Get Involved

We have many opportunities available for members to become more involved with SWE-KC. Please join us at one of our next events (located on our calendar)!

​If you are interested in any of the following opportunities, please let us know.

Committee Descriptions

Role Descriptions

STEM Outreach

• Volunteer at an outreach event.
  • We host multiple STEM outreach events throughout the year. Subscribe to the SWE-KC email list to learn of these opportunities and how to sign-up.
• ​Allow a student to Job Shadow you
  • We receive multiple requests throughout the year from high school students looking to job shadow a professional engineer.
    
• Be a mentor or volunteer at our Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) events.
• Join the IGED planning committee
• Join the Outreach committee

Professional Development

• Attend SWE Conferences
  
• ​Submit a speaker proposal for conference events
• Join the Professional Development committee to help plan WE KC, our fall professional development conference for women engineers and technologists.
  

Networking Events

• Volunteer to host a Meet & Greet (choose a location, date, & ​time, and we'll do the advertising)
• Volunteer to plan a specific event
• Join the Events committee to help plan events throughout the year

Recognition

• ​Work to recognize SWE members and SWE-KC by nominating them for Region and Society awards
  
• ​Join the Awards Committee to help with nomination packets
  

Other Opportunities

• Join the Membership Committee to help identify ways to welcome new members and retain our current members
• Update and manage the SWE-KC website (no programming skills needed!)
• ​Help update and maintain social media accounts
• ​Write a newsletter or blog article following an event