Latinos Involved in Further Education

Spring 2009 Events:

• Feb. 6th, 2009- Google Trip- SHPE-IIT will be taking a tour of Google’s downtown Chicago facilities. The trip will include lunch with engineers and a presentation.
• Feb. 26th, 2009- Urbans Sounds- Dance event hosted by Omega Delta, LIFE, and SHPE-IIT
• Feb. 21st, 2009- Regional Science Bowl @ UIC w/ SHPE Chicago
• MARCH-SHPE month TBA
• April 24-26, 2009- Regional Leadership Development Conference @ OSU

SHPE Conference

The SHPE Conference is the major event for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. and the largest technical and career conference for Hispanics in the country.

Each year, the SHPE Conference attracts nearly 5,000 engineering professionals, students and corporate representatives. The conference is an opportunity for engineering companies and corporations to recruit top talent from SHPE membership. It also provides educational, technical and career opportunities for professional and student engineers.

Upcoming SHPE Conference Dates and Locations

Dates: October 28 – November 1, 2009

City: Washington, DC
Hotels: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
Meeting Facility: Washington Convention Center

Dates: October 27–31, 2010
City: Cincinnati, OH
Hotels: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel, Hyatt Regency, Millennium Hotel, The Westin Cincinnati
Meeting Facility: Duke Energy Center

National Institute for Leadership Advancement (NILA)

This event is exclusively designed to provide newly-elected student and professional chapter presidents with the resources for enhancing leadership and communication skills that are required for effectively managing your professional and personal lives. Personal management and strategic planning skills are essential to be successful in your SHPE chapters. Therefore, the NILA committee is dedicated to providing you with some of the integral tools to achieve success in your chapter, academia, and SHPE. The SHPE experience can strengthen your opportunities for success!

Regional Leadership Development Conferences (RLDCs)

SHPE stages regional leadership development conferences on a yearly basis for the leadership of the SHPE student chapters to improve their organizational, managerial, and technical skills. They take place in all of the seven SHPE regions.

This program helps college students develop and improve their pre-college outreach programs and improve the infrastructure of SHPE student chapters.  Student leaders learn how to interact and network with SHPE’s corporate supporters.

Established in August 2003 as an independent 501(c)(3), the Advancing Hispanic Excellence in Technology, Engineering, Math and Science (AHETEMS) Foundation.(pronounced a-teams), in partnership with SHPE and other orgnizations, has been working exclusively to develop educational enrichment and academic outreach initiatives, for Latinos/as, that extend throughout the pre-college to PhD pathway.

Funding for AHETEMS initiatives is derived from various federal, state, local and private grants and private tax-deductible donations.

The AHETEMS Foundation is responsible for informing the public about technical careers, internships and educational opportunities; maintaining educational centers; and promoting the interest of students and professionals in educational and charitable pursuits.

The AHETEMS Foundation has acquired a broad-based consistency for educational enrichment, recruitment and retention programs throughout the country, but each university’s activities are unique and are supported by local SHPE chapters.  The AHETEMS educational programs are organized into three areas:

• Pre-College Programs
• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.

The concept of Networking was the key basis for the organization. SHPE quickly established two student chapters to begin the network that would grow to encompass the nation as well as reach countries outside the United States. Today, SHPE enjoys a strong but independent network of professional and student chapters throughout the nation.

* Did not hold office in 1974

Mission: 
SHPE is the Source for Quality Hispanic Engineers and Technical Talent.

Statement of Values: 
We are brought together by heritage, social responsibility and desire to improve the equality of all people through the use of science and technology. We value excellence in education, professional pursuits and leadership. We obtain excellence through integrity, empowerment, achievement, diversity and continuous improvement.

Vision: 
SHPE is the leading social-technical organization whose primary function is to enhance and achieve the potential of Hispanics in engineering, math and science.

Strategic Focus Areas: 
We will fulfill our mission by increasing educational opportunities, promoting professional and personal growth, carry out our social responsibility to be involved in education, business and government issues and enhancing pride within our organization and reinforcing our reputation as a vital Hispanic organization.