Society of Women Engineers

University of Florida
2016 2017 Sponsorship Packet

Presidents
Letter
To whom this may concern,
My name is Carolyn Gerzina, and I have the privilege of serving as the 2016 2017 President of the Society of Women
Engineers at the University of Florida. The members of our chapter consistently invest a great amount of time
volunteering throughout the Gainesville community and interacting with other groups on campus developing leadership
and practical experience that will help us when we move into the engineering workforce.
Recently our organization and its members have received recognition for:

BEC Best Newsletter, 2016

Redefining Engineering with Diversity Regional Poster Award, 2016
National Outstanding Collegiate Section Award: Gold Award, 2015
National Communications Award: Third Place, 2015
Gator Engineering Student Society Recognition Award for Excellence, 2015
SAI Involvement Team Student Organization of the Year, 2015
"A Sea of Opportunity" Regional Poster Award, 2015
Regional Outreach MOU Partnership Award, 2015
Regional Professional Development Event Award, 2015
Regional Membership Recruitment Award, 2015
BEC Best Society Social Event, 2015
BEC Best Newsletter, 2015
BEC Most Innovative Society, 2015
BEC Most Active Society, 2015

We welcome you to become a catalyst to the success of our valuable program by sponsoring our society this upcoming
year. Please review the following pages for more information about our programs and all of the sponsorship opportunities
available.
Thank you for any support that you can contribute. We wish you continued success in your career.
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Carolyn Gerzina
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Carolyn Gerzina
President, Society of Women Engineers
University of Florida, 2016-2017
president.swe.ufl@gmail.com

Program Descriptions
This past year, our society spent over $18,000 on programs and events, including outreach to K-12 students in the community, a freshmen/transfer
student-mentoring program, professional development events and social activities throughout the campus. Over a hundred events were held,
ranging from chapter traditions to many new and innovative programs. The following are just a few of the major events SWE holds each year.

eSwamp

Local Outreach

Evening with Industry

eSWAMP is our annual event held the first

SWE is very active in introducing younger

Evening with Industry (EWI) is held each

weekend before Fall semester begins to

children to engineering. We believe that

semester and is an opportunity for

welcome incoming freshmen students. It is

the best way to spark someones interest in

company representatives to talk to students

a day-long event consisting of a variety of

engineering is to start at an early age. Our

on a more personal level. EWI takes place

workshops to show them the opportunities

annual

to

the evening after the University of Florida

offered in the college, meet other female

Engineering Day, welcomes local middle

Career Showcase each semester, which is

engineers and participate in fun events in

school students to tour our campus and see

convenient for recruiters who already plan

order to get to know other freshmen and

what its like to be an engineer. SWE

to attend Showcase. In past years, over a

upperclassman SWE members. We also

students take them around the various

dozen recruiting companies and 200

hold an organization fair where over 20

engineering labs on campus, 3D Printing

students have been in attendance.

engineering societies from all disciplines

labs, as well as give them the opportunity

This past year we reshaped EWI into EWI:

table to show what their society does and

to

Black Ties and Mocktails to allow students

event,

talk

Introduce

with

SWE

Girl

members.

and recruiters to have a more relaxed

how to get involved. This particular event

can be sponsored, allowing the sponsor the

Also, we participate weekly in EngiNEAR

atmosphere to communicate and network.

opportunity to attend and present to all of

You and Baby Gator Programs to reach

By redesigning this event, weve increased

these freshmen. This past year over 200

out to local elementary schools with

attendance, increased connections, and

freshmen girls participated.

engineering and science demonstrations.

improved our overall event for both

students and recruiters.

SWE is a way for women to connect in a work field that contains so few women. It empowers
women to become engineers so that we can move beyond what a stereotypical engineer looks
like and create a new face for the modern engineer that encompasses gender equality.
Madeline Stanley, Member 15

Program Descriptions
Volunteering
SWE strongly believes in the importance of giving back to the campus and the
community. This past year we had a major increase in the number of organizations and
causes we supported. Throughout this past school year, we continued our support and
participation in the UF Relay for Life program, raising over $1000 for cancer research.
We also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity Womans Build, the Humane Society,
Jungle Friends, St. Francis House, and UFs Earth Day campus restoration.

Conferences
Each year we participate in SWE National and Region D conferences. This is an
opportunity for our members to develop their professional skills, network with company
representatives and seek career opportunities. It also allows our society to learn the best
practices from other societies to improve our chapter. This year we are headed to
Atlanta, Georgia for Region D Conference and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for SWE
National Conference.

General Body Meetings

Each semester, general body meetings are held on Tuesdays bi-weekly for members to
learn about events and opportunities in our society and throughout the UF campus.
Every meeting, we provide these members a chance to meet other SWEeties and get to
know some of our officers and chairs. Most meetings are sponsored, giving members the
chance to speak with company representatives and hear about what opportunities they
are currently offering.

Big Gator/Little Gator Mentoring

Our Big Gator/Little Gator mentoring program pairs underclassmen students with
upperclassmen SWE members to allow them to acclimate into college life and excel in
engineering. Each mentor is matched with one to three mentees and seeks to get to know
each of them and show them the opportunities throughout the engineering department.
At the end of the year, a Best Mentor and Best Mentee are chosen based on
involvement and feedback from their respective mentee/mentor. Over 50 SWE members
participated in this program last year.

SWE not only encourages us to pursue and excel in our engineering degrees, but also provides us
with a source of support and friendship. Since joining SWE, I have met my life-long friends and my
life-long inspirations to dream, excel, and succeed in engineering.
Beatrice Villanueva, Recording Secretary 16

Benefits of Sponsorship
We continually strive to improve our society, and welcome you to be a part of this endeavor. All of our sponsors
are highly valued, and we like to thank them by offering the sponsorship benefits listed below. Each level of
sponsorship also receives the same benefits as the levels preceding it.

Sponsorship Level

Donation

Platinum

$2000+

Gold

$1000 1999

Silver

$500 999

Bronze

$250 499

Friends of SWE

$0 249

Benefits
- Link to company career page added to all ListServ emails
- Presented with Platinum sponsorship certificate
- Logo added to all social media (i.e. Twitter, LinkedIn)
- Link to companys career page added to website
- Logo added to all flyers and Facebook cover photo
- Opportunity to speak at General Body Meeting and
advertising for the meeting
- Advertising on website and monthly newsletter

How to Sponsor
The diversity of events SWE holds allows for a variety of ways to consider sponsorship. You can make a general
donation to the society or sponsor a specific event/program. The different sponsorship levels can be viewed above.
Please see below a table of specific events that have been sponsored in the past. However, if you have an idea for an
event or are interested in sponsoring an event not listed, please feel free to contact us.

Event

Date

Target Audience

Approximate Cost

eSwamp

August 28

Freshmen/Transfer Students

$3500

National Conference

October 27 29

All Members

$600/member

Regional Conference

March

All Members

$300/member

Big Gator/Little Gator

Semestral

All Members

$250

Spring Tea

April

All Members

$350

Evening with Industry

September/January

All Engineering Students

$300/per semester

Engineering Fair Booth

February

K 12

$300

Introduce a Girl to Engineering

February

K 12

$400

High School Outreach

November

High School

$400

Girl Scout Outreach

November

K5

$200

Engineering Formal

March

All Students

$2000

General Body Meetings

Bi weekly

All members

$250/meeting

Rube Goldberg Design Team

Semestral

All members

$750

Team Tech

Annually

All members

$1000 & year-long time commitment

Payment Methods
Please mail checks payable to University of Florida at the following address:

Society of Women Engineers

University of Florida
P.O. Box 116550, 312 Weil Hall
Gainesville, FL 3261-6550 c/o Yolanda Hankerson
If you wish to sponsor a specific event, please specify that event on the For section of your check. General donations do
not need a specification. Please indicate in the memo line of the check the fund number F001681.
Online donations can be made at https://www.uff.ufl.edu/OnlineGiving/Engineering.asp. Please select College of
Engineering Student Organization Fund (001681) when making your contribution, and be sure to mention Society of
Women Engineers in the comments section.

How to Sponsor
Feel free to follow all our social media outlets to stay up to date on the events and accomplishments of the society. Make
sure to connect with us on LinkedIn and post any company opportunities on our group page.
Website: http://sweufonline.weebly.com/
Email: president.swe.ufl@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UFSWE/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UFSWE
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/UF-Society-Women-Engineers-6537514
If you have any questions and/or are interested in sponsoring our society, please contact our general society email,
swe.ufl@gmail.com, or contact our corresponding secretary, Jia-Uei Chen directly at corresponding.swe.ufl@gmail.com.
Thank you for your time. We appreciate any and all support of our society!
Sincerely,

Carolyn Gerzina
Carolyn Gerzina
President, Society of Women Engineers
University of Florida, 2016-2017
president.swe.ufl@gmail.com