Weekly News & Updates | May 12, 2021

A TIME OF TRANSITION Hola! Warm spring greetings to the SHPE Familia. I am the current Board Chair for SHPE, a position I’ve held since 2017. While my name may or may not be familiar to you, I am writing now not as SHPE’s Board Chair, but as its interim CEO, a position I will hold for the next 4-6 months. Keep reading >

HEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS EVERY TUESDAY ON INSTAGRAM LIVE We all know the shared feeling we get being part of the SHPE Familia. But there are unique aspects to each individual SHPE member experience as well. Join us Tuesdays on Instagram Live at 7pm ET to hear about these unique experiences directly from the members themselves. The program starts on May 18 with our Community College members! Follow us on Instagram >

JUDGES NEEDED FOR THE 2021 INVENTION CONVENTION Are you an educator, inventor, innovator or entrepreneur? Are you interested in STEM and encouraging the next generation? Invention Convention Worldwide is looking judges for this year’s U.S. Nationals competition. If you're interested, please sign up before May 17! Sign up now >

ILLINOIS CHAPTER'S YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM FEATURED The University of Illinois SHPE chapter and its high school outreach program received a dedicated article in The Daily Illini newsletter. Members of the chapter spoke about the high school program, as well as, the many other programs they offer and the Familia they've created within their chapter. Read the feature >

LATINOS IN SUSTAINABILITY GROUP REPORTED ON BY YALE Environmental engineer Christina Garcia spoke with Yale Climate Connections about how she founded Latinos in Sustainability – a group within the SHPE New York City chapter that provides a space for people starting careers in sustainability to network and learn about important topics in the field. Read the feature >

2021 GRADUATE EDUARDO GOMEZ PROFILED Eduardo Gomez is graduating from Binghamton University this spring with a BA in industrial and systems engineering. He'll intern with IBM this summer and then return for graduate school. He credits his SHPE Familia for making him feel welcome and empowering him to succeed. Read his story >

ADVICE FROM GRADUATING SENIOR DALILA RICCI Mercile J. Lee Scholars senior and SHPE member Dalila Ricci is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her valuable advice for students was recently featured on the UWM website. Watch the video >

ARE YOU GRADUATING THIS SPRING? CONGRATS! We want to share you and your achievements by featuring all of our SHPE Grads on social media. You can post a picture of yourself on your big day and tag @SHPENational and #SHPEGrad OR submit your picture and information using this Jotform. Be featured >

THIS THURSDAY! GET HELP MAKING SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS Are you a graduating student or young professional wondering how you're going to manage your finances? Join this latinXfactor conversation on May 13 with 3 early-career professionals who graduated during unprecedented times and had to learn how to make the tough financial decisions. Register now >

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NILA 2021 Registration Opens | May 12

latinXfactor Money Talks Panel | May 13 @8pm ET | Register

Invention Convention Judge Volunteers | By May 17 | Register

MemberSHPE Martes - Community College | May 18 @7pm ET | Instagram Live

latinXfactor Future of Engineering | May 27 @8pm ET | Register

Let's get DOWn to Business Webinar | June 16 | Register

STAR Award Nominations Due | July 15 | Nominate

NILA 2021 - Part 1 | All Chapter Leaders | Virtual | July 16-18 | Notify me

NILA 2021 - Part 2 | Chapter Presidents | Virtual | August 13-15 | Notify me

2021 National Convention | November 10-14 | Orlando, FL | Sign up to be notified

Please email marketing@shpe.org if you have an event to add to the calendar.

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