Collegiate Section Spotlight: Seattle University

Guest Contributor: Linda Karout (BS Electrical Engineering, Seattle University, SU Society of Women Engineers Vice President)

Seattle University’s SWE section provides myriad of opportunities for its members. At a school with roughly 4.7k undergrad students, SU SWE is able to connect to each of its members intimately and provide resources for life as a professional or grad student when the time comes. So, currently with 31 members, the SU SWE section is able to establish a connection between all of the engineering disciplines (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Computer Science) and provide numerous networking and professional events throughout the year.

The SU SWE section’s most successful event is Resume Night where professionals from various engineering careers volunteer their time for a night to review the resumes of any student who is seeking help. This event is not only held for the members of SWE, but for the entire engineering department which helps SWE to pursue the SU mission of “educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.”

SU’s SWE also provides the opportunity for many of its members to attend the national SWE conference every year. This past year in Philadelphia, SU SWE was able to send 10 of its members to experience the enriching opportunities from various panels, networking, and one of the largest career fairs any of us have had the pleasure to attend!

In addition, SU SWE holds bake sales to raise funds and holds fun events such as movie nights and study sessions for bonding between fellow members. In the picture below, a group of SWE members participated in a trip to watch the critically acclaimed movie Hidden Figures in theatres; a movie about the great contributions that African American women made to the space program.

Thank you to those who have provided support to this program and our faculty advisor Dr. Agnieszka Miguel and her undying passion for her students.


For more information about SU SWE you can contact our section’s president Ashley White at whitea10@seattleu.edu or our sections vice president Linda Karout at karoutl@seattleu.edu

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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.