Increase SWE Membership
- Host a “Welcome Picnic” for incoming freshmen incoming women
- Upperclassmen can be assigned to a underclassman at the beginning of the year to mentor and encourage continued commitment to SWE
- Advertise Collegiate to Career to incoming members
- Host a textbook swap
- Get corporate sponsorship to offer free freshman membership
- Recruit/present/partner with other student groups, such as AICHE, ASME, etc.
- Host Quarterly drawings for prizes based on attendance to meetings, and events. For every attendance, members receive another submission into the drawing.
- If students are active for a full year and meet set requirements, if possible, have the SWE section pay for their trip to annual conference.
- Encourage regular members to apply for leadership roles
- Offer a variety of low commitment positions for students in the first year or two
- Give scholarships based on participation
- Make being a member an advantage. Offer “Evenings with Industries” to members for a chance to network with companies
- Give small monthly awards for the most active
- Send postcards to remind members to renew membership
- Host a networking dinner before the career fair and charge for students and companies to attend. Send letters to companies to participate in such events.
- Have restaurants agree to donate a portion of their profits from certain days to SWE, encourage members to shop at those restaurants on those days
- Have a list of specific events that companies can choose to support so they know exactly where their money is going.
- Get company contacts during career fairs
- Try to reach out to alumni, and have them return to your section to speak to members at events or meetings
- Host a seminar series with the assistance of your section’s counselor
- Host a networking career fair, where companies buy tables, and woman engineering students come for free and network with professionals
- Host a engineering college wide volleyball or softball tournament with corporate sponsorship
- Send a resume CD out to companies
- Girl Scout Day: Have basic training to help the girls compete in an engineering geared competition, and talk to them about engineering
- Host a bake sale
- Have a Mr. Engineering Pageant
- Sell t-shirts and other items at SWE conferences
- Apply for a SWE program development grant
- Sell food in high traffic areas
- Sell student cookbooks that have quick and easy recipes
- Host a cook-off with another engineering organization. Include free food, games, and awards.
- Host Regional Conference!
If you have any fabulous best practices that you would like to share with Region C, email rcce-c@swe.org
