2023 WE Local Awards
RMS received two WE Local awards in 2023 and accepted both awards in person at WE Local Seattle. RMS Members at 2023 WE Local Seattle Awards Celebration with FY23 President Dayna Johnson The Spring Summit is a one-day conference for engineers, technologists, students, and diversity champions to connect through professional development workshops, inspirational speakers,…
2023 Scholarship Awards
Scholarship Chairs:Sarah Green (Entering Freshmen) and Kalli Wegren (College) The Society of Women Engineers Rocky Mountain Section awards scholarships each year to students entering college and students in college in CO & WY. These scholarships are meant to help students continue to excel and reach their educational goals. We want to give a special thank you…
2023 RMS Summit Awards
The SWE RMS Summit Awards are presented to RMS members, teams, or collegiates who have made an outstanding contribution to activities within RMS during the fiscal year. Nominees are judged based on the significance of the achievements cited on behalf of the nominee and on the contributions of the nominee to various RMS activities. RMS Summit…
2023 Spring Summit Recap
2023 Spring Summit Recap RMS brings you this one day professional development conference and awards ceremony. 2023 Spring Summit was held April 15 at the University of Colorado Boulder campus. The event was co-hosted by SWE Rocky Mountain Section and University of Colorado Boulder Section with the theme of Bolder Together. Attendees enjoyed keynote talks from…
2023 Essay Contest Results
Essay Contest Chair: Bomsaerah Seong The results of the 36th annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with 31 entries from 9 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three…
RMS Member Nominated for Colorado Women’s Day Nonprofit Volunteer
Colorado Women’s Day is annual event for women in Colorado to participate in the globally-celebrated International Women’s Day which was first marked in 1911. Today, International Women’s Day is supported by organizations, groups, governments and individuals worldwide committed to a more gender equal world. Christi Wisleder is a 2023 Colorado Women’s Day Nonprofit Volunteer nominee for…
2023 GESTEM Committee
Girls Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (GESTEM) is an annual event focused on introducing young women in Colorado to diverse careers in STEM through hands-on activities. The primary goal of the event is to get underrepresented students excited about the possibilities in technical or engineering focused disciplines and enable them to build confidence in…
Diversity in the Workplace Panel
The American Society of Civil Engineers Northern Colorado Branch hosted a Diversity in the Workplace – Panel Discussion on January 13, 2022. SWE Rocky Mountain Section was invited to include a panelist representing women in engineering. FY22 RMS President Christi Wisleder, Merrick & Company, was honored to join as a panelist. The other panelists included…
Letter from the FY22 President
by Christi Wisleder, FY22 RMS President FY22 has been a year of learning, growing, and pivoting for SWE Rocky Mountain Section. In reflecting on this past year, RMS met this year of transition and uncertainty with a level of fierceness and an abundance of accomplishments.Before sharing more on our year in review, I’d like to recognize our…
2022 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 35th annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with 35 entries from 7 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 8 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three awards are a $75,…
2022 SWE RMS Scholarship Winners
The Society of Women Engineers Rocky Mountain Section awards scholarships each year to students entering college and students in college in CO & WY. These scholarships are meant to help students continue to excel and reach their educational goals. This year’s scholarship recipients were honored at the SWE RMS Spring Summit Award Ceremony on April 2nd….
Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM with Remote Work
Original URL: https://remote.com/blog/bridging-the-gender-gap-in-stem-with-remote-work Original author: Cassidy Williams Jobs requiring STEM skills (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) are some of the most highly paid in the world. With nearly every business today requiring some sort of technological component — whether that’s just a website or a complete suite of software products — demand for workers with STEM skills is only…
RMS 2022 Summit Awards
The SWE RMS Section Awards are presented to SWE RMS members, teams, or collegiates who have made an outstanding contribution to activities within SWE RMS during the fiscal year. Nominees are judged based on the significance of the achievements cited on behalf of the nominee and on the contributions of the nominee to various SWE…
2022 Spring Summit Recap
2022 Spring Summit Recap RMS brings you this one day professional development conference and awards ceremony. The 2022 Spring Summit co-hosted by Rocky Mountain Section and Colorado School of Mines SWE was a great success! The theme was Your Golden Shadow: Find Your Hidden Potential. It was a fantastic day of in-person networking and professional development. Here’s what some…
RMS Members Reconnect in 2021
Ashley Pietz (RMS VP of Membership) After a year plus of virtual meetings and Zoom socials, it feels like face to face get togethers are a bit weird and wonderful at the same time. As the Vice President of Membership for FY22 one of my focus areas was in person events that could reconnect the…
2021 Virtual Spring Summit Recap
2021 Virtual Spring Summit conference was held on Saturday, April 24. If you missed out on the event or just want to re-watch a session, select recordings from the event are now on the YouTube 2021 Virtual Spring Summit Playlist. Spring Summit is a one-day conference for engineers, technologists, and partners to connect through professional development workshops,…
2021 Spring Summit Recap
2021 Spring Summit Recap RMS brings you this one day professional development conference and awards ceremony. The 2021 Virtual Spring Summit was held on April 24, 2021.Event highlights and downloadables are included on this page. 2021 Virtual Spring Summit conference was held on Saturday, April 24. Event highlights include: Morning Keynote Jo Miller. Jo Miller is a globally…
2021 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 34th annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with an outstanding 172 entries from 21 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 10 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three awards are…
RMS 2021 Summit Awards
The SWE RMS Section Awards are presented to SWE RMS members, teams, or collegiates who have made an outstanding contribution to activities within SWE RMS during the fiscal year. Nominees are judged based on the significance of the achievements cited on behalf of the nominee and on the contributions of the nominee to various SWE…
Meet the SWE RMS FY21 Executive Council
Let’s welcome the SWE-RMS FY21 Executive Council!We asked each EC member to share a fun fact and what they would like to accomplish this year. Lisa Woodward, President Lisa Woodward will be continuing in her second year as section President. Lisa spent most of her career in environmental engineering. Recently she is working as a…
RMS 2020 Summit Awards
The Society of Women Engineers awards members for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the society with our Summit Awards. This year’s winners include: Outreach – Sara Ellis*Presented to a SWE-RMS member who has made an outstanding contribution to Outreach programs and activities within the section for the current fiscal year. Sara Ellis has been…
2020 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 33nd annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with an outstanding 170 entries from 14 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 14 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three awards are…
