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 Marvin Rios Freshman Representative

SHPE-RensselaerRPI Student Union

110 8th StreetTroy, NY 12180

shpe.rpi .edu

Like us on Facebook andfollow us on Instagram

@shpe_rpi

"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 Regional Conferencewill be March 2 through March4 in Brooklyn, NY. The Conferenceconsists ofprofessionalworkshops puton by top companies, hospitalitysuites, corporate tours and ends witha Career fair. We would love for you tojoin us this year.

60-Second SellWednesday 25th @Second floor Sage DiningHall7st GBMThursday February 2@ Union 3602 Study Jamevery Monday @ CII 3116, 3112, 30458th GBMThursday February 16@ Union 3602Regional ConferenceThursday March 2-Saturday October 4@ Brooklyn, NYOutreach WeekendFriday March 24-Sunday March 26@RPI Campus

Upcoming Events7 pm-9 pm

6:30pm-8:30pm

7pm-whenever

6:30pm-8:30pm

All Day

All Day

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 to stimulateinterest in higher education and STEMmajors and professions. This year,Outreach Weekend will be during March24-26

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.

HISTORY

LEADERSHIP

STATEMENT OF VALUE

MISSION

PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OUTREACH

THE SHPE FAMILIA

WHAT  IS   SHPE?

Together We Can Change the World. Be. Go . Do