Scholarships

The Minnesota Section of the Society of Women Engineers is pleased to announce our

Section and Corporate Partner Scholarships for Fall Semester 2011

We are offering nine tuition-based scholarships

for women students in engineering and computer science

at schools in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

THANK YOU to our corporate partners who have made these scholarships possible!

Banner Engineering Scholarship

• $2,000 scholarship for a student of mechanical or electrical engineering
• Banner Engineering is the sensor market leader with the broadest line of products and solutions in the nation. See www.baneng.com for more information

Boston Scientific Scholarship

• $1,500 scholarship for a student of biomedical or mechanical engineering
• Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices who, for more than 25 years, has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing a broad and deep portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services. For further information, visit www.bsci.com

General Dynamics AIS Scholarships

• $1,000 scholarship for a student of electrical or computer engineering
• General Dynamics AIS is a leading provider of transformational mission solutions in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. See www.gd-ais.com

Lockheed Martin Scholarships

• $1,500 scholarship for a student of electrical systems engineering
• $1,000 scholarship for a student of mechanical engineering
• Lockheed Martin’s vision is to be the world’s best advanced technology systems integrator. Visit www.lockheedmartin.com, for more information

Medtronic SWEnet Scholarship

• Two $1,000 scholarships for students of biomedical, chemical, mechanical or electrical engineering
• SWEnet is a professional network of Society of Women Engineers members who work at Medtronic, the global leader in medical technology. These dedicated women have donated their time and talents to create this scholarship opportunity. For further information on Medtronic, see www.medtronic.com

MTS Systems Corporation Scholarship

• $1,500 scholarship for a student of mechanical or software engineering
• MTS Systems Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of mechanical testing and simulation equipment. For more information, visit www.mts.com

The Minnesota Section Scholarship

• $1,500 scholarship for a full time women student enter her junior or senior year of an accredited engineering or computer science program at schools in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
• This scholarship is funded by an endowment of the Minnesota Section of SWE.

Please help us to bring this opportunity to the attention of all women engineering students in Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota by passing it along to any faculty, staff, counselors, and students who you know at these schools! Copies of this announcement, details on our program, the application form with instructions, and details of the judging criteria can be obtained by going to www.swe-mn.org and clicking on “scholarships”. If you have further questions about SWE or our scholarship program, please contact us.

Naomi Brill or Holly Kimball at scholarships@swe-mn.org

Scholarship - June 2010

The Minnesota Section proudly announces our

Section and Corporate Partnership
2010 Scholarship Recipients

For Fall Semester, 2010, the Minnesota Section of the Society of Women Engineers has awarded nine tuition-based scholarships, totaling $12,000. We congratulate the following recipients, and gratefully thank the following corporate sponsors for their partnership in making this program a success! Check out our corporate partners’ websites for more information about these great companies.

ADC & the ADC Foundation Scholarship

• Jessica Gilbertson, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is the recipient of the $1,000 ADC & the ADC Foundation Scholarship.
• ADC is a worldwide provider of network infrastructure equipment and services. See http://www.adc.com/ for more information.

Banner Engineering Scholarship

• Megan McCoy, an electrical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is the recipient of the $2,000 Banner Engineering Scholarship.
• Banner Engineering is the sensor market leader with the broadest line of products and solutions in the nation. See http://www.baneng.com/ for more information.

Boston Scientific Scholarship

• Shipra Roy, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is the recipient of the $1,500 Boston Scientific Scholarship.
• Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices who, for more than 25 years, has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing a broad and deep portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services. For further information, visit http://www.bsci.com/

Lockheed Martin Scholarships

• Sarah McMahon, a physics and electrical engineering student at South Dakota State University, is the recipient of a $1,500 Lockheed Martin Scholarship.
• Karin Hanson, a mechanical engineering student at South Dakota State University, is the recipient of a $1,000 Lockheed Martin Scholarship.
• Special thanks to Lockheed Martin for sponsoring two scholarships!
• Lockheed Martin’s vision is to be the world’s best advanced technology systems integrator. Visit http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ for more information.

Medtronic SWEnet Scholarship

• Ashleigh Hayes, an electrical engineering student at the University of St. Thomas, is the recipient of a $1,000 SWEnet Scholarship.
• Sarah Gilbertson, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is the recipient of a $1,000 SWEnet Scholarship.
• Special thanks to Medtronic SWEnet for sponsoring two scholarships!
• SWEnet is a professional network of Society of Women Engineers members who work at Medtronic, the global leader in medical technology. These dedicated women have donated their time and talents to create this scholarship opportunity. For further information on Medtronic, visit http://www.medtronic.com/

MTS Systems Corporation Scholarship

• Khushboo Shakya, a software engineering student at Minnesota State University, Mankato, is the recipient of the $1,500 MTS Systems Corporation Scholarship.
• MTS Systems Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of mechanical testing and simulation equipment. For more information, visit http://www.mts.com/

The Minnesota Section Scholarship

• Laura Lennartson, a chemical engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is the recipient of the $1,500 Minnesota Section Scholarship.
• This endowed scholarship is for a full time women student entering her junior or senior year of an accredited engineering or computer science program at schools in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Visit us at http://www.swe-mn.org/

2011 Minnesota Section and Corporate Partnership Scholarships Information will be posted on this website on November 15th! For further information, email us at scholarships@swe-mn.org

Scholarship - May 2010

Minnesota Section Corporate Partnership Scholarship Program Update

As this edition of the newsletter was being compiled, the Scholarship Committee was still working to determine the recipients of our Fall 2010 scholarships. Look for an announcement of the Fall 2010 recipients in our next newsletter, coming in June. There will be an awards banquet to recognize the recipients (and all the other great things our section has accomplished this year) on June 7th.

Awards Banquet!

Contact Janette Spann at awards@swe-mn.org for more information.

Certificate of Merit Program Reaches New Heights!
Submitted by Naomi Brill, SWE-MN Certificate of Merit Coordinator

The SWE Certificate of Merit program is designed to honor high school girls with outstanding achievement in science and mathematics coursework. Award recipients must have completed three years of science and three years of mathematics with distinction, and they must be active citizens in their school and/or community. We provide their school with a certificate of recognition which is presented to the student at the school’s year-end awards ceremony. This year, we sent 141 certificates to students at 84 different schools in Minnesota!

In typical years, SWE Minnesota sends 80-90 certificates to girls at about 50 schools. This year’s requests for recognition represent an increase of more than 50% over past participation levels! In addition to achievement in science and math courses, for the first time, we recognized 11 girls for excellence in engineering and technology coursework completed through Project Lead the Way.

Our Certificate of Merit program provides us with an annual survey (albeit not absolutely scientific) of the career aspirations of Minnesota’s academically prepared girls. Seventy-six girls answered our question “What is your intended college major?” Of those 76 girls, 34 indicated engineering as their intended college major. Many of them further indicated a specific discipline within engineering. Another 19 girls indicated their intent to major in science, math, or related disciplines. Guidance counselors from all parts of Minnesota nominate our Certificate of Merit recipients, and the girls self-identify their intended college major. Implausible as it may seem, of the 76 academically prepared young Minnesota women who indicated an intended college major on their Certificate of Merit nomination form, almost 70% of them are planning on majoring in a STEM discipline. Looking at the total sample of 141 academically prepared girls (which includes both juniors and seniors), the percentage of girls indicating their intent to major in a STEM discipline is still an astonishing 38%. This is the second consecutive year our certificate recipients have indicated high interest in STEM disciplines for their college studies!