Name: Ashley Mares

Major: Mechanical and Energy Engineering

Ashley Mares is an active member in the Society of Women Engineers. She’s a freshman getting her Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Energy Engineering. Ashley is on the Recruitment Committee and is an active volunteer with the UNT SWE After-School Program and Denton High School Tutoring.

Ashley got involved with UNT SWE during her Freshman Orientation. She saw UNT SWE had a table at Discovery Park, UNT’s Engineering Campus, and found out more information. When Ashley attended her first meeting last fall and heard about the UNT SWE volunteer opportunities she immediately signed up. Ashley’s been heavily active ever since.

As a part of the Recruitment Committee, Ashley attends events similar to those of the Freshman Orientation, where she was introduced to SWE, and introduces UNT SWE to prospective members. She is also heavily involved with the planning and execution of the After-School Program.
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Ashley you’re doing amazing! Keep up the good work and thank you for being an active member of SWE!

Name: Samantha Zellner

Major: Materials Science and Engineering 

Samantha (Sammy) Zellner, is an active member and officer in the Society of Women Engineers. Sammy is a junior pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering. She is currently the Event Coordinator for UNT SWE and organizes most of the events UNT SWE puts on, including but definitely not limited to, the One Busy Girl workshop series and the Brain STEM After School Program.  

Sammy got involved with UNT SWE at the Freshman Orientation Organization fair. When she attended her first SWE meeting of the semester she was hooked and became a SWE-ster! Her first year in SWE she was a member however because of her class load she couldn’t make it to many events. She attended as many events as she could. Her efforts paid off because she was then elected Event Coordinator for the 2015-2016 school year. 

As Event Coordinator, Sammy took the initiative to increase UNT SWE’s outreach at UNT and in the Denton Community, and provide quality events for UNT SWE-sters! She has improved the One Busy Girl Workshop series, started the “Brain STEM’s” After School Program with Denton Public Library, and started the Denton High School tutoring. She’s also organized a host of other activities, including the award-winning Power Week 3-day recruitment event! She also had a major contribution to UNT SWE winning an award for being the 2nd most active section in Region C SWE.

Outside of SWE, is doing excellent in her studies and is a peer mentor and Supplemental Instructor for the school. She is also currently working in a Friction Stir Processing research lab at UNT. This summer Sammy is going to Warren Michigan to work as a Vehicle Engineer Intern for General Motors.

Sammy is an integral part of what makes UNT SWE great, with a great personality, a passion and drive for what she believes, Sammy is all around really cool and will do amazing things. Thank you for being an active member and an amazing officer, Samantha. Keep up the great work.

Name: Isabella Venegoni

Major: Mechanical ad Energy Engineering

Isabella is an active member in the Society of Women Engineers. She’s a freshman getting her Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Energy Engineering. Isabella is an active volunteer with the UNT SWE After School Program.
Isabella originally got involved with UNT SWE through friends, and has been an active member since. She attends many of SWE’s activities like general meetings, the planning of the After School Program and many more.
Isabella you’re doing amazing! Keep up the good work and thank you for being an active member of SWE!

Name: Alyssa Thurston

Major: Information Technology

Alyssa is an active member in the Society of Women Engineers. She’s a sophomore getting her Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology. She’s currently the Document Chair for UNT SWE and is an active volunteer at SWE events.

Alyssa originally heard about the Society of Women Engineers from her mother who found a scholarship through National SWE, sadly she didn’t know about SWE and was not a SWE member at the time and did not qualify. However at her orientation at UNT Alyssa spoke with the Public Relations Chair, Amber Sodikov, at the UNT SWE recruiting table and thought the organization was interesting. After that she attended a SWE meeting and signed up! Now she’s an active National member.

Alyssa is currently the Document Chair for UNT SWE. As Document Chair, Alyssa takes minutes at every general meeting and helps the Secretary manage SWE documents. She’s also volunteered at SWE events, such as the Concession Stands and the Homecoming Tailgate.

During her time in Future Business Leaders of America, Alyssa made it to the National Competition and placed 6th in the nation for Desktop Publishing, a competition to design professional documents! Alyssa currently has an internship with the City of Lewisville in the IT department, where she works to help patrons troubleshoot and fix broken or malfunctioning computers.
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Alyssa you’re doing amazing! Keep up the good work and thank you for being an active member of SWE!