Annually, The University of Iowa SWE section hosts a High School Conference where they invite female high schoolers that are either admitted into the UI College of Engineering or interested in engineering. This year the tradition was finally back in person! SWE - East Central Iowa enjoys supporting the event with a Professional Panel and sponsoring the networking dinner to follow. The high schoolers were able to ask questions about experiences in college and professional life. The panel shared their engineering journeys, critical experiences along the way, and accomplishments. Thank you to the four professionals that were on the panel - Jill, Shelby, Adriane, & Kristen!
 On October 12th, Devin Wagner, Ashley Cassell, & Katie Brendecke traveled to Xavier High School and spoke during the school’s Introduction to Engineering Design class. This class is part of the PLTW (Project Lead the Way) curriculum, which provides high school students the opportunity to explore various aspects of the engineering field while earning dual credit. These three panelists gave backgrounds on their paths to becoming engineers and provided insight into each of their respective companies and disciplines. The students had great questions regarding college classes, specific industries, how the recent pandemic has affected engineering work, and more. The three engineers had a great time talking to the class and encouraging the next generation of engineers!
 Annually the University of Iowa SWE Section hosts a High School Conference where they invite female high schoolers that are either admitted into the College of Engineering or interested in Engineering for a 2 day event. This year the tradition lived on virtually! SWE-East Central Iowa loves that we have the opportunity to support the event with a Professional Panel. The high schoolers were able to ask us any questions about our experience in college and professional life. We were able to share our journeys to where we are now and share what our day to day work life looks like. It was neat to have a couple High School Conference Alums on the panel with us! Thank you to our 5 professionals that helped with the panel - Jill, Sarah, Beth, April, and Jane!
Five members of SWE-ECI held a panel for The University of Iowa SWE Collegiate Section on Tuesday,September 16th, to prepare the young women for the Career Fair that took place on Thursday, September 25th.
On 6 February 2013, Rockwell Collins hosted the first Rocket Women event in the University of Iowa. The objective of this event was to create an opportunity for University of Iowa’s business and engineering students to mix, mingle and network with the successful women in finance and engineering from Rockwell Collins in a more relaxed and social setting.
Tuesday October 30th, core board members Becky Reck, Katie Morin, Olie Ray, and Nikki Morey attended the Corridor Women Connect (CWC) Fall celebration of women leaders. The event featured a panel of women leaders from local companies including Brenda Clancy, Chief Operations Officer at Transamerica, Nancy Kasparek, Regional President at U.S. Bank, Linda Mattes, Director, general planning and Construction Alliant Engergy, and Anne Parmley, President, National Services at Pearson.
SWE-ECI together with the Rockwell Collins Women's Forum (formerly the Rockwell Collins Women's Employee Network) hosted Jennifer Allyn, Managing Director in the Office of Diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers, who facilitated a panel discussion with five Rockwell Collin's women leaders and led the audience in a candid conversation about credibility.
Once again, SWE-ECI supported the panel discussion at the High School Conference sponsored by the University of Iowa SWE Section. This year’s panel included Amber Johnson, Debarati Ray, Katie Morin, and Rebecca Reck from SWE-ECI and a couple others. The panel fielded questions from the students about what it is like to have a career in engineering.
On January 27, SWE-ECI hosted a panel during the lunch hour at Rockwell Collins entitled “Be a Technical Leader and a Parent - How Do I Make This Happen?” The panel members were Kim Beckman, Software Team Lead for GPS Airborne Navigation; Toshie Bader, a part-time Technical Product Manager in Navigation Products Engineering; and Linda Peyton, Senior Director of Avionics Products Engineering. The event was well-attended by Rockwell Employees and SWE-ECI members both in person and through teleconferencing.
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