VP Ashley's SWEFL Experience

Hello RPI SWE!

At the end of last school year I was nominated to be the SWE Future Leader (SWEFL) for Region F and I was chosen! As a part of being on the Region F Collegiate Team you are invited to the Collegiate Leadership Forum in August. This year it was in Minneapolis, MN from August 16^th – 18^th. This was a great opportunity to learn more about how National SWE works and how the Board of Directors works with the Regional Collegiate Teams and how the RCT works with Collegiate sections. A special part of CLF is the Installation of the FY13 President, Board of Directors, and the Board of Trustees. Melissa Tata (FY12 President and RPI Alum) installed Alyse Stofer. She said a few words about her theme for this year “A Lifetime of Opportunity”.

One the first day I learned about the History of SWE going all the way back to 1950 with the Green Engineering camp in 1950. I also learned about the importance of having your own “Personal Board of Directors” which means having a mentor for different parts of your life. In my first SWEFL meeting I learned about what the different positions of the Regional Collegiate Board do, which you can read about on the Region F Blog (http://regionf.wordpress.com/). On the Second day I learned about Navigating the National SWE website. Which has a lot to offer! I also created my plan of action for this year.

Overall this was a great experience and I hope to contribute a lot to Region F as well as RPI SWE this school year!

Ashley Vassell

Vice President