Work/Life Integration Committee

The Work/Life Integration Committee enables women engineers (and other employees) to continue rewarding careers and fully contribute in their jobs while having the satisfaction of caring for themselves, raising the next generation and supporting loved ones.

We heard the desire from our membership to learn how to more effectively integrate our professional responsibilities with our family responsibilities. The Central Illinois Section offers four or more events annually hosted around Work/Life Integration. Some of the events showcase life skills such as time management, stress relief, or physical well-being while others are social events involving members and their families – networking and fun! We also provide dinner and child care opportunities at some of these events. The entire family can participate and members can get some “quiet time” to socialize with other members.

Activities

• Annual Holiday Brunch (members-only event) - January
• Annual Central Illinois SWE Picnic - June
• Speaker or Panel Discussions – March/April
  
• Social Events – October/November and/or TBA
  
  • Past Events - Work/Life Activities
    
• Family-Friendly Events – October/November and/or TBA

See the SWE-CI calendar for details on upcoming events.

About the Committee

• There are currently 8 committee members in addition to the Committee Chair
• Committee members meet by teleconference monthly on Fridays at 11am
• Committee involvement varies from helping with ideas for an event, to securing the event location or caterer, to purchasing supplies for an event.  Commitment can also be customized to your unique situation so that you can be involved as little or as much as you are able.

Tools

• Working Mom's Guide to Going back to School guide (via)