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National SWE
Region F SWE
Letter from the President
Dear Members of SWE,
With over 40 new MIT SWE board members, we are excited to bring you another memorable year of SWE! One of the unique things about MIT SWE is that we are part of an enormous national organization, and this semester we are getting more involved in SWE on the National level. So far, we’ve hosted other SWE chapters from nearby colleges like Northeastern and Boston University for our February guest speaker event, and then SWE Boston
Professionals for a networking dinner in March. Thus, we hope that this will set
precedence for more collaboration in the future that will provide you with access to many unique resources.
Are you exploring new career paths or looking for how to land that dream job? Well, SWE is going to be organizing company tours, so interested students can visit companies on-site and see what a typical day is like or how the company culture truly is. We’ve also got a host of career development events coming up to help you, regarding
entrepreneurship, graduate school, biotech/pharmaceutical companies, mock interviews/resume critiques, and networking dinners.
If you’re interested in community service, we’re looking to focus this year on reaching more underprivileged youth in the local community, by making them aware of all the opportunities for them in engineering. This has sparked the idea for new off-campus outreach events, where we physically go to these young children and mentor them in interactive engineering activities. As before, we are also continuing with our excellent KEYs and WiSE programs targeted at mentoring middle school and high school girls, respectively.
With all these things going on, we also want to make sure that the organization remains personable to its members. In light of this, we are starting a Big/Lil Sib program, as a chance for students to be mentored by upperclassmen in terms of classes, career goals, internship opportunities, or how to survive MIT in general! Besides the Big/Lil program and our amazing study breaks, we will also be having a lot of fun by traveling together! We recently had our MIT SWE leadership retreat to Plymouth, MA for a weekend of event planning, silly games, and good company. We’re looking forward to the regional conference at the Olin College of Engineering
this Spring, and then the National SWE Conference this Fall in Baltimore, MD. Whether we’re traveling, doing community service, or becoming more career savvy, we always have a blast, so come and be a part of all this excitement, today!
Sincerely,
Katherine Kuan
MIT SWE President
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