Willamette Valley Section SWE e-News October 2017

Post date: Nov 14, 2017 11:50:3 AM

Welcome to the first edition of our SWE e-Newsletter where we’re compiling relevant announcements and information for you. Read on to find out more information about any of the items below. If you have anything you’d like to include in a future e-Newsletter please contact Joani Curtis (joan.curtis@hp.com).

In this Newsletter

Announcements

Georgia Pacific Donation to WVS-SWE: Our SWE section recently received a donation funding college scholarships and K-12 outreach activities. Find out more here.

Volunteer Opportunities

Girl Scouts: Our SWE Section is hosting a Bridge Building class for Junior Girl Scouts (4^th-5^th Grade) on Saturday, October 21^st from 8 am – 12 pm. Volunteers are needed to help the girls build and test their bridges. You can find more information here or by contacting Dana Algaier (dana.algaier@hp.com).

Crescent Valley FIRST Robotics Team: Volunteers with technical skills (particularly women!) are needed to mentor teams as they design, build and test a robot. The team meets several times a week and there is no minimum time requirement. You can find more information here or by contacting Cindy Dahl (cdahl@onami.us)

Announcements

Georgia Pacific Donation to WVS-SWE

WVS-SWE would like to thank the Georgia Pacific Halsey Mill and mil manager Kim Sweet for their generous donation. The donation of $2750 will be used for college scholarships and K-12 outreach activities.

From L-R: Amanda Smith, Amy Welter, Alice McConaughy, Shannon Sperry, Christine Bellmor, Ash Parthasarathy, Kim Sweet and Enga Bloom

Volunteer Opportunities

Girl Scouts Bridge Building Class

This event is a hands-on opportunity for 4^th & 5^th grade girls. The event will be from 9am-12pm but it is requested that all volunteers arrive by 8am to help with set-up and get organized. The class description is below, please contact Dana Algaier (dana.algaier@hp.com) to volunteer or with any questions.

Class Name: Bridge Building with Society of Women Engineers

Class Description:" At this workshop, you and a team of other Girl Scouts will build a bridge that meets defined specifications for height, width and weight, using a limited range of craft supplies. Each bridge will be tested to see how it fares. This fun activity will challenge your creativity! You'll get a small snack and leave with a goodie bag."

Program Level: This activity is for Junior Girl Scouts (grade 4^th-5^th)

Date: Saturday, October 21^st

Time: 9- 12

Location: Corvallis – TBD

Crescent Valley HS FIRST Robotics Team

The Crescent Valley High School FIRST Robotics Team is looking for a female engineer or scientist to act as a mentor to the team. If you are interested, please contact Tanya Carone (tanya.robotics@gmail.com ), Charles Dupuy – parent mentor (cgdupuy@comcast.net ) or SWE member Cindy Dahl (cdahl@onami.us )

The team is coached by Tanya Carone, who is a regulatory consultant on bio and pharma licensing. Tonya is recruiting mentors for the team, and really wants to have a woman in a technical role. The team membership is close to 40% girls (wow!), so it is important that they have role models. The mentors don’t have to be able to build or program the robot, but need to be able to give guidance on teamwork, scheduling, communication, and all the other aspects of building a product in a timely fashion. The team members are learning about working in a group and meeting deadlines – while having fun! They are a really dedicated group. (By the way, Tanya is also the coach for 3 middle school robotics teams. Amazing!)

Volunteer Request

The team relies on parents (and non-parent) volunteers to mentor the students. The students do all the work, and each sub-team has a student lead who is responsible for the technical direction. Even though we really like having mentors with technical skills, it is not required to be a role model, nor is it required to teach teamwork.

• The team meets at CV Tuesday & Thursday 6-9 and Sunday 1-5 up to Christmas, and more frequently during the 6 week build season Jan-Feb

• Mentors are volunteers, so there is no minimum time requirement. Once a week would be a good baseline.