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1. https:\/\/swe.org\/outreach\/adult-advocate\/<\/a>
2. https:\/\/alltogether.swe.org\/2023\/05\/stem-mentoring\/<\/a>
3. https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/95-of-teachers-say-mentors-make-a-difference-for-students\/617250\/<\/a>
4. https:\/\/nap.nationalacademies.org\/resource\/25568\/interactive\/mentorship-defined.html#section1<\/a><\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>","post_title":"Connecting the Dots Between Mentoring and Adult Advocacy","post_excerpt":"Learn the similarities and differences between adult advocacy and mentorship. Plus, find resources to get started as a mentor or adult advocate!","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"mentoring-adult-advocacy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-07 15:12:37","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-07 20:12:37","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/alltogether.swe.org\/?p=40260","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":40225,"post_author":"132","post_date":"2024-03-14 15:04:03","post_date_gmt":"2024-03-14 20:04:03","post_content":"\"From Find Your Place in Space Week takes place April 6-13, 2024[\/caption]\r\n\r\nEducators play a crucial role in unlocking a girl's potential for space careers. Encouraging girls to pursue their interests in STEM subjects and exposing them to the possibilities of space exploration can help them see themselves as future space scientists, engineers and astronauts.\r\n\r\nEducators can also play an important role in addressing any biases or stereotypes that might discourage girls from pursuing space-related careers. With the right support and guidance at the right time, girls can reach for the stars and achieve their dreams of working in the space industry.<\/strong> Let's ensure that every girl has the resources and encouragement to follow her passions and make her mark in the world of space exploration.\r\n\r\nThe Society of Women Engineers<\/a> (SWE) is bringing together a panel of educators<\/a> to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding creating inclusive classrooms and inspiring the next generation of female scientists, engineers and astronauts. This event is presented in conjunction with The National Space Council's Find Your Place in Space Week<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThis virtual event will take place April 10 from 6-7 p.m. U.S. Central Time.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRegister for the Event<\/a>\r\n

Meet The Panelists<\/h2>\r\n

Panelist: Lalitha Murali<\/h3>\r\n\"LalithaLalitha Murali is a gifted and talented teacher for the Glendale River-Hills School District. Sixteen years ago, when she started her job as a gifted and talented teacher, she noticed that there were only a handful of immigrant and minority children in the gifted programs. Lalitha\u2019s belief is that given the right resources and experiences, every child can reach their true potential.\r\n\r\nThrough starting educational outreach programs and organizing workshops, she started to reach out to the underrepresented groups in her school and in her community. Today, she has strong advanced-level programming for all of her students where more minority and immigrant children are participating.\r\n\r\nLalitha was chosen as one of the top 20 Women of Influence Awardees in Wisconsin for her educational leadership in 2017. She was also chosen as one of the top 21 International Rotary Peace Fellows in 2019 and spent three months in Thailand. She is one of the 2023 Kohl's Fellows for her skill as a leader and agent for positive change and her superior ability to inspire a love of learning. Her commitment to advancing STEM education has earned her recognition as the 2023-24 Globant STEM Award Winner for the Inspiring Leader Category for the USA and Canada region.\r\n

Panelist: Robin Houston<\/h3>\r\n\"Robin\r\n\r\nRobin Houston is credited with founding, assisting, and supporting extracurricular STEM clubs for over fourteen years. She began her focus on developing quality STEM opportunities for students in PGCPS elementary schools as the result of looking for challenging extracurricular activities for her daughter.\r\n\r\nIn 2011, Robin founded simultaneous engineering clubs at two elementary schools. Two years later, she transitioned to robotic clubs on the elementary and middle school level. In addition to using curriculums from First Lego League and Society of Automotive Engineers, Robin has developed and implemented original curriculums for real-world Project Based Learning units.\r\n\r\nIn 2021, Robin and her daughter, an aerospace engineer, created the FIRE Rocket Challenge. Robin is currently serving as the co-founder, mentor and coach of the FIRE Rocket Challenge which exposes middle and high school students to aerospace engineering via rocketry competitions. The rocket program was founded from a desire to introduce underrepresented young people to the rich experiences her daughter enjoyed as an international competitor on the US Junior Space Modeling Team (FAI).\r\n\r\nRobin currently serves as the Assistant Junior Team Manager for the US Junior Space Modeling Team, the Advisor of Programs and Initiatives for FIRE STEM\/FIRE NSBE Jr., a member of the NSBE Aerospace SIG Outreach Programs and chairs the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics K-12 Diversity Subcommittee.\r\n\r\nThe FIRE Rocket Challenge program operates under the FIRE STEM K-12 STEM Education nonprofit and collaborates with the NSBE Aerospace Special Interest Group and Estes Rockets. Robin earned a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education from The George Washington University, a Master of Arts in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University, and an Administration I Certification from McDaniel College.\r\n

Panelist: Roxy Williams<\/h3>\r\n\"RoxyRoxy Williams is afro-indigenous and in her senior year of studying software engineering at the Latin American University of Science and Technology in Costa Rica. Roxy holds various leadership roles in the space sector. She is the Regional Coordinator for North, Central America, and the Caribbean in the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). Roxy has led two training courses: an introduction to space engineering and a course on CubeSat mission designs. She also founded The Black Panthers, an empowerment group for vulnerable communities in space.\r\n\r\nRoxy led a sub-team within a project designing a Mercury sample return mission, focusing on the command & data handling and communications subsystems of the spacecraft design. She is also the lead of the Diversity in Astronaut Selection (DIVINAS) project which has two sub-projects; one focused on creating and experiments for parastronaut, and another that is focused on analyzing astronaut profile evolution to propose diverse ways of selecting astronauts. Last year, Roxy alongside her team won the Space Station Design Workshop competition organized by the Institute of Space Systems of the University of Stuttgart, where her team's design was recognized as the best. Roxy's expertise in the team was on the communications subsystem.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Roxy collaborated with the Brazilian Institute of Space Research on a CubeSat project, received training in CubeSat subsystems, and worked on a Lunar Hospital design during virtual analog astronaut training. She co-designed an app for shelter site selection in Nicaragua and Central America using Sentinel-1 data and received two global awards for her space contributions: the SGAC Pioneer award and the IAF Emerging Space Leader award.\r\n

Panelist: Diana Alsindy<\/h3>\r\n\"DianaDiana Alsindy is a propulsion engineering manager, a bilingual science communicator, a passionate educator, and a storyteller. She leads a team of engineers building the next rocket to the moon with Blue Origin. Diana is an Iraqi refugee residing in Los Angeles; she fled Iraq in 2004 with her family. She is the founder of The Arabian Stargazer, a bilingual educational platform that promotes science and space in the MENA region. Her platform is popular in the Middle East with more than 250,000 followers. She has been featured on multiple media outlets, and her science content has reached over 8 million views. <\/span>\r\n\r\nDiana is passionate about space exploration and education accessibility. She advocates for language equity in science and often engages in international outreach missions. She frequently hosts lectures and seminars with schools that do not have access to engineering resources. She is also a keynote speaker who engages the audience inclusively through multiple topics such as space exploration, engineering, science communication, digital accessibility, languages in science, and the role of social media in education. She aspires to continue paving the way to space and advocate for others to look up!<\/span>\r\n

Moderator: Enanga Daisy F\u00e2l\u00e9<\/h3>\r\n\"EnangaEnanga Daisy F\u00e2l\u00e9 is an engineering leader, new tech adopter, and global engineering advocate who relishes opportunities to drive technological advancement. F\u00e2l\u00e9 holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from St. Cloud State University with a concentration in aviation operations and a master\u2019s in systems engineering, with a certificate in human-computer interaction from Iowa State University.\r\n\r\nShe works for Northrop Grumman as a senior system engineering manager of a systems engineering and integration department and the immersive systems visualization lab. Her activities have included leading model-based systems engineering strategies, launching the formal stand-up of a systems integration function, institutionalizing visualization technologies for applied system effectiveness analysis, expanding visualization technology utilization, and serving as a Tech Fellow.\r\n\r\nF\u00e2l\u00e9 has management and engineering design experience with Collins Aerospace in flight management, datalink communications, and aircraft power systems across global teams. She also operated as site leader, systems engineering subject matter expert, and engineering manager for the Internet of Things and new tech insertions with Laird Technologies across biomedical, aerospace, and industrial applications. F\u00e2l\u00e9 extended her technical and leadership expertise as a community college educator in electrical and computer engineering technology programs or through appointments on engineering educational review boards focusing on a curriculum\u2019s industry relevance.\r\n\r\nF\u00e2l\u00e9 aims to promote measurable workplace equity and pipeline development across all communities globally. She leverages her experiences across engineering societies, industry, academia, and capacity-building projects to support scaling outreach programs and increasing career pathway support to help communities be at the forefront of technological innovation.\r\n\r\nF\u00e2l\u00e9's recent contributions to the Society of Women Engineers have centered on technical development and removal barriers to innovation. She is the co-founder of the technical career path affinity group and the SWE board of directors leader responsible for our society committees focused on Pre-college outreach support and students programs. F\u00e2l\u00e9 is NSBE's director Aerospace Special Interest Group (SIG), driving industry access, pre-college initiatives, and technical development across the US, Africa, and the Caribbean for close to six years and has been engaged as a SIG committee leader for twelve years focusing on aviation and space development projects across Africa. She also holds membership in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the International Council on Systems Engineering.\r\nRegister for the Event<\/a>","post_title":"From the Classroom to the Cosmos: How Educators Can Help Girls Succeed in Space","post_excerpt":"SWE is bringing together a virtual panel of educators on April 10 to inspire the next generation of female scientists, engineers and astronauts!","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"find-your-place-in-space","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-03-21 09:54:24","post_modified_gmt":"2024-03-21 14:54:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/alltogether.swe.org\/?p=40225","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":40128,"post_author":"132","post_date":"2024-02-22 15:10:28","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-22 21:10:28","post_content":"Join us in commemorating all things outreach with the fourth annual issue of \"Celebrate SWE Outreach!\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor the FY23 fiscal year, the Special Publications Work Group revamped the Outreach and SWENext Committee pages to share everything our volunteers have been working on.\r\n\r\nYou will find challenge winners, youth protection policy information, Invent it. Build it. recap, SWENext initiatives, new webinars, information on workplace giving, the impact of technology outreach for lifelong learners, event highlights and more all in one place.\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy reading through the many resources other SWE members are taking advantage of. We look forward to another successful year advocating for the next generation of STEM stars!\r\n\r\nDownload \"Celebrate SWE Outreach: A Year in Review for FY23\"<\/a>","post_title":"Celebrate SWE Outreach: A Year in Review","post_excerpt":"Read the fourth annual issue of \"Celebrate SWE Outreach: A Year in Review\" to learn about the Outreach and SWENext accomplishments created by SWE volunteers in the past year.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"celebrate-swe-outreach-fy23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-02-22 15:10:28","post_modified_gmt":"2024-02-22 21:10:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/alltogether.swe.org\/?p=40128","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":39765,"post_author":"132","post_date":"2023-12-05 15:36:27","post_date_gmt":"2023-12-05 21:36:27","post_content":"Congratulations to the 2023 Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge team, SWENext Sage Creek, for placing fourth out of 2,900 students from 18 countries. This annual worldwide event is open to middle- and high-school students, and the 2024 Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge<\/a> will begin on Jan. 10, 2024, with the final pitch due April 30.\r\n\r\nThe Sage Creek High School SWENext team, consisting of Sophia G. and Erin O., designed and presented the project \u201cDuckie: a Chromebook Extension for ADHD Students.\u201d Watch their winning Duckie pitch here<\/a>. Let's meet the masterminds:\r\n\r\nSophia,<\/strong> a junior, is the founding president of Sage Creek SWENext Club, branch coordinator and hardware engineer of her robotics team Crow Force, a SWE UCSD Empowering & Development for Girls in Engineering (EDGE) mentee, and ASB store lead. She aspires to become an aerospace engineer one day and become a role model for other young girls like her.\r\n\r\nErin,<\/strong> a junior, is the Sage Creek SWENext Club VP and excels in the PLTW Engineering Pathway. She is a hardware engineer and principal rule keeper of her robotics team, Crow Force, and has been a mentee in the UCSD EDGE since her freshman year. She seeks a degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering hoping to use her love for hands-on work in a career.\r\n\r\nThe following is an interview with Sophia and Erin by their SWE Counselor Debra Kimberling:\r\n

Tell Us More About Duckie!<\/h2>\r\n\"DuckieSince COVID-19, schools across the globe shifted to relying on online learning, which impacted students from elementary to college. Recognizing the added challenges faced by those with attention disorders like ADHD, we were inspired to create a virtual support system.\r\n\r\nWe saw how Chromebooks were integrated into our district from second grade, and so we decided to create Duckie. Duckie is a Chromebook extension that fosters productivity, organization, and time management for students with ADHD.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDuckie monitors progress, breaks work into time blocks, incorporates motivating games, and features duck characters offering empowering messages. Tokens earned for productive work serve as positive reinforcement, creating a tailored, virtual support system for students with ADHD in the online learning landscape.\r\n

Can You Tell Us More About the JTIC Challenge Itself?<\/h2>\r\nThe Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge is a worldwide event where teens and teachers develop socially beneficial solutions using design thinking, aligned with the 17 United Nations Global Goals. It's free to participate, and winning teams receive various awards, including monetary prizes for different categories. An educator is required to formally sign up for the challenge.\r\n\r\nThough this contest proved to be a big success for our team, there were challenges we faced that future teams should keep in mind.<\/strong> For one, since we joined two months late due to unawareness of the competition, our time was cut short, and we had to rush many of our responses. While we still put complete effort into our submission, we know we could\u2019ve done better. That is why we want to inform others about the challenge early on and give others enough time for all the work that comes with the application.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the video submitted with the project is just as important, if not more, than all the written responses. Put time into your script, how you present, and what it is you share.\r\n\r\nReceiving fourth place was a huge surprise for us, especially given the immense pool of applications; but if it was possible for us, it is possible for you!<\/strong> With an original idea and thoughtful responses, placing is possible, and I encourage all students to try and apply for this. It was an amazing opportunity and such a great experience for us to be a part of.\r\n

What Did You Do With the Challenge Winnings?<\/h2>\r\nWe donated the prize money of $250 to the Akilah Institute of Women<\/a>. We are very grateful to help fund an organization that supports the education of hundreds of West African women. It means a lot to us to support other women, and this was a great opportunity to show our support and give them what we could.\r\n

What Are Your Plans for the Future?<\/h2>\r\nWe have accomplished so much already in growing our project. After initially winning the Cal Poly SWE<\/a> design challenge (shoutout to SWE for this opportunity), we entered the JTIC and placed fourth. After the encouragement from ranking so high in the JTIC, we entered Duckie into T-Mobile\u2019s Changemaker Challenge<\/a>. We were finalists and received $5,000 in seed money.\r\n\r\nSo, our next steps are to start beta testing and preparing Duckie for the market.<\/strong> We are incredibly grateful for design competitions like the JTIC, which were great opportunities to develop and present the prototype we created and helped us realize the impact this idea will have, motivating us to continue working on it.\r\n

Any Last Words?<\/h2>\r\nWe want to thank SWE<\/a> for all the support and encouragement.<\/strong> Thank you specifically to the Cal Poly SWE design challenge, where we first pulled together our project concept and placed first in the 2023 challenge. It was there that we gained the confidence to enter the JTIC.\r\n\r\nIn addition, we want to thank everyone who has supported us along the way. A special thanks to our parents for traveling with us to all these design competitions and helping us every step in this journey. Thank you to our advisor, Lynette Nicolas, for continuously supporting us and giving us so much advice, allowing us to get where we are today.\r\n\r\nThank you to Shayne Conner, who showed us the Cal Poly SWE design challenge. Thank you, of course, to the Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge itself for seeing our project and recognizing us. And finally, a special thank you to SWENext \u2014 specifically SWE San Diego and our SWE Counselor Debra Kimberling \u2014 for introducing us to the competition. We couldn\u2019t be here without you all! You can reach us at swesagecreek@gmail.com<\/a>.","post_title":"Sage Creek SWENext Club: Designing the Future, Winning Today!","post_excerpt":"Inside the Sage Creek SWENext Club's Duckie Success Story","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"sage-creek-swenext-club-duckie","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-12-13 12:38:58","post_modified_gmt":"2023-12-13 18:38:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/alltogether.swe.org\/?p=39765","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_9"};