SHPE

Meet E‐Board

ociety of ispanicrofessionalngineers

James Hanuman President

Jo-Ann Diaz Vice-President

Nick Pappas Treasurer

Jeffery Ceballos Regional Representative

Fabiola Negrette Alumni & Corporate Relations

Claudia Sanchez External Secretary

Mariana Cintron Internal Secretary

SHPE-Rensselaer

RPI Student Union110 8th Street

Troy, NY 12180

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"The most wonderful thing about life isthat you can always begin again. Nomatter what ups and downs you arehanded in life today, you can alwaysbegin again tomorrow."

‐Raiza Mendoza

This year the National Conference willbe Nov 2 through Nov 6 in Seattle,Washington. The Conferenceconsists ofprofessionalworkshops puton by top companies, hospitality suites,corporate tours and ends with a Careerfair on Saturday. Last year many of ourmembers attended and we would love foryou to join us this year.

Upcoming EventsActivities Fair Thursday September 1 @RPI ArmoryWelcome Back BBQ Saturday September 3 @Robinson Field1st GBM Thursday September 8 @ Union 36021st Study Jam Monday September 12 @ CII 3116, 3112, 30452nd GBM Thursday September 22 @ Union 3602NSBE/SHPE Career Fair Friday September 30-Saturday October 1 @RPI Armory

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SHPE changes lives by empowering theHispanic community to realize itsfullest potential and to impact theworld through STEM awareness,access, support and development.

We are brought together by heritage,social responsibility, and the desire toimprove the equality of all peoplethrough the use of science andtechnology.We value excellence in education,professional pursuits and leadership.We obtain excellence throughintegrity, empowerment, achievement,diversity and continuous improvement.

Throughout the year, SHPEcollaborates with on-campus resourcesas well as recruiters from topcompanies to provide engagingprofessional development workshops,such as resume critiques, interviewworkshops, Etiquette Diners, GraduateSchool Informationals, 60- second sellworkshops and many more.

Our SHPE Jr. committee has workedhard to establish our own SHPE Jr.Chapter at Amsterdam High School.Our chapter hosts monthly events atAmsterdam to provide these studentswith the tools they need to besuccessful in high school and beyond.One of our flagship events is ourannual Outreach Weekend, held at RPIand organized entirely by SHPEmembers.In 2016, our Outreach Staff receivedmore than 100 applications of which 76

SHPE welcomes all students to join ourdiverse membership. There are socialevents such as: BBQ's, Cultural Cook-offs,Baila con SHPE and the Appreciation Diner.These activities draw our members into avery tight knit group. Join and experiencewhat SHPE has to offer and how it canchange lives.

hardworking students were accepted.These students attended RPI for a 3-day, 2 night event, which aims tostimulate interest in higher educationand STEM majors and professions.

You can get involved in: *7 Executive Board positions up for election in the spring (+ one Freshman Representative in the Fall) *15 SHPE committee positions *20 committee chair and understudy positions for the Annual Outreach Committee *20 committee positions for the Annual NSBE/SHPE Career Fair Committee

The Society of Hispanic ProfessionalEngineers (SHPE) was founded in LosAngeles, California, in 1974 by a group ofengineers employed by the city of LosAngeles.

Their objective was to form a nationalorganization of professional engineers toserve as role models in the Hispaniccommunity. SHPE became a networkingentity which led to the establishment of twostudent chapters to begin the network thatwould grow to encompass the nation.

Today SHPE is a strong network of sevenregions, each consisting of manyprofessional and student chaptersthroughout the nation.

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PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE

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WHAT  IS   SHPE?

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