WE23 Mission Awards
SWE Rocky Mountain Section was honored at WE23 with SWE Mission awards. The aim of these awards is to highlight areas of focus within the SWE strategic goals and showcase groups that have gone above and beyond to help make these goals a reality. RMS was recognized with: 2023 SWE Mission Gold RMS was one…
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…
Meet the SWE RMS FY20 Executive Council
Lisa Woodward, PresidentLisa Woodward graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in Chemical Engineering and has worked most of her career in environmental engineering. Recently, she has taken on a position at the Colorado School of Mines as a project advisor for the senior design class, where she enjoys working with the students. She was…
2019 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. We received…
2019 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 32nd annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in. The competition was fierce again this year with an outstanding 82 entries from 13 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…
GESTEM: A Fun-Filled Day Exploring STEM With Middle School Girls
Tuesday, May 21st8:00 am – 3:00 pmAuraria Campus in Denver1255 10th Street Plaza By: Betsy Gillard, Volunteer Coordinator for GESTEMImagine wandering the halls of a college campus filled with, instead of the usual college students, over 1,000 excited 7th-grade girls participating in hands-on STEM workshops. These students are encouraged to hone their problem-solving abilities through…
Meet the WE Local Denver Keynote Speakers
Megan Schulze – WE Local Denver Local Host Committee Chair WE Local Denver is rapidly approaching, I hope to see you March 15-16 at the Renaissance in Stapleton. We have a great line up of keynote speakers including RMS’s own Past President Jill Tietjen. If you haven’t seen her speak yet, or can’t wait to…
Welcome FY19 SWE RMS Officers!
Get to know our new FY19 SWE RMS Officers! Each of our new officers shares a bit about herself and her background below. Kaitlyn Bunker, President Kaitlyn is a Manager with Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder and has been a SWE member for 12 years. The EC is excited to welcome Kaitlyn back as President…
WE Local Denver Chair Announced
SWE RMS FY16 & FY17 President Megan Schulze (Project Manager for Dewberry) has been announced as the WE Local Denver Local Host Committee Chair. WE Local is a SWE national and global program that brings together participants in all stages of their collegiate and professional journey. The program hosts conferences around the globe so engineers…
2018 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 30th annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with an outstanding 246 entries from 19 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 15 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The results of the 31st…
Women in Sustainability @ The Rocky Mountain Institute
Guest Post by Angela Fisher, Aspire SustainabilityCross Posted with Aspire Sustainability Blog Last week, I was invited to speak at the Society of Women Engineers’ (SWE) “Women in Sustainability” event. It was held at the Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) Boulder office which is a new, net-zero energy (NZE) building called Boulder Commons. Talk about walking the talk!Seriously, what more could…
SWE’s Annual Conference: WE17 Experiences
By Lisa Woodward, SWE RMS Vice President IBM Tour at WE17 I was fortunate to get to sign up or the IBM tour. There were about 30 of us attending, and we were able to see the artificial intelligence (AI) computer named Watson. The floor to ceiling 360 degree computer screens felt like you totally…
SWE RMS Award Recipients at WE16
The following SWE-RMS members were recognized for their outstanding achievements, read on for their bios that were included in the 2016 conference issue of SWE Magazine. Emerging Leader Award, Laura Schafer, Emerson Process ManagementFor far-reaching technical skills in the oil and gas industry, evidenced by patents, publications, and through leadership; and for dedicated mentoring and the…
By Erin Fisher, SWE RMS VP of Professional DevelopmentThis blog was first posted on Boomsupersonic.com and Medium. From my desk at work, I can gaze out the window and watch airplanes take off and land all day. Far too often, my male colleagues and I drop what we’re doing and run to the window to…
Get to Know Your Gellow RMS Members – Jessica Swenson
Jessica Swenson is a SWE RMS member and is a water management engineer at Encana. Recently she chatted with me about the Benevity program at her work that allows her to make direct donations to SWE RMS on an on-going, tax exempt basis. In her case, she has put funds towards SWE RMS, every month, for…
Introducing the SWE RMS FY18 Executive Council
Welcome to SWE Fiscal Year 2018! We had a chance to read about our Rocky Mountain Section Executive Council candidates on the ballot at the end of last year, but here’s a post with a bit more information to introduce the team. We’re looking forward to working with our section’s many other great volunteers and…
SWE RMS Member Survey Results
by Heather Munoz, SWE RMS VP of MembershipThe SWE-RMS 2017 Survey results are in – a big thanks to the 71 respondents! We have read all your comments and appreciate the honest feedback. So what did you have to say?
Work to Play: Making the Most of Living in the Rocky Mountains
by Ashley Kreuder, incoming FY18 SW RMS SecretaryMany of us as engineers are hard working and focused on being successful. Thankfully, our 9-5 engineering jobs end after the 9-5 (most of the time) and we have the opportunity to live in one of the most amazing parts of the United States, the Rocky Mountains. For…
2017 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 30th annual Great Women in Engineering and Science Essay Contest are in! The competition was fierce again this year with an outstanding 246 entries from 19 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 15 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three awards are…
2017 RMS Summit Awards
2017 Spring Summit: A Smashing Success On April 22, 2017 the Rocky Mountain Section and University of Colorado at Boulder SWE Section co-hosted the Spring Summit, a one-day professional development conference at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Over 60 participants attended the conference on Earth Day with the theme of “Be the Difference”…
GESTEM Volunteer to Terumo BCT Employee
By Rachel FulstoneGlobal Systems Performance Engineer – Terumo BCTBS Mechanical Engineering – University of Nevada, RenoMS Bioengineering – University of Denver Like many others, I am a transplant to the Denver area. I grew up in Las Vegas, NV and after graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno with my Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,…
SWE RMS FY17 Awards from Region i
by Kaitlyn Bunker, Section Representative SWE RMS was well-represented at the recent awards banquet for Region i! The banquet was held as part of iCON17 in St. Louis, MO. The conference itself was great, and it was excellent to see so many great people and sections from Region i receive recognition at the banquet! Here is…
Collective Wisdom Groups, What Are They, and Could They Help You Grow in Your Career?
Maybe you’ve seen Collective Wisdom Groups (or CWGs) mentioned in previous SWE emails or on the website, or maybe this is the first you’ve heard of them. Either way, Holly McKissick, SWE RMS’s new CWG coordinator, would love to help answer all your questions. Keep reading for some FAQs that Holly has assembled and see if…
Blockchain Technology for Energy Applications
Summary written by Megan Schulze, SWE-RMSAt our inaugural Women in Sustainability Night on 1/16/18 in Boulder, Claire Henly from Rocky Mountain Institute shared her work with the RMI and the Energy Web Foundation on blockchain technology for energy applications. Even as I work in the energy sector, this topic had me scratching my head a…
Career Goal Achieved!
By Kirsten SargentCivil Engineer – Highways design at Jacobs Engineering; past SWE-RMS Secretary and Professional Development Co-ChairI have been in the engineering industry for four years. Each year I have undergone a performance review with particular attention paid to SMART goals; specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. One of my SMART goals, since the start…
2017 Book Picks
By Madalene Festch, SWE RMS Treasurer Happy New Year to all SWE members! I hope you have exciting plans ahead for a year of growth in whatever direction suits you best for the coming year. One of my favorite ways to look forward to the new year is in reading, and so I’d like to…
WE Local Inaugural Conferences in 2017
Kaitlyn Bunker, SWE RMS Section Representative You may have heard about the brand new events that are coming up soon, the WE Local conferences! As a member of the WE Local Advisory Board, I wanted to provide a bit more information about the inaugural WE Local events, and the history of how they came to be. In…
Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering
By Beth Myers, PhD Beth is the Director of Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder and an active SWE-RMS member.I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in the unique experience of the Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering (ALWE) workshop at WE16 in October. Here are a few details from their website: “ALWE…
SWE RMS Members are forefront of WE16 Awards Banquet
WE16 took Philadelphia by storm last week with over 11,000 participants from 23 countries descending over the birthplace of America. SWE-RMS members presented sessions, volunteered, judged competitions, attended committee meetings and brought home awards. The following SWE-RMS members were recognized for their outstanding achievements, read on for their bios that were included in the 2016…
Why I Became an Engineer
By Sam KillingsworthSam is a Process Engineer with DaVita and volunteers annually on the planning committee for GESTEM. I decided to become an engineer by accident. Well I was guided to it and chose it thinking I’d probably change my mind. My high school chemistry/biology teacher gave me a pamphlet for ESSI (Engineering and the Sciences Summer Institute)–a program at…
Summer Reading
by Madalene Fetsch Madalene is the SWE RMS Treasurer, and has served in this role for the last two years. She loves opportunities to share interests with other SWE members, and looks forward to seeing you at SWE RMS events this summer!One of my favorite things about SWE is the opportunity to meet inspiring women…
“I Am With SWE”
by Kaitlyn Bunker, SWE-RMS Section Representative Watch this video created by our very own Kaitlyn Bunker explaining why she is ‘with SWE’! To visit the video directly, click here.
Four Reasons to Exercise More
By Bounkheana Chhun, FY17 SWE RMS Secretary and Project Engineer with SCS Engineers in Denver. Some people view exercise as a chore, but I generally look forward to my afternoon workouts after a long work day because I know they will make me feel happy and energized. I really enjoy lifting weights, running, and hiking…
Water in the Moroccan Desert – For Kindergartners!
by Allyson JunkerAllyson Junker is the SWE-RMS Freshman Scholarship Coordinator and a Civil Water Engineer at Merrick & Company For two years, Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association in cooperation with Water for People has provided water professionals to teach science lessons at the Denver International School at Fairmont. Throughout the spring, professionals volunteer to lead…
Why I Became an Engineer
by Gabby BailadoInside Application Engineer for Keysight Technologies and SWE RMS Collegiate Liaison Co-Chair First and foremost my mother is an engineer in the same field as I am and I thought.. “why not?” when applying to college at CU Boulder. The first few years I wasn’t sure if I wanted to stay in engineering…
SWE RMS Goes to Capitol Hill
By Heather Doty Heather is the Director of Regions on the Board of Directors for the Society of Women Engineers and is an active and contributing SWE RMS member. In March I participated in SWE’s Congressional Outreach: “Diversity & Inclusion Fuels Innovation in STEM.” SWE leads the effort for this visit day, but over 30 other professional…
Welcome to the SWE-RMS Blog!
By Megan Schulze, SWE-RMS PresidentWelcome members to the new SWE Rocky Mountain Section Blog where RMS members, volunteers, chairs and executive council will be contributing their experiences, achievements and other fun tidbits. This blog will serve as a replacement to the newsletter we used to publish seasonally but as technology changes, so do we! With…
2015 Essay Contest Results
The results of the 28th annual “Great Women in Engineering and Science” essay contest are in! The competition was fierce again in 2015 with an outstanding 81 entries from 16 schools in Colorado and Wyoming. A panel of 12 volunteer judges enjoyed reviewing all of the essays. Congratulations to every entrant! The top three awards are a…
2015 RMS Summit Awards
The Society of Women Engineers awards members for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the society with our Summit Awards. Please join us in congratulating our award winners! 2014-2015 Award Winners Kaitlyn Bunker, Newcomer Award – Kaitlyn has stepped up as the iCON16 co-chair, RMS graduate rep, Region i graduate rep, and is one of our FY’16 section…
Engineer’s Pass
By Christine Buckler, SWE RMS Member, Professional Development Co-ChairMy husband and I (both engineers) decided to drive Engineer’s Pass during our first road trip in Colorado. Little did we know there was a heap of snow waiting for us halfway and we ended up having to turn around and backtrack to our next stop Ouray!Engineer’s…
2014 RMS Member Awards
The Society of Women Engineers awards members for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the society. Our 2013-2014 Awards are listed below. Michelle Troy – Superior Supporter AwardOver 4 years ago, Michelle first volunteered to help with GESTEM and asked to be placed in the area of most need. She was teamed up on registration…
