All Categories - SWE East Central Iowa Section

Join our Email List SWE_ECI LinkedIn SWE-ECI Facebook

E-Week Technical Tour at P&G Power Oral Care

3/8/2023

During Engineers Week, on Thursday February 23rd, SWE-ECI hosted a technical tour of the P&G Power Oral Care Site located in Iowa City. The group learned the very technical process of making an Oral B electric toothbrush. Thank you to our P&G tour guides!
After the event the group headed to Hudson's Southside Tap for some appetizers and networking!
Thank you to all that joined!

Future Cities... And the Winner Is...

3/8/2023

A few of SWE-ECI's members had the opportunity to participate as judges in the Iowa Regional Future City Competition on January 28th. SWE-ECI sponsored the special award for Most Diverse Infrastructure - our judges were looking for diversity in the use of shapes, materials, colors, and zones / use of the different areas in the cities. Congratulations to the winners of our award - City of De Mitigar, a team from Evans Middle School.

New Year, New You with Jade Ploessl

1/23/2023

On January 19th,2023 SWE-ECI hosted a new year event with Jade Ploessl at the New Bo City Market. Jade is a mental skills coach with Romagna performance and delivered a presentation on motivation and commitment. The event included a presentation, activity, and networking. Thank you to all the women who could come out and be a part of this event. Don't worry if you missed this one, we have more exciting events coming up this year! Please check the newsletter and our website for details.

Warm & Fuzzy Gift Giving

12/22/2022

On December 15, 2022 SWE-ECI hosted a Warm & Fuzzy Gift Giving Event where we made tie blankets for the Toys for Tots Organization and had a white elephant to celebrate the Holidays. With tons of holiday joy, yummy treats, and delicious hot chocolate, we were able to get the blankets completed in no time! Great team work everyone! Thank you to all the women that were able to come out and participate in this fun and sweet event. Have a wonderful, warm, and safe holiday - see you at our events next year!

University of Iowa SWE Professional Panel

12/21/2022

In November, SWE ECI was able to connect with the U of I collegiate see and chat all things with job fairs, interviews, resume prep, negotiations and more! ECI had representatives from P&G & Schneider Electric that were able to provide diverse experiences on the topics.

We hope you can join us next year!

WE22 Fireside Chats - A World of Opportunity Awaits

11/12/2022

The WE22 Fireside Chat was a cozy one this year as we sat around a fire, made s’mores, and ate pizza. SWE-ECI met to share their favorite speakers and takeaways from sessions they attended. WE22 was in Houston this year and it was packed with lots of amazing sessions and workshops. Thank you to Kristen Wagner and Samantha Armstrong for sharing what you learned. From building a good networking community to learning how to leverage your leadership strengths, there was a great discussion about the sessions. And now to plan for next year's WE23 in Los Angeles!

WE22: A World of Opportunity Awaits

10/23/2022

WE22's theme was A World of Opportunity Awaits. We had five SWE-ECI members attend the conference, going to multiple sessions across the three days, Oct. 20th - 22nd. Many of them recruited for their respective companies, as well. As part of a long-standing tradition, on Friday night, our professional members got together with 13 Iowa Hawkeye collegiates to get dinner and socialize. Everyone had an enjoyable time relaxing and refueling for the rest of the conference. Between stellar professional development sessions, a massive career fair, and multiple thought-provoking keynote presentations there was no lack of conversation at the dinner table! Lastly, on Saturday two of our ECI members volunteered at SWE's "Invent It. Build It." K-12 Outreach event to encourage girls to choose a career in engineering and technology.

We hope you can join us next year!

September Lunch Webinar

9/15/2022

On Wednesday, September 14th SWE-ECI hosted a lunch webinar that included two TED Talk Topics. The first TED Talk was Irene Mora on "For women in pursuit of motherhood and a career". Irene talked about her experience as a child of a working mother in the 90s, when it still was quite novel to move for a mother's career. She said that so many people like to focus on the negatives of having a working mother, but she wanted to highlight the positives such as getting to travel around the world. The second TED talk was Leila Hoteit's "3 Lessons on Success from an Arab Businesswoman." Leila talked about how she manages motherhood and a career in a culture that is very anti-mothers working. There were great discussions among the women at our companies on how we balance motherhood and career or how it has been modeled for us. There were also some really good perspectives from multiple cultures - things got real!

With this lunch webinar we were able to bring back onsite locations at P&G, Collins, Quaker, and Schneider Electric - which was GREAT! Thank you to the 40+ people who joined in person and on Zoom to watch and contribute to the valuable discussions!

Core Board Bonding

7/27/2022

The new SWE-ECI Core Board had the opportunity to meet each other in person for some bowling at Spare Time. It was a great opportunity to get to know the 3 new members on the Core Board this year - Megan, Shelby, and Keerthena and continue to grow our relationships with our veteran Core Board Members! We are looking forward to a great FY and hope to see many of you in person soon!

Welcome to the Corridor Trivia

7/24/2022

SWE ECI hosted the Welcome to the Corridor Trivia on Tuesday, July 19th at Noelridge Park ITC Pavilion. There was a good mix of ECI veterans, new hires, and interns. We had three teams who all brought their A-game, making it a close competition. Jill, Emily, & Riley proved superior in their knowledge of Iowa people, places, things, and companies.

Advertisement

SWE News