UMaine’s Collegiate Society of Women Engineers receives national honor

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

February 1, 2016 Outreach

The Collegiate Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at the University of Maine was awarded an Outstanding Collegiate Section Award at the Silver Level at the SWE Conference awards banquet in Nashville in October.

The award recognizes collegiate sections that are active in meeting SWE’s strategic goals of professional excellence, globalization and advocacy. At the Silver Level, UMaine was joined by nine other collegiate sections, including those at Cornell, Purdue and Tufts universities.

Meagan Lewis, a senior in mechanical engineering from Beverly, Massachusetts, is the president of UMaine’s SWE section.

“The UMaine section really fulfills SWE’s tagline — Aspire/Advance/Achieve — and offers great opportunities for members to develop leadership skills,” says Karen Horton, professor of mechanical engineering technology and the UMaine section’s adviser and the 2010 Outstanding SWE Counselor.

The UMaine section has a number of active committees, including those focused on technology and website, outreach, fundraising, corporate relations, social events and the Region F Conference (this year at West Point, Feb. 26–28). The section plays an important role in engineering outreach to young people in Maine, with the UMaine members leading events at engineering expos and the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor.