Added two new professional development/networking events:

Society of Women Environmental Professionals January Meeting
Food Court @ Prime Outlets
1001 Airport Blvd
Morrisville, NC
Thursday, January 20, 2011
6:00 – 8:00 pm


The Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders at UNC–Chapel Hill
Second Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction
Morehead Planetarium
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, February 5, 2011
6:00 – 10:00 pm
Register by February 1

See the website for more information!

Holiday Networking Socials

Check out the Professional Development/Networking page for information about two holiday socials being held next week!

Holiday Social: Dining with a Documentary – December 7, 2010 (RSVP by December 6, 2010)
Society of Women Environmental Professionals – NC Triangle Chapter

Holiday Networking Event – December 7, 2010
Association of Women in Science
(Joint with the Graduate Women In Science and Women in Bio Chapters)

Essay Contest!

It's that time of year again - Eastern NC SWE is kicking off our 17th annual Great Women in Science and Engineering essay contest for fifth grade students! If you or someone you know has students in fifth grade, encourage them to enter - it's a great opportunity for them to learn about the acheivements of women in science and engineering fields.

See the website for more information!
https://sites.google.com/site/easternncswe/essay_contest

Updated November meeting and Professional Development Opportunities

On Wednesday, November 10th, we will be having a social meeting and opportunity for open discussion at 6:30 pm at Johnny Carino’s in Brier Creek. Please RSVP by emailing us by Tuesday, November 9th.

Note: The originally scheduled meeting for November was a seminar on “Questions to Ask When Making a Career Transition” at the North Regional Library in Raleigh on November 3, but the seminar was postponed due to a family emergency for the speaker. If you would like more information on the rescheduling of this seminar, email us or visit the library's calendar at
http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/locations/northregional/events.htm


Also, visit https://sites.google.com/site/easternncswe/professionaldevelopmentopportunities for details on three professional development opportunities in November:

Fall Drinks Networking Event – November 11, 2010
Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, Business and Environment Club (BEC)

Improving Work-Life Satisfaction for Women (and Men) in Science – November 16, 2010
AWIS and The Elsevier Foundation

Public Speaking Workshop: Is Fear Limiting Your Career? – November 16, 2010 (RSVP by November 12, 2010)
Society of Women Environmental Professionals – NC Triangle Chapter

Next Meeting and Mentor Request

First, a heads up on our next meeting, Dinner with Duke University SWE: We have set a date of October 28 at 7:00 pm, location still TBD (but it will be near Duke's campus).


Second, we received a note from Jon Protz (via a former Eastern NC SWE member) seeking a mentor - see his note below. If you're interested in mentoring, let us know and we'll provide you with his email address!

"I have three former students (one still a current student, one up at MIT now for grad school) who have founded an all-female rocket company around some IP they are licensing from Duke. They could use a good mentor."

Professional Development/Networking Opportunities

New local meetings and events have been posted to the "Professional Development and Networking Opportunities" - Visit the site to check out the details!

“Meet-The-Brewer” Tour and Social – September 8, 2010
--- AIChE Eastern North Carolina Section)

Requirements for Results – September 9, 2010 (Register by September 8, 2010)
--- International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA) and Women In Technology International (WITI)

Air and Waste Management Association Fall Social – September 9, 2010 (RSVP by September 7, 2010)

Tour of the SAS Solar Farm – September 17, 2010 (RSVP by Septemer 9, 2010)
--- AIChE Eastern North Carolina Section


I've also added links to Fred Pryor Seminars and Technology Training Corporation Seminars and Conferences. They're continually hosting events, so check them out and see if they offer anything of interest to you!

Updates to 2010-2011 Schedule and Officers

A tentative schedule for the year has been posted to the Events page. For events that have tentative or set dates, those dates have also been added to the calendar. If you have any ideas for the March meeting, please let us know!

Also, the Officers page has been updated to show the previously announced officers for 2010-2011.

I plan to post events for other science- and women-related events in the region hosted by other organizations, so there's anything you want me to post - particularly for events outside the Triangle area - please let me know!

Essay Contest Winners

Eastern NC SWE Proudly Congratulates the 2010 Essay Contest Winners!


First Place!
Kenzie Ransom, L.J. Bell Elementary School

Second Place!
Savannah Tierney, Union Elementary School

Third Place!
Ethan Cullis, The Academy at Lincoln

Honorable Mentions!
Jessica Faulcon, Everetts Elementary School
Demi Ajayi, GRACE Christian School
Katrina Sills-Powell, Kinston Charter Academy
Hannah Cook, North Chatham School
Roy Clinard, The Academy at Lincoln
Anna Covington, The Academy at Lincoln
Rachel Dou, The Academy at Lincoln
Patrick Farrelly, The Academy at Lincoln
Jared Kohrt, The Academy at Lincoln
Matthew Macdonald, The Academy at Lincoln
Jon Pulaski, The Academy at Lincoln
Mary Kathryn Purcell, The Academy at Lincoln
Spencer Sherman, The Academy at Lincoln
Spencer Smith, The Academy at Lincoln
Paul Song, The Academy at Lincoln
Cam Williams, Woods Charter School

And a Special Congratulations to the Schools with the Highest Participation!
Everetts Elementary School
Kinston Charter Academy
Nancy Reynolds Elementary School
North Chatham School
Northside Elementary School
The Academy at Lincoln
Town Creek Elementary School
Woods Charter School

Thank You to All Participants!!

6K Run for Water

6K Run for Water – April 18, 2010

UNC Engineers Without Borders
Second Annual 6K Run for Water
At Polk Place in front of Hanes Hall
UNC Campus
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Sunday, April 18, 20109:00 am

Register online at http://www.sportoften.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=5733
prior to the event ($20) or in person the day of the event ($25).

For more information, send an email to ewb.6krun@gmail.com

Next SWE Meeting and Professional Development Opportunity

NEXT SWE MEETING:

Essay Contest Judging
Date: April 8
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Rudino’s, 4911 Central Park Dr, Durham, NC (just off Miami Blvd near I-40) map

We are now into the judging phase of the annual essay contest! The final judging will be at Rudino’s on April 8 at 6:30. Come ready to read and score the finalist essays (and eat some pizza). Please RSVP by noon (easternncswe@gmail.com) on April 8 so we know how many to expect.

To view a copy of the judging guidelines before the meeting, please contact the Career Guidance Chair at swe.essay.contest@gmail.com.



Are You Agile Enough? – April 8, 2010 (Register by April 6, 2010)

Mature Agile Teams: Sixteen Essential Patterns
WITI and AITP - RTP
NC State University Club
4200 Hillsborough StreetRaleigh, North Carolina 27606
Thursday, April 8, 20105:15 – 8:30 pm

Many teams have a relatively easy time adopting the tactical aspects of the agile methodologies. Usually a few classes, some tools’ introduction, and a bit of practice lead teams toward a fairly efficient and effective adoption. However, these teams quite often are simply going through the motions and neither maximizing their agile performance nor delivering as much value as they could.

Borrowing from his experience and lean software development methods, Bob Galen explores essential patterns—the ”thinking models” of mature agile teams—including large-scale emergent architecture, relentless refactoring, quality on all fronts, pervasive product owners, lean work queues, stretching above and beyond, providing total transparency, saying “No”, and many more. Bob also explores the leadership dilemma of self-directed teams and why there is still the need for active and vocal leadership in defending, motivating, and holding agile teams accountable.

Tentative Schedule:
5:30-5:45 Registration, Networking, Hors d’oeuvres & Water (Fruit and Plain)
5:45-6:45 Panel Discussion and Experiential, Interactive Activities
6:45-7:00 Questions, Answers and Session Evaluation
7:00 Adjourn

For more details, including speaker bios and registration information, visit: http://www.witi.com/rtp/meeting.php?id=2387.

Professional Development / Networking Updates

Updates to the "Professional Development and Networking Opportunities" area of the website have been posted to https://sites.google.com/site/easternncswe/professionaldevelopmentopportunities:


Association of Women in Science Networking Event – February 24, 2010

NC Biotech Center
Congressional Room
15 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC
8:30 – 9:30 am

I’d like to invite you to a morning networking event sponsored by the Association of Women In Science, February 24 from 8:30 – 9:30 am in the Congressional Room at the NC Biotech Center. Any women working or studying in a field related to the sciences is welcomed. Light refreshments and new opportunities will be provided! I encourage you to pass this invitation along to women in your personal network that may want to attend.

I also invite you to join the new Linked In group, AWIS RTP. We will be posting job opportunities, both local and national, local events, and discussions relevant to NC women in the sciences. I have several new job postings and hope to add more events in the next few days.

Looking forward to meeting everyone on the 24th-

Ginger Rothrock
President, AWIS RTP

Sarah Williams
Vice President of Membership, AWIS RTP


What I Wish I Had Known (when I was a grad student at UNC) – February 26, 2010

NC Biotech Center
Lobby area / Congressional Room
15 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC
Friday, February 26, 2010
6:00 – 8:00 pm

The Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society invites you to an evening of meeting women in the chemical sciences in the RTP area and listening to a presentation by Dr. Lisa Balbes of Balbes Consulting (http://www.balbes.com/). The main topic of the presentation is early career management. It's free, but so we can have some idea of headcount, please shoot an email to Brittany Westlake at wcc_rsvp@unc.edu.

Organizing committee:
NCSU: Elke Feese, Brandi Keene, Laura Sremaniak
NCCU: Maian Lopian
UNC: Brittany Westlake
Duke: Laura Moussa


The Lost Art of Person to Person Networking – March 3, 2010 (Register by March 1, 2010)

Meredith College
Science & Math Building, Atrium (both floors)3800 Hillsborough StreetRaleigh, North Carolina 27607-5298
Wednesday, March 3, 20105:30 – 7:00 pm

Join us for panel discussion and hands on exercises designed to increase your person to person networking skills. What is networking? How to network? Where to network? What to do after you have collected that big stack of business cards? How does networking help established professionals? This will be an experiential, interactive, learning event. This meeting is jointly sponsored by WITI, the Society of Women Environmental Professionals, ACS’ Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and Meredith College.

Schedule:5:30-5:45 Registration, Networking, Hors d’oeuvres & Water (Fruit and Plain)5:45-6:45 Panel Discussion and Experiential, Interactive Activities6:45-7:00 Questions, Answers and Session Evaluation 7:00 Adjourn

For more details, including speaker bios and registration information, visit: http://www.witi.com/rtp/meeting.php?id=2383.

Professional Development Updates

Updates have been added to the Professional Development page of the website:





GSK Scholars Symposium – January 29, 2010

Sir Paul Girolami Auditorium (R&D 5 Building)GlaxoSmithKlineFive Moore Drive CampusResearch Triangle Park, NC
January 29, 2010 - 9:00 am - 3:15 pm

Speakers:

• Prof. Karl A. Scheidt, Northwestern -- "New Approaches for the Synthesis and Exploration of Pyran-Containing Natural Products"
• Prof. John P. Wolfe, Univ. of Michigan -- "New Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Heterocycles"
• Prof. Andrew Myers, Harvard -- "Evolution of a Fully Synthetic Route to the Tetracyclines and its Implementation in the Discovery of New Antibiotics"

Directions to Girolami R&D Building 5:
From Alexander Drive, turn onto the GSK Moore Drive campus.
Continue going straight until you see the parking signs for the Scholars Symposium.
Enter the R&D Visitor's Lobby and obtain a visitor's pass at the registration desk


Small-Scale International Development Symposium – February 6, 2010 (Submit Registration Fee by February 1, 2010)

Symposium

Where: Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Campus
When: February 6th, 2010, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Benefit Dinner and Auction

Where: Morehead Planetarium
When: February 6th, 2010, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

On Saturday February 6th 2010, the Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders will host a symposium on Small-scale International Development followed by the First Annual EWB-UNC Benefit Dinner and Auction.

The symposium, at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, will focus on the challenges of small-scale international development projects, which will be explored from the perspectives of the Triangle’s four EWB chapters. Speakers include professionals from the World Bank, Rotary International, the Louis Berger Group, Hazen and Sawyer, and UNC faculty and students.

The benefit dinner will be held at the UNC Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Banquet Hall, and will include:

• A silent auction hour with served wine and hors’d’eouvres
• A catered three-course seated dinner
• A keynote speech during dinner by Dr. Jamie Bartram, former Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Water and Sanitation Division
• A live auction
• A performance by UNC's All-male A Capella group, the Achordants

Please see http://studentorgs.unc.edu/ewb/index.php/special-events.html for program details, speaker bios, items in the silent and live auctions, and directions and parking.


27th Triangle Chromatography Symposium and Instrument Exhibition – May 20, 2010

McKimmon Conference and Training CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC

Things to Look for:

• Lunch: Served on-site as part of the registration fee
• Exhibitor Seminars: Seminar rooms where Exhibitors will give presentations on state-of-the-art topics
• Prize Drawing: Contributions by many of the Exhibitors - Grand Prize contributed by the TCDG
• Refreshments: Available in the Exhibit Hall (AM and PM)
• Continuing Education: GLP/GMP (Certificates of Attendance)
• Poster: Local student competition; local university and industry research; vendor developments
• Exhibit-Only Registration: FREE!!
• TCDG Election: Opportunity to vote for TCDG Officers.

Registration is now available. Check the TCDG website for more information: http://www.rtpnet.org/tcdg/symp.html.