Current Events
WinECE has several signature events that occur each year. At the beginning of each semester, new and returning members are invited to attend a welcome dinner. In the fall, the keynote speaker is a woman in academia who talks about her career and research. In the spring, the speaker is usually a woman engineer or executive from industry who talks candidly about her career development, her work environment and often provides helpful tips on personal and professional success. In addition to these two events, an end of year "Garden Party" is held outside to welcome spring and celebrate the women in ECE who will soon be graduating with B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. During the year, a variety of social, professional and mentoring events are organized. These include but are not limited to mentoring events and participation in the organization of ECE Day.
What: WinECE Spring Welcome Dinner
When: January 31st, 4:30-6:30 pm
Where: REH Singleton Room
All women students in ECE are invited to attend this annual spring
semester event. Enjoy a wonderful dinner while interacting with other
women in the ECE Department.
The keynote speaker for the event is ECE alumnus Katie Menzies.
Katie Menzies graduated in 2008 with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Working in
Johnson & Johnson's Information Technology group, she partners with
company directors to oversee multi-million dollar portfolios of
projects in Supply Chain. Her past work experience ranges from exotic
(a technology consultant in Palau) to menial (a stablehand in
Switzerland) and corporate (an engineering intern at General Electric)
to academic (molecular biology assistant at University of Cincinnati).
Katie currently volunteers with Peace Markets, a start-up from
Stanford's Peace Innovation Lab, and as an advisor for a Santa Clara
sorority. Her free time is spent running, learning about design and
human factors, and plotting how to return to academia for a PhD.
Her speech "Career Trade-offs: Industry Advice from 4yrs Out" will
focus on her experiences after CMU -- her career-life decisions and
ramifications, problems she encountered and solutions, and advice from
her mentors (including how to choose them).
What: WinECE Mentoring/Scheduling Event
When: November 10th, 4:30-6:30 pm
Where: Hamerschlag Hall 1300 Coves
Are you on the fence about what classes you should take next semester? Do
you want the opinion of someone who has already taken the classes you're
planning on taking? Would you just like the chance to be able to talk to
other ECE students and compare and talk about schedules? Come to our
mentoring event, co-hosted with HKN to be able to do all that and enjoy
delicious snacks at the same time!
What: It's ON! Game Night
When: 11/11/11, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: Hamerschlag Hall 1300 Coves
What could be a better date than 11/11/11 for making several puns involving
things being on, and what could be a better day than Friday to be able to
de-stress and just play some games? We'll have video games, dance games,
and special ECE-themed board games available for you women to bond over.
Snacks will be provided too, so all you need to do is put on your game face
and get ready to have a good time!
rECEss
Date: Thursday October 13th
Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Hamerschlag Hall 1300 Coves
Get to know and interact with representatives from ECE organizations like
WinECE, IEEE and HKN while enjoying delicious food and mingling with fellow
students. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided as sophomores
celebrate the end of their ECE sophomore seminar and all other
undergraduates relax and find out about ways to get involved in their
community. This is the event to be at if you want to learn about how you can
have a hand in shaping the undergraduate ECE experience!
Fall Welcome Dinner
Date: Tuesday October 4th
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm
Location: Singleton Room REH
Join the Women of ECE for our annual Fall Welcome Dinner. This year, our keynote speaker will be Professor Diana Marculescu- WinECE's new faculty advisor. The women who attend the dinner will be able to learn about Professor Marculescu's experiences as a woman in academia, and why we are so excited to have her joining the WinECE team. Additionally, we will have Diana Hu, an alumnus who is currently working in Intel's Rotation Program, speak about her experience with Intel. As always- there wil be delicious food, and great company for the dinner. So make sure to RSVP to reserve your spot as soon as possible!
Post-Exam Freshman Mentoring Event
Date: Thursday September 29th
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Location: WH 8427
Join awesome Electrical and Computer engineers for food and fun games to unwind and relax after the first 18-100 exam of the semester. There will be delicious fruit, crackers and cookies. Come hang out with other WinECE girls, talk to some freshman, and try your hand at WinECE Bingo!
Google.GetAJob()
Date: September 9, 2011 ( Sign up by September 5)
Time: 4-6 pm
Location: Bakery Square 6425 Penn Ave, Suite 700 (Shuttles will pick students up at CMU at 4 pm)
Are you a student interested in pursuing a career in computer
science? Google Pittsburgh is hosting Google.GetAJob(),
Registration Mentoring
Date: April 7, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Porter Hall A20
Fall 2011 course registration week is coming up soon! Do you want to learn more about professors' teaching style and course material? Are you wondering what electives are easier to take? WinECE is hosting a mentoring event this Thursday, come and bring your tentative schedule and get advice from upper class students. Additionally, this meeting is an opportunity for girls considering running for office in WinECE to ask our current officers about their responsibilities and experiences with WinECE.
Ice Cream Social and Elections
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: PH A21
Are you a woman in ECE? Do you love creating a sense of community in ECE? Do you love organizing professional events with well known companies? Do you want to be more involved on campus? Do you have ideas of how to make WinECE a better organization? If so, take a look at the different leadership opportunities available through WinECE and run for office. Although attendence is not required to run, it is strongly encouraged. Even if you don't want to run, come enjoy delicious ice cream and help vote in a new generation of WinECE officers
ECE Day!
Date: Friday, April 29, 2011
Time: ALL DAY LONG!
Location: Hammerschlag, outside of Wean
ECE day is an annual event that occurs on the last day of classes and celebrates being an ECE. This year WinECE will be running t-shirt distribution for the two days leading up to ECE day, and the morning of the event. The afternoon of the 29th WinECE will be hosting the ECE dunk tank. We are going to need a lot of volunteers to help run these events, as well as volunteers to be dunked for charity. If you would like to participate, please click either one of the the two previous links to sign up for a volunteer slot. Feel free to ask any of our officers about event details.