Who Are We?
About
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.
Mission
- Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders
- Expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life
- Demonstrate the value of diversity
Objectives
- Inform young women, their parents, counselors and the public in general of the qualifications and achievements of women engineers open to them
- Assist women engineers in readying themselves for a return to active work after temporary retirement
- Serve as a center of information on women in engineering
- Encourage women engineers to attain high levels of educational and professional achievement
Key Issues
- Leadership
- Provide opportunities for members to develop leadership
and management skills to enable them to achieve their maximum potential
and further their their ability to attain increasingly important positions
of responsibility
- Education
- Provide programs to encourage girls and women to
enter engineer and encourage members to attain high levels of achievement
in their fields.
- Visibility
- Increase visibility of SWE and its progams to
members, the technical community and the general public.
- Diversity
- Develop programs to encourage and sustain increase
participation in the fields of science and engineering reflective of
our diverse population.
- Resources
- Increase the Society's resources for the purpose
of supporting high quality programs and services to meet its goals.
SWE Philadelphia Section History
The Philadelphia Section was one of the original chartering sections of SWE
on May 27, 1950. In 1980 the Philadelphia Section branched to form the Lehigh Valley Section. Then again on April 24, 1999 the Philadelphia Section branched to form the DelMar Peninsula Section. Today, the section encompasses southern Pennsylvania east of the Susquehanna
River. Many Section members live/work in nearby communities in Southern New Jersey. The area's wide
technical diversity supports a membership of over 150. Our section members range
from the recent graduate to the retired PhD, staff members at Fortune 500 companies
to business owners. The Philadelphia Section is part of
Region
E - Mid-Atlantic of
The Society of Women Engineers.
SWE Philadelphia Conferences
- March 2006 Region E Conference
- November 1999 Region E Student Conference - University of Penn
- November 1996 Region E Student Conference - Drexel and University of Penn
- April 1995 Region E Conference
- November 1992 Region E Student Conference - Drexel and University of Penn
- October 1987 Region E Conference
SWE Philadelphia Awards
- 2007 2nd Place Best Website
- 2003 1st Place Best Medium Section Newsletter
- 2000 Member Retention Award - Large section
- 1999 Member Retention Award - Large section
