Gold level section

At WE21 in Indianapolis, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities SWE section was awarded the title of “Gold Level” section for the fourth year in a row.

strategic goal #2: Globalization - best practice - Global

In 2021, our section was recognized for our focus on diversity and inclusion, as well as multicultural and global outreach events.

strategic goal #3: advocacy - best practice - awards & recognition

In 2021, our section was recognized for our awards program and our practice of nominating our members for awards outside of our section.

Team TEch Competition - 2nd place

At the WE21 conference in Indianapolis, Team Tech placed second in the 2021 Team Tech competition for their Machine Health Monitoring System project, in which they partnered with John Deere.

Gold Level Section

At the virtual WE20 conference, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities SWE section was awarded the title of “Gold Level” section for the third year in a row.

The Rising Star Award - Madison Best

At WE19, our 2019-2020 Vice President, Madison Best, was awarded The Rising Star Award for her outstanding contributions to SWE, the engineering community, University of Minnesota campus, and community. This award is only given to collegiate level SWE members with less than 2 years of SWE membership at the end of the previous fiscal year.

Gold Level Section

At WE19 in Anaheim, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities SWE section was awarded the title of “Gold Level” section for the second year in a row.

Multicultural Best Practice Award

At WE19, our section was awarded the Multicultural Best Practice Award for the 50K Coalition Dinner that is hosted by our section annually.

Joint Professional/Collegiate Event Award

At WE Local in Des Moines, our section was awarded the Joint Professsional/Collegiate Event Award for our Practice Interview Event with Ford in preparation for the Collegee of Science & Engineering (CSE) Fall Career Fair.

Gold Level Section

Gold Mission Award

Best practice for outreach Mission award

Public Policy

SWE Resource Promotion

At WE18 in Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities SWE section was awarded the title of a “Gold Level” section, the Gold and Best Practice for Outreach Mission Awards, and an award for Public Policy.

Region H professional development award

In 2018, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities SWE section was awarded the Region H Professsional Development Award.

Swenext Outreach video challenge

In 2018, our SWE section was the winner of the SWENext Outreach Video Challenge Competition.

Outstanding Event

In May 2017, we were lucky to have been awarded Outstanding Event for "SWEekend at the U". We recieved this award at the TinMan Award Ceremony.

S2s volunteer challenge

In October 2016, we recieved the award for having the most volunteering events for the SWE Schlumberger S2S competition, where SWE sections members and partners give back to their communities by volunteering time to community organizations and turn ideas into positive real-world impact.

Outstanding Collegiate Section

At the WE16 conference on October 29th 2016, we recieved the Outstanding Collegiate Section award, and our president, Elia Zanella recieved the Outstanding Collegiate Member award as well. Morgan, Samantha, and Hannah also won the WE16 ExxonMobil SME Bowl.