Leadership Posts
This is the place for the latest updates from your Region H Collegiate Team!
18-December-2011
Just recently I have attended two Charter banquets for new professional sections. It is wonderful to see the enthusiasm with these new groups. The two new sections are: Southwest Central Indiana near Bloomington, IN and the Dubuque Area Section, Dubuque, IA and nearby Wisconsin towns. If you end up in one of these locations with your job after graduation, check out these sections. Definitely check out any local SWE professional section where you are working, there is always something interesting going on and leadership opportunities.
The 2012 Region H conference is coming up February 17-19 in Madison, WI. I have been working with the University of Wisconsin section and they have a great group of sessions planned. The whole conference will be held at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Conference center. This is something not be missed. Please register by January 9th, it is coming up fast!
Wendy Landwehr
11/29/2010
Hi Region H,
I was great to meet some of you at the SWE Annual conference. I am so excited that we won the SWE Spirit award. Katy and Tricia were awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped with the answers to the questions. We really dominated by also winning the Region Programming Excellence award for our session at last Region conference. I am compiling a list of all of the Region H award recipients and will recognize them on the website.
We are getting ready for the Region Conference, February 4-6, 2011 at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Aryn and Ellen have kept me informed of the planning status and it is turning out to be wonderful conference. I am very proud to be the Governor for Region H an represent all of the collegiate & professional sections.
-Wendy Landwehr, Region H Governor
Hi Region H SWE Members!
For those of you who were able to attend the WE10 Annual Conference, I hope you had a great time and were able to benefit both professionally and personally from the activities provided. To recap, the Region Collegiate Team will be working to make sure all sections’ bylaws are approved and submitted to HQ. We will also be working to help all sections obtain an EIN number if they currently don’t have one.
-Debra Lin, Region H RCR
Hello Region H!
I hope everyone had a a great time at WE10! We are looking forward to a successful Region H Conference and a great rest of the year. A few reminders from your RCRs:
- If you are interested in taking your SWE involvement to the next level, now is the time to contact us! Elections for Region H Collegiate Senator, Region H Collegiate Representatives, and Region H Collegiate Communications Editor are coming up!
- If you have any additional best practices you would like to share with us, please do so! We are in the process of compiling everything from Annual Conference and will have that info posted soon!
If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
-Kristina Kremer, Region H RCR
Get to Know Your Region Collegiate Team!
Kristina Kremer, RCR
Kristina Kremer is a senior in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She was introduced to SWE as a senior in high school, when she was invited to visit campus as a part of SWE’s Little Sister Weekend. She has been a very active member ever since. As a sophomore, she served her section as Recruitment Director. Last year, she was her section’s president. She is really enjoying her role as RCR this year. Her favorite aspect of SWE is all of the opportunities for networking. She is excited about joining SWE as a a professional member after she graduates in May.
Debra Lin, RCR
Hi! My name is Debra Lin. I’m one of your Region H Collegiate Representatives for the FY11 fiscal year. I am currently a fifth year senior at Purdue University in West Lafayette. However, I grew up in Plano, TX, just outside of Dallas. I decided to attend Purdue University because of the great programs it had for women interested in studying engineering. Very quickly into my freshman year, I became involved with the Purdue SWE section. As a freshman, I had the opportunity to go to the National Conference in Kansas City. The National Conference really opened my eyes to the countless opportunities and benefits SWE provides to its members. Throughout my sophomore, junior, and senior year, I took on different leadership positions within Purdue SWE. After finishing my presidency last year, I decided to take on a leadership position at the regional level.
So far, I’ve had a terrific time as a Region H RCR. This past summer, I had the opportunity to fly to San Francisco and attend the Collegiate Leadership Conference where I met all the collegiate leaders from across the country as well as the SWE Board of Directors. This conference reminded me about the countless reasons why I love SWE. There are so many great individuals within SWE that all support women in engineering. Many of these individuals are now my friends, co-workers, and mentors. I received my first internship from attending a professional development workshop hosted by SWE. Also, through my involvement in SWE, my professional network of individuals I know has doubled each year! After my collegiate career, I look forward to joining SWE as a professional and adding to the number of great memories I have!
- (from left to right) Emily Breymaier, Siddika Demir (President of the Society of Women Engineers), Claire Rydeen (Region H RCCE), Debra Lin (Region H RCR), Kristina Kremer (Region H RCR)
My name is Allison Machtemes and I am your Region Collegiate Senator (RCS) for FY11. Currently, I’m a graduate student at Iowa State University studying structural engineering with my research area in understanding the structural capacity and behavior of historical timber covered bridges. I will be graduating this May and heading into the big world of unknowns. Also, this past May, I graduated from the Iowa State concurrent program of MBA and BS in Civil Engineering. I have been very active within my collegiate section but felt that I need to step outside my comfort zone and have a new experience.
So far this year SWE has been fantastic like usual. The senate is voting on ten bylaw amendments of which four will drastically increase the ability for collegiates to take leadership roles outside their collegiate sections along with potentially making the collegiate representative position a permanent position on the Board of Directors. This really shows that collegiates such as yourself have a great influence and importance within the Society. I would like to challenge each and every collegiate member to take on a leadership role outside their collegiate section – either on the Region Collegiate Team (RCR, RCCE or RCS), join a national committee/task force (they are all great and a fantastic way to meet professionals and collegiates outside of your section), or a region committee/task force. My experiences as RCS and involvement on a national committee and region task force have been unbelievable rewarding thus far and I’m sure this will continue. I hope everyone has a great time at WE10.
