised $525 which we will put towards funding our outreach programs!
February 22, 2020 - 11am to 2pm. Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum. SWE NESS and Brown University members volunteered. 87 kids and about 80 parents attended the event. Everyone had fun at the five stations which included pulleys, human robot, completing a circuit, building towers, and making oobleck!
February 8, 2020 - 9am to 1:30pm. Engineering Your Tomorrow: Think Like an Engineer Journey Workshop at RWU Engineering Building in Bristol, RI, for Junior girl scouts.
February 7, 2020 - 7 to 9pm. Paint Night Fundraiser at O'Brien's Pub in Newport, RI. We sold out ticket sales and raised $525 which we will put towards funding our outreach programs!
Thank you to our friends for supporting our event!
Great turnout of friends and members for the Paint Night fundraiser!
Our members did a great job with their paintings!
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January 12, 2020. Cadette Think Like an Engineer Journey in Groton, CT.
November 23, 2019 - 12:30 to 4:15pm. Junior Think Like an Engineering Workshop at Connecticut College in New London. The stations included Emergency Shelter (build a shelter to keep our teddy bear dry), Seismic Shakeup (build a structure that can withstand our shake table test), and Paper Structures (build a weight bearing structure out of 8 sheets of newspaper).
November 2, 2019 - 9am to 1:30pm. Engineering Your Tomorrow: Think Like an Engineer Journey Workshop at URI Pastore Hall, Kingston, RI. Junior Girl Scout event.
November 2, 2019 - 12 to 3. Girl Scout STEM Day at Stonington High School in Pawcatuck, CT. Small groups of girl scouts performed 4, 30 minute projects.
October 17, 2019 - 5 to 8pm SWE and Sensata Technologies joined together for an evening on Cultural Competence, an important issue employees in any organization need to understand.
SWE Boston and SWE NESS held an event with Sensata that consisted of dinner, networking, and presentation by, Angela Callahan, Vice Chancellor for talent and Chief Diversity Officer for the UMASS Dartmouth.
October 5, 2019 - 11am to 3pm Science Day at the Public Library of New London. SWE NESS setup a circuits and pulleys activity among many different organization's activities.
May 5, 2019 - 2:30pm SWE NESS 30th Anniversary Celebration at Dan's Tavern on the Green in North Kingstown. To celebrate 30 years since the founding of our chapter, we held a dinner with a keynote speaker, and a photo slide show of our accomplishments over the past years. The party theme was Star Wars AND the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. We had space themed favors and challenges. Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us! It was a lot of fun!
Jonna Gerken, FY18 National SWE President, gave an inspiring talk at the 30th Anniversary Celebration about seizing opportunities and travelling to new places!
Congrats to our founding members!
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March 9, 2019, 1 to 3pm Design Leap Bots with the Brownies at
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Help Design, Discover, Build, Teach! and lead a Brownie Badge workshop. Groups of 2 or 3 third graders will be building leap bots to earn one of the mechanical design badges. What's a Leap Bot? Leap Bots are built from thread spools and use springs to "leap" up a dowel.
March 8, 2019 - 6 to 9pm Design, Discover, Build, Teach! with high school Girl Scouts at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a relaxing evening working with High School age girls, encouraging them to pursue a STEM education while we do hands-on on STEM activities. Due to the small group size, we really get to interact and get to know these girls over the course of the evening. Activities usually draw from Design Squad Activities guides.
February 16, 2019 - 11am to 2pm Be an Engineer! at Providence Children's Museum. Children participate in stations set up with activities from each engineering discipline run by volunteers from SWE NESS and collegiate chapters.
February 9, 2019 - 9 to 12 Girl Scout Workshop at Roger Williams University. 60 Girls attended and earned a SWE badge. Favorite stations included the materials engineering egg bungee design, the civil engineering tower building, and the song and rap station. The girls learned a lot about what it means to be an engineer and had a lot of fun doing it! Thanks to Sue for organizing and running the workshop!
January 25, 2019 - 9 to 4 Engineers to the Rescue with Girl Scout Cadettes at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. The theme of the event was a camping trip to Yellowstone where an earthquake hits! Our tents are ruined, the water in the campground broke and our food is at the bottom of the ravine! Girl Scouts in grades 4-6 use engineering to solve these problems by building scale models.
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Help Design, Discover, Build, Teach! and lead a Brownie Badge workshop. Groups of 2 or 3 third graders will be building leap bots to earn one of the mechanical design badges. What's a Leap Bot? Leap Bots are built from thread spools and use springs to "leap" up a dowel.
March 8, 2019 - 6 to 9pm Design, Discover, Build, Teach! with high school Girl Scouts at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a relaxing evening working with High School age girls, encouraging them to pursue a STEM education while we do hands-on on STEM activities. Due to the small group size, we really get to interact and get to know these girls over the course of the evening. Activities usually draw from Design Squad Activities guides.
February 16, 2019 - 11am to 2pm Be an Engineer! at Providence Children's Museum. Children participate in stations set up with activities from each engineering discipline run by volunteers from SWE NESS and collegiate chapters.
February 9, 2019 - 9 to 12 Girl Scout Workshop at Roger Williams University. 60 Girls attended and earned a SWE badge. Favorite stations included the materials engineering egg bungee design, the civil engineering tower building, and the song and rap station. The girls learned a lot about what it means to be an engineer and had a lot of fun doing it! Thanks to Sue for organizing and running the workshop!
January 25, 2019 - 9 to 4 Engineers to the Rescue with Girl Scout Cadettes at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. The theme of the event was a camping trip to Yellowstone where an earthquake hits! Our tents are ruined, the water in the campground broke and our food is at the bottom of the ravine! Girl Scouts in grades 4-6 use engineering to solve these problems by building scale models.
December 1, 2018 - 9 to 4 Saturday, December 1, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:30 SWE-NESS Holiday Dinner.
Members and their families gathered at a restaurant for a dinner social to celebrate the holidays and the past year. Location: Gregg's in North Kingstown.
November 3, 2018 - 12:15 to 4:30 Junior Engineering workshop for Girl Scouts at Connecticut College.
October 27, 2018 - 9 to 12 SWE Girl Scout Workshop at the University of Rhode Island. Girl Scouts will be earning a SWE Badge.
September 26, 2018 - 5:30 to 7:30 Newport Vineyards' Fireside Music Series. SWE members and non-members visited the vineyard together for wine tasting and live music.
June 21, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 - Financial Seminar with Guest Speaker Athol Cochrane of Wealth Solutions, and Annual NESS Membership Yearly Overview Meeting.
Mar 18, 2017 from 8:30 to 5 - Girl Scouts Senior Leadership Conference Science & Technology Sessions at Salve Regina University.
Feb 18, 2017 from 11 to 2 - Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum.
Feb 14, 2017 from 9 to 12 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at RWU Engineering Building, Bristol, RI.
Feb 4 - 9, 2017 from 9 to 12 - SWE Girl Scout Jr workshop at the RWU Engineering Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at URI Memorial Union
Nov 19, 2016 from 1 to 4 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at Conn College Olin Science Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at URI Memorial Union, Kingston, RI.
Sept 10, 2016 from 12 to 6 - Connecticut Family and Music Festival in New Haven, CT, with STEM events.
Members and their families gathered at a restaurant for a dinner social to celebrate the holidays and the past year. Location: Gregg's in North Kingstown.
November 3, 2018 - 12:15 to 4:30 Junior Engineering workshop for Girl Scouts at Connecticut College.
October 27, 2018 - 9 to 12 SWE Girl Scout Workshop at the University of Rhode Island. Girl Scouts will be earning a SWE Badge.
September 26, 2018 - 5:30 to 7:30 Newport Vineyards' Fireside Music Series. SWE members and non-members visited the vineyard together for wine tasting and live music.
June 21, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 - Financial Seminar with Guest Speaker Athol Cochrane of Wealth Solutions, and Annual NESS Membership Yearly Overview Meeting.
Mar 18, 2017 from 8:30 to 5 - Girl Scouts Senior Leadership Conference Science & Technology Sessions at Salve Regina University.
Feb 18, 2017 from 11 to 2 - Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum.
Feb 14, 2017 from 9 to 12 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at RWU Engineering Building, Bristol, RI.
Feb 4 - 9, 2017 from 9 to 12 - SWE Girl Scout Jr workshop at the RWU Engineering Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at URI Memorial Union
Nov 19, 2016 from 1 to 4 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at Conn College Olin Science Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at URI Memorial Union, Kingston, RI.
Sept 10, 2016 from 12 to 6 - Connecticut Family and Music Festival in New Haven, CT, with STEM events.
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