Women in Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Sponsored by the GE Women’s Network through the Society of Women Engineers

Women in Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Sponsored by the GE Women’s Network through the Society of Women Engineers 2018-2019 Academic Year Instructions for Applicants About the Aw

Women in Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship

Sponsored by the GE Women’s Network through the Society of Women Engineers

2018-2019 Academic Year

Instructions for Applicants

About the Award:

 One (1) $2000 scholarship will be awarded to eligible candidates

 Award recipient will receive one year of paid student membership fees for SWE

 Award recipient will be referred for internship consideration to the GE Healthcare Early

Identification Program

 A panel of GE Women’s Network and Society of Women Engineers Wisconsin Section

professionals will judge the applications

 Award is based on a minimum of 10 eligible applications

Eligibility Requirements:

 Enrolled in an Engineering Program for the 2018-2019 academic year with Freshman through Junior standing

 Pursuing a Bachelors degree at one of the following institutions:

o Milwaukee School of Engineering,

o University of Wisconsin-Stout

o University of Wisconsin-Madison

o University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

o University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

o University of Wisconsin-Platteville

o University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

o Marquette University

 Applicant must be female

 Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0

 Membership in SWE is not required, but encouraged

 Submit completed form by March 15 th , 2019

Submittal:

The application is set up as a form The form entry fields will expand as you type Please

Scholarship winners will be notified by April 8 th , 2019 and may be asked to attend an awards

presentation Additionally, the winner may be asked to share her profile in a “pay it forward” context during our fund raising events for future scholarships

About General Electric Company (GE)

GE is a global infrastructure and finance company taking on the world’s toughest challenges From everyday light bulbs to fuel cell technology, to cleaner, more efficient jet engines, GE has continually shaped our world with groundbreaking innovations for over 130 years GE serves customers in more than 170 countries and employs more than 327,000 people worldwide

GE is made up of four businesses, each of which includes a number of units aligned for growth Our businesses fuel the global economy and improve people's lives Our four global research centers attract the world's best technical minds With more than 3,000 researchers working toward the next breakthrough, GE is positioned to continually innovate, invent and reinvent

About GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical

diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and

biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform and treat disease, so their patients can live their lives to the fullest

GE Healthcare's broad range of products and services enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions earlier Our vision for the future is to enable a new "early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention

Headquartered in Chicago, US, GE Healthcare is a $19 billion unit of General Electric Company

(NYSE: GE) Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 50,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com

About GE Women’s Network

The Women's Network is all about growth It exists for the more than 100,000 women working at GE to cultivate their leadership skills, business practices, personal contacts and career opportunities By engaging and developing our membership in areas such as technology and sales, we are working to provide the growth leaders who will ensure GE's success going forward

The Women's Network was created in 1997 to help the women working at GE advance their careers and the company's business This effort includes sharing the experience, best-practices, and

knowledge of successful women role models: the executive team represents a diverse group of women from each of GE's businesses and critical corporate functions Today the rapidly growing Women's Network has evolved into a worldwide organization of over 125 Hubs (Chapters) in 39 countries helping thousands of women around the world

All Women's Network events share the goal of professional development Typical examples include workshops, speaker engagements, mentoring and networking activities We also reach out to the communities in which we operate, partnering with local organizations to contribute physical and

financial resources for those in need

At a global level we have established a scholarship program aimed at supporting qualified women in college Over the past decade, GE has provided over $750,000 in academic scholarships to young women across the country Our goal is to support young women interested in technical or business careers while building a future pipeline of candidates for GE's entry-level leadership programs Our priorities will ensure that women are well prepared to realize more and better opportunities for

themselves and for GE

About GE Healthcare Early Identification Program

Internship and co-op opportunities for college students

The Early Identification Program (EID) at GE Healthcare is aimed at identifying and attracting college students early in their college career for internships and co-ops at GE Healthcare The program offers a combination of professional and personal development, and includes challenging assignments,

technical training and rewarding community service events

The EID program offers you the opportunity to experience a real-life work environment at GE

Healthcare, while developing the professionalism so critical to a successful career

For more information on internships and career opportunities at GE, please see www.gecareers.com

Women in Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Application

Sponsored by the GE Women’s Network through the Society of Women Engineers

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Current Year Standing:

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SWE Member Number (if applicable):

SWE Involvement (dates):

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Essay Question

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is beginning to touch ever more facets of our lives, and we owe it to

ourselves to start thinking in a clear-eyed way about its perils and potential

Please submit an essay on how A.I is changing the field in which you are planning on majoring in What problems can A.I help solve? and what risks we, as humans utilizing and empowering A.I., should be cognizant of?

Please limit your response to 350 words.