SWE - Winter 2008 - (Page 80) SWE Scrapbook SWE Archives presents a regular series spotlighting women’s engineering history Profile of a President Sherita Ceasar was SWE’s 37th president, providing leadership for the Society as it entered the new millennium, and concurrently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Her tenure was marked by accomplishments in vitality, education, leadership, diversity, and visibility. Of particular note were the creation of the conference programming board, strategic communications council, and SWE Leadership Institute. By the time Ceasar became the Society’s first African-American president, she had been a member for more than 15 years, serving in leadership capacities, on both the section and national levels. She joined SWE as a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology, earning a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering. In subsequent years, her upwardly mobile career in electronics design, manufacturing operations, quality, and service business paralleled her increasing responsibilities in SWE. Her accomplishments throughout these same years did not go unnoticed, and Ceasar was recognized by various organizations, exemplified by SWE’s Distinguished New Engineer of the Year award in 1990 and her induction into the WITI (Women in Technology International) Hall of Fame in 1999. - Deborah Rice, SWE Archivist Ceasar (right) and then Executive Director Gina Ryan (left) with a SWE Magazine Heritage Club member at the SWE 50th Anniversary exhibit, on display at the 2000 SWE conference. The 2000 summer leadership supplement to SWE Magazine featured then-outgoing president, Sherita Ceasar, photographed with her mom during the SWE conference, held that June in Washington, D.C. Beth Silverman, 50th anniversary chair, gets help cutting the anniversary cake from outgoing president Ceasar in celebration of this important SWE milestone. 80 SWE WINTER 2008
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of SWE - Winter 2008 SWE - Winter 2008 Heritage Club President’s Note View from the Executive Suite Editor’s Page Readers’ Forum EWeek 2008 New Faces of Engineering The Leaky Science and Engineering Pipeline Why Do Women Leave the Engineering Work Force? A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers The Off-On Ramp Revolution Recognizing the Historic Contributions of African-Americans Membership Information & Calendar A&B Women in Tune with Technology: SWE 2007 Conference Overview Keynote Address Achievement Award Region, Section, and Collegiate Awards SME Bowl and SWE Anniversaries Engineering World: Point of View: Why I Blog Career Toolbox Book Review SWE Smiles Opportunity Index SWE Scrapbook SWE - Winter 2008 SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE - Winter 2008 (Page Cover1) SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE - Winter 2008 (Page Cover2) SWE - Winter 2008 - Heritage Club (Page 1) SWE - Winter 2008 - Heritage Club (Page 2) SWE - Winter 2008 - Heritage Club (Page 3) SWE - Winter 2008 - Heritage Club (Page 4) SWE - Winter 2008 - President’s Note (Page 5) SWE - Winter 2008 - President’s Note (Page 6) SWE - Winter 2008 - View from the Executive Suite (Page 7) SWE - Winter 2008 - View from the Executive Suite (Page 8) SWE - Winter 2008 - Editor’s Page (Page 9) SWE - Winter 2008 - Readers’ Forum (Page 10) SWE - Winter 2008 - Readers’ Forum (Page 11) SWE - Winter 2008 - EWeek 2008 (Page 12) SWE - Winter 2008 - EWeek 2008 (Page 13) SWE - Winter 2008 - EWeek 2008 (Page 14) SWE - Winter 2008 - EWeek 2008 (Page 15) SWE - Winter 2008 - New Faces of Engineering (Page 16) SWE - Winter 2008 - New Faces of Engineering (Page 17) SWE - Winter 2008 - New Faces of Engineering (Page 18) SWE - Winter 2008 - New Faces of Engineering (Page 19) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Leaky Science and Engineering Pipeline (Page 20) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Leaky Science and Engineering Pipeline (Page 21) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Leaky Science and Engineering Pipeline (Page 22) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Leaky Science and Engineering Pipeline (Page 23) SWE - Winter 2008 - Why Do Women Leave the Engineering Work Force? 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(Page 27) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 28) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 29) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 30) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 31) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 32) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 33) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 34) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 35) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 36) SWE - Winter 2008 - A Greener America = New Growth Fields for Engineers (Page 37) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 38) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 39) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 40) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 41) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 42) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 43) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 44) SWE - Winter 2008 - The Off-On Ramp Revolution (Page 45) SWE - Winter 2008 - Recognizing the Historic Contributions of African-Americans (Page 46) SWE - Winter 2008 - Recognizing the Historic Contributions of African-Americans (Page 47) SWE - Winter 2008 - Membership Information & Calendar A&B (Page 48) SWE - Winter 2008 - Membership Information & Calendar A&B (Page 49) SWE - Winter 2008 - Women in Tune with Technology: SWE 2007 Conference Overview (Page 50) SWE - Winter 2008 - Women in Tune with Technology: SWE 2007 Conference Overview (Page 51) SWE - Winter 2008 - Women in Tune with Technology: SWE 2007 Conference Overview (Page 52) SWE - Winter 2008 - Women in Tune with Technology: SWE 2007 Conference Overview (Page 53) SWE - Winter 2008 - Keynote Address (Page 54) SWE - Winter 2008 - Achievement Award (Page 55) SWE - Winter 2008 - Achievement Award (Page 56) SWE - Winter 2008 - Achievement Award (Page 57) SWE - Winter 2008 - Achievement Award (Page 58) SWE - Winter 2008 - Region, Section, and Collegiate Awards (Page 59) SWE - Winter 2008 - Region, Section, and Collegiate Awards (Page 60) SWE - Winter 2008 - SME Bowl and SWE Anniversaries (Page 61) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 62) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 63) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 64) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 65) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 66) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 67) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 68) SWE - Winter 2008 - Engineering World: (Page 69) SWE - Winter 2008 - Point of View: Why I Blog (Page 70) SWE - Winter 2008 - Point of View: Why I Blog (Page 71) SWE - Winter 2008 - Career Toolbox (Page 72) SWE - Winter 2008 - Career Toolbox (Page 73) SWE - Winter 2008 - Career Toolbox (Page 74) SWE - Winter 2008 - Career Toolbox (Page 75) SWE - Winter 2008 - Book Review (Page 76) SWE - Winter 2008 - Book Review (Page 77) SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE Smiles (Page 78) SWE - Winter 2008 - Opportunity Index (Page 79) SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE Scrapbook (Page 80) SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE Scrapbook (Page Cover3) SWE - Winter 2008 - SWE Scrapbook (Page Cover4)
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