SHPE First General Body

Meeting

SHPE

About SHPE

SHPE was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1974.

The objective was to form a national organization of

professional engineers to serve as role models in the
Hispanic community.

SHPE is The Source for Quality Hispanic Engineers and

Technical Talent.

SHPE Member Benefits:

More than $2 million in scholarship offerings
Internship, fellowships & co-op opportunities
Exclusive access to the SHPE Career Center where you can share your resume with top employers
and search for job openings.
Tips on rsum writing and interview skills
Professional, career, & leadership training offered at our various events:
SHPE Conference
National Institute for Leadership Advancement (NILA)
Graduate Leadership Institute (GLI)
Regional Leadership Development Conferences (RLDC)

SHPE Member Benefits (Cont.):

Management Growth Training (MGT)
Executive Leadership Institute (ELI)
Access to the SHPE Foundation GRE/GRAD Lab to guide you through the graduate school
application process
Access to the SHPE Foundation Graduate Institute, an intensive program filled seminars addressing
the needs of Graduate Students
Lifelong networking opportunities with high profile professionals, fellow students, corporate
representatives and SHPE leaders
Discounted registration to SHPE National, Regional & Local events
Complimentary subscriptions to SHPE Magazine and Hispanic Business Magazine
Become part of the SHPE Familia and find support wherever you go with over 250 chapters and
10,000 members across the nation.

Agenda

Types of programs our chapter can support

Educational programs to benefit members

Volunteering activities that benefit our college, UK and the community

Fundraising activities that generate funds to support our programs and activities

Socials that promote peer support

Chapter membership recruitment

SHPE Board Example

What would you like to learn?

Speakers to talk about careers?
Plant tours to learn about engineering
activities
Training workshops on software skills
Career development programs on resumewriting and interviewing
Other ideas?

Select
Student
Membership

General Information
To be an active SHPE member you must renew
your membership yearly 10$
Graduate students can attend both the HENAAC
and SHPE conference.
Upload your resume onto oneshpe website for
the recruiters

HENAAC CONFERENCE
Wed. Oct. 2- Sat. Oct. 5
Hyatt Regency- New Orleans,
Louisiana
Summarized Agenda:
Wed- Check in, company
What to bring:
presentations
- MANY resum copies
Thurs- company
- Portfolio for resums
presentations, hospitality
- At least 2 professional
suites
attire outfits
Fri- company
- Pen and paper for notes
presentations
Sat- career fair
* Full agenda available on
HENAAC website

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Companies that will be
attending:
Air Force Reserve
AT&T
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chrysler Group LLC
Chevron
Coast Guard
Cummins
Dow Chemical
EMC
FBI
General Motors
Huntington Ingalls Industries
IBM
Lockheed Martin Corporation
McAfee

NASA
National Security Agency
NAVSEA
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Office of Naval Research
Prudential
Raytheon
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Texas Instrument
The Boeing Company
The Walt Disney Company
Tulane University
U,S, Army Accessions
University of New Orleans
Accenture
Verizon

SHPE Conference
Wed. Nov. 5- Sun. Nov 9
COBO Center Detroit, Michigan
Summarized Agenda:

What to bring:

Wed- Check in, company

presentations

MANY resum copies

- Portfolio for resums
- At least 2
professional attire
outfits
- Pen and paper for
notes

Thurs- company presentations,

hospitality suites
Fri- company presentations
Sat- career fair
Sun- check out
*Full agenda has not yet been posted
onto SHPE website

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Companies that will be
attending:
The final official list has not yet
been posted but any company
you can possibly ever want to
work for will be there!
Ex: General Motors,
Microsoft, Cummins,
Google, Boeing, NASA, GE,
Chevron, BP, Eli Lilly,
Rockwell Automation,
Johnson & Johnson, Rolls
Royce, etc.

It is important for members to join the society

officially and pay dues
Membership is required for benefits such as
scholarships and conference participation
Take leadership in activities and benefit from
leadership opportunities
Remain in good academic standing
Help one another
Thank You For Your Participation

Comments, Questions, Concerns?