Notable Alumni & Figures
The current University President.
Who is Joan Gabel?
The meaning of the acronym "STEM."
What is "Science, Technology, Engineering & Math?"
A popular summer watersport invented on Lake Pepin in 1922.
What is waterskiing?
The location of WE21 National Conference.
What is Indianapolis, Indiana?
The most decorated Olympian with 28 medals, 23 of them being gold.
Who is Michael Phelps?
What animal is Goldy based on?
What is the thirteen-lined ground squirrel?
The number of majors offered in CSE.
What is 20?
The popular fall fruit that was genetically modified at the University of Minnesota.
What is the honeycrisp apple?
What is Des Moines, IA?
The planet in our solar system that has the longest days.
What is Venus?
What year did Goldy Gopher come to life?
What was the year 1952?
The first women to receive a bachelor's degree in engineering, earning a degree in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley in 1876.
Who is Elizabeth Bragg?
Electrical engineer Earl Bakken developed this novel device before going on to launch Medtronic.
What is the implantable pacemaker?
The number of SWE Collegiate and Professional sections across the United States.
What is 400+?
The name of the Minnesota-native artist who rose to fame with her song "Truth Hurts."
Who is Lizzo?
Former Vice President and 1968 Democratic nominee for president.
Who is Hubert H. Humphrey?
The year the Society of Women Engineers was established (national, NOT UMN chapter).
What was 1950?
An invention by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (now known as 3M) that is a staple in every office and helps to hold things together.
Masking Tape & Scotch Tape
The five SWE core values.
What are Integrity, Inclusive Environment, Mutual Support, Professional Excellence, and Trust?
The largest lake in the world with an area of 143K square miles. HINT: It is referred to as a "sea."
What is the Caspian Sea?
An American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 39th governor of MN from 2003 to 2011.
Who is Tim Pawlenty?
The name of the first known female engineer in the US, born in 1883. She created the Clarke calculator for graphing electrical properties.
Who was Edith Clarke?
An invention by Minneapolis-based company General Mills' brand Betty Crocker in 1947 that makes birthday baking more convenient.
What is packaged cake mix?
Three of this years UMN SWE Corporate Sponsors.
Who is:
Alliant, CSI, Cargill, FHR, Polaris, RSM, TKDA, Honeywell, Pentair, ProtoLabs, Accenture, CH Robinson, TSI, KLJ, Scitech, Seagate, Vertias
The year Minnesota was established as a state.
What was 1858?