Come out and join us for pottery painting at Cafe Monet on Thursday, February 16th from 7pm to 9pm. We'll be talking to the SWE Southwest Professional Section in a causal setting. Learn what it means to be a professional member! This should be tons of fun, food and drinks will be provided. There is a $10 fee to go, but it's still a great deal since the normal cost would be $20. If you are interested, go to the SWE office and sign up, we will be providing transportation to and from Cafe Monet.

The first SWEet feet race of the semester will be the Paramount Break-a-leg 5k on Sunday, February 19th! The race starts at 7:30 am on 16th street and Congress Ave in downtown Austin. We will be carpooling from the SWE office if you need a ride. Registration fee is $37 and paid SWE members may be partially or completely reimbursed for the fee. Email Meagan Wilkes at mwilkes@utexas.edu with any questions or to sign up. Thanks!

Engineering Day at the Museum is the kickoff for National Engineer's Week! Sign up to volunteer at the Austin Children's Museum, making the always-popular oozy splat with kids ages 4 to 11 and promoting engineering as a fun, creative, and hands-on career. The event will last from noon to 5 pm. Rides can be arranged. Sign up HERE

When: Saturday, February 25th, 12pm to 6pm, meet at ECJ 2nd floor lobby for check-in! (There will be a quick safety training about the logistics of Girl Day so please don't be late!)

Where: ECJ and RLM

What: Come help inspire 4th and 5th grade girls in the awesome field of engineering! We will be having a blast with a Cotton Ball Catapult!

All volunteers can sign up online HERE. Email me (Amy Gropp) with any questions at angropp@comcast.net.

Get excited for E-Week (Engineers Week), which begins THIS Friday, February 17th, and ends on Friday, February 24th! This week-long competition presents many fun events and opportunities (and a huge scavenger hunt) for you to help SWE win this year. We need lots of participants in order to beat IEEE and ASME, and prove that SWE is the best! Represent SWE by competing in or attending events. We get points for participation as well as winning, so signing in for SWE at events is just as important!

SWE is also participating in SEC's Penny Wars, so help us out by bringing your spare change to the McKinney Engineering Library (ECJ 1.300) during E-Week. Organizations get 1 point for every penny in their jar and lose points for other coins (e.g. -25 points for every quarter, -100 points for every dollar), so make sure to put pennies in ours and all your other change other organizations' jars (like IEEE and ASME)! All the proceeds go to Austin Children's Shelter, so you will also be benefiting the community in addition to winning SWE E-Week points! Be on the lookout for more E-Week Updates!

Apply now for a Society of Women Engineers Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year. Students who will be sophomores through graduate students can apply online at www.swe.org/scholarships by February 15, 2012. You complete one application and are considered for all scholarships for which you are eligible. The online application is entirely electronic.

Now's your chance to give feedback on the SWE website and newsletter! Please fill out the survey HERE to help us improve our communication with members.

If you are graduating this year and would like to stay connected with UT SWE, please let us know where you are heading! We would like to expand our alumni relation and will contact you with only alumni-related activities in the future. Your information will not be given to a third party. Click HERE to join our alumni list!

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! We hope to carry on your legacy and will miss you very much!

Don't wait til next year, join SWE now.

If you love SWE and want to enjoy it for the years to come the C2C membership is a great deal with one professional year included, even if you are an upper classmen it still saves! So existing members don't wait to RENEW.

Commit to SWE and SHINE!