On November 30, the Iowa State chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored 50 members during their annual banquet with SWE membership points. See the list below to see a list of members recognized at the banquet.
Cynthia Lord, BSME’82, was the keynote speaker at the banquet. Lord congratulated the members and encouraged them to continue pursuing their engineering degrees. She shared her own experiences and the many opportunities she has been afforded because of her engineering background. Emphasizing that engineering is a wonderful foundation for life, Lord also noted that in addition to traditional engineering fields, other career paths are available to engineers such as law or public policy.
“SWE is important to provide educational and networking opportunities for women in technical fields,” Lord said. “But most importantly, the group provides encouragement. There are still too few women in the field and they need support to stick with it.”
SWE membership points
Points are given to members based on their level of involvement in the group. Members earn points for a variety of activities that include holding executive or cabinet positions and volunteering at outreach or community service events. There are three levels on which members can be recognized: silver (40 points are earned), gold (60 points are earned), and platinum (80 points are earned). For more details visit the SWE website.
| Cindu Annandarajah, Silver Kate Baringer, Silver Sydney Brady, Silver Nicole Bruck, Platinum Kelsey Bruning, Platinum Veronica Bryant, Silver Ashley Bye, Silver Alicia Fleege, Silver Amy Garvin, Silver Erin Gavin, Gold Allison Gerber, Silver Teresa Goeddel, Gold Elizabeth Hazelett, Silver Kelly Henrichs, Silver Morgan Hodge, Platinum Bethany Juhnke, Platinum Amanda Kavlie, Silver |
Jordyn Koll, Silver Kathy Kopytko, Silver Mary Krull, Gold Marissa Kruse, Gold Yunnie Low, Silver Allison Machtemes, Silver Alma Marquez, Silver Hannah McCuddin, Silver Sydney McKechnie, Gold Holly Meysenburg, Silver Jill Middendorf, Platinum Kshira Nadarajan, Silver Lisa Nielsen, Gold Amy O’Dell, Platinum Amanda Owen, Silver Cara Petrie, Silver |
Ashley Polkinghorn, Silver Kristin Reynolds, Gold Abby Roberts, Silver Vania Romay, Platinum Meisha Rosenberg, Silver Jennifer Schoborg, Gold Jessica Scott, Silver Sara Sloan, Gold Emily Spicher, Silver Samantha Spiering, Gold Carly Tessmann, Silver Claire Turner, Silver Eurydice Ulysses, Gold Erika Vaassen, Silver Elizabeth Welch, Gold Trena Williams, Gold |