Collegiate Section Spotlight: Washington State University North Puget Sound

Guest Contributors:  Tinneal Ching & Mariah Harvey (WSU-NPSE students)

The Washington State University North Puget Sound at Everett (WSU-NPSE) CIG was spearheaded by Mechanical Engineering students, Tinneal Ching and Mariah Harvey, to bring the benefits of SWE to the campus and promote professional development throughout student body while providing educational and career opportunities to women in STEM.

Officially established in January 2016, the CIG began with only 13 members. WSU’s Everett campus consists of a diverse demographic of non-traditional transfer students from local community colleges and universities.  A few members have attended the National Conference in Los Angeles, Nashville, and Philadelphia and attended the Regional ABJ Conference.

The CIG was officially approved on November 30th, 2016 and it continues to focus on organizing their “Women in Engineering” networking event, professional development workshops, local company tours, community outreach for K-12 students, Cougar Career Week, and hosting their annual Dinner with Industry with their sister chapter at Everett Community College.

Thank you to those who have supported us this past year and to both Dr. Ciera Graham, our organization’s advisor, and Mrs. Catherine Thomas, for her advocacy of our student organization.

For more information about WSU-NPSE’s SWE, please email us at SWE.NPSE@wsu.edu and visit us on our website [https://everett.wsu.edu/SWE_club_home] and our Facebook [https://facebook.com/WSU.NPSE.SWE]

(Updated 01/31/17: A previous version of this blog listed the Guest Contributor as Ciera Gaham)

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This guest article is part of SWE PNW's Collegiate Section Spotlight series, where we ask the local collegiate sections to showcase their section so we can share information up at the professional section level. These guest articles are coordinated by Elaine Reeves, Section Representative and College Relations focal for SWE PNW.