Weekly News & Updates | November 18, 2020
THANKS TO THE TRUE HEROES | HASTA LUEGO TO A FRIEND
We just finished an amazing convention with almost 9,700 registrations. Over 90,000 screening interviews, over 200 exhibitors, and a never-ending stream of events, from Zoom to webinars to interactive sessions to fireside chats with industry leaders. Several IPC companies commented this was by far the best virtual convention they have ever seen...
2020 SHPE NATIONAL CONVENTION DEMOGRAPHICS
We all love numbers, don't we? Check out the final tallies on the National Convention demographics, including which schools showed up in force, all of the Career Fair activity, and just how many registrants actually logged in and attended the convention. A full report will be released in early 2021.
LSU STUDENT CHAPTER EXEMPLIFIES SHPE VALUE OF SERVICE
"Hurricane ETA left a devastating impact on Central American countries including Honduras and Nicaragua. Students in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers organization have family of their own in the affected countries. With that in mind, the students gathered other student organizations to collect supplies for Hurricane ETA relief."
GRADUATE'S GUIDE TO GETTING HIRED DURING COVID-19
Study.com is a great resource for students and recent graduates. They've recently released a comprehensive guide to help recent graduates with every step of their job search during the current global pandemic. You'll find the link to this guide in the Resources section of our Career Services page.
BOOST YOUR CAREER WITH SHPE ONLINE
Did you know that SHPE in collaboration with MindEdge offers the very latest in self-paced online courses and certificate programs? SHPE has composed a comprehensive suite of over 150 online, self-study professional development courses and certificate programs specifically for our professional members and perfect for learning from home.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SHPE CLOSED - Thanksgiving | November 25-27
SHPE CLOSED - Winter Holidays | December 24 - January 1
RLDC 5 | March 4-6, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
RLDC 6 | March 25-29, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
RLDC 1 | April 7-11, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
RLDC 2 | April 13-16, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
RLDC 7 | April 15-18, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
RLDC 3 | April 22-25, 2021 | Virtual | Dates are subject to change!
2021 National Convention | November 11-14, 2021 | Orlando, FL
Please email marketing@shpe.org if you have an event to add to the calendar.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Below is the contact information for the departments within SHPE. If you have an inquiry for us, please reach out using one of the email addresses below.

Career Services: careercenter@shpe.org
Corporate Relations/Sales: partnerships@shpe.org
Events: events@shpe.org
Information Technology: it@shpe.org
Marketing: marketing@shpe.org
Membership: membership@shpe.org
Programs: programs@shpe.org
Registration: registration@shpe.org
IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Advocacy) Concerns: familia@shpe.org
All Other Inquiries: shpenational@shpe.org

All of these mailboxes are monitored daily and you should expect to hear back within one business day.