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Welcome!

PSWE Freshman Survival Guide

Are you a freshman engineering student looking for some tips & tricks? Check out our Purdue SWE Freshman Survival Guide created by our amazing President Angie Zhang!

For more information on our events check out our BoilerLink page.

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Top 10 Reasons to Join PSWE!

  1. Professional development: events to help you prepare for career fairs, interviews, and the workplace.

  2. Leadership Opportunities: Serve on a variety of committees or on our Executive Board as an Officer, Director or Chair!

  3. Technical teams: we build and race 2 grand prix karts each year along with 2 other design teams

  4. Social Events: Monthly meetings, cooking lessons, yoga, rock climbing, and more

  5. Mentor Future Engineers through outreach events to K-12 students

  6. Community Service Events: Volunteer opportunities in the local community

  7. Free Food: always a win!

  8. National Affiliation: Hundreds of SWE sections (college and professional levels) across the country

  9. Scholarships: 50,000 national SWE scholarships awarded each year

  10. Make life long friends: you'll meet the people who grow with you through the adventure

Join SWE!

Who can join SWE?

Anyone of any gender who is supportive of our mission to empower and support women through innovative programs that provide technical and leadership experience in open and encouraging environments. Since 1954, PSWE has been dedicated to motivating young women to attain the highest levels of education and career advancement.

 

Have questions? Contact us swe@purdue.edu

How to Join SWE

1. Join our slack: https://purdue-swe.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-wgrg1p0n-m7j7B0ZGC057~Wd~hs6LUg#/shared-invite/email

 

2. Join our weekly newsletter by https://forms.gle/xSHfuPYoeF7E1ZpQ8 emailing us swe@purdue.edu

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***Optional Bonus: Apply for a national SWE sponsorship through C2C scholarships which provides National SWE membership to our members! Being a National SWE member allows you to vote in Purdue SWE elections, apply to PSWE sponsorships, attend national conferences, hold positions on the Purdue SWE executive board, and apply for National SWE scholarship and programs.

Apply to be considered: https://forms.gle/ZhMWguYJKqr3knsW7

 

National SWE Membership

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.


By becoming a collegiate member of Purdue SWE, you become a member of National SWE. We are offering several C2C collegiate scholarships for PSWE members, please submit an application https://forms.gle/ZhMWguYJKqr3knsW7

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