GradSWE

Objectives
  • Stimulate professional and social networks between all engineering disciplines
  • Further our own interests through speakers, symposiums, presentations, etc.
  • Promote awareness of research opportunities
  • Act as a conduit for information on events of special interest to graduate students
  • Encourage undergraduates to consider attending graduate school
  • Provide informational resources for incoming graduate students
  • Maintain a communication system through e-mail and the www site
  • Establish communication between graduate students and faculty

Mission Statement
The graduate committee of the Society of Women Engineers was formed in 1995 to address the needs of graduate students. The goals and objectives of this group were created by and for graduate students.

A common issue established the need for this group - graduate school perpetuated isolation and loneliness. In graduate school, classes are much more competitive with less team effort than undergraduate work. Research is also an extremely individual process which keeps a student secluded in her/his laboratory or office. The graduate committee was formed to, at minimum, establish social relationships to help alleviate this problem and build self-esteem leading to more productive graduate students. It continues to meet this goal as well as many others.

The structure of the Graduate Committee includes a Steering Committee comprised of the Co-Chair(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Network Chair(s), Outreach Chair(s), Personal Development Chair(s), Membership Chair(s), Social Chair(s) and a Liaison Director.

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Grad SWE Officers
Chairs Jenn Dolan
Sara Rimer
jldolan@umich.edu
srimer@umich.edu
Secretary Jenna Campbell cjenna@umich.edu
Treasurer Sahithya Reddivari sahitya@umich.edu
Membership  Liz Beckett embecket@umich.edu
Social Monica Joshi
Alexis Kaplan
msjoshi@umich.edu
lexikap@umich.edu
Networking Maria Lang mclang@umich.edu
Outreach Katherine Avery
Mai Le
katlee@umich.edu
mtle@umich.edu
Professional Development Lingli He linglihe@umich.edu
Graduate Liaison Director Beth McBride bethmcbr@umich.edu
Financial Fitness Line van Nieuwstadt linevn@umich.edu


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