Weekly News & Updates | September 9, 2021
ANA ABADIE EARNS $25,500 STEAM SCHOLARSHIP
Congratulations to Ana Abadie! The Georgia Southern University mechanical engineering major was awarded a $25,500 Women in Technology (WIT) Connect Campus Scholarship, presented by corporate and tech giants like State Farm, Coca-Cola and Splunk. It’s the organization’s largest scholarship to date. Abadie and a group of her peers launched the University’s first chapter of SHPE this fall.
ENRIQUE GUZMAN JOINS THE RESEARCH & INNOVATION TEAM
Welcome to Enrique Guzmán who has joined SHPE as Manager, Research & Innovation. He's worked in education for the past 12 years at multiple institutions with a focus in student development through programmatic/event management, crisis and emergency response, and operations management. He's an LA native currently living in Tucson, Arizona.
NSBE HONORS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Process Improvement (PI) Special Interest Group (SIG) is having a series of webinars during Hispanic Heritage Month 2021. Each webinar will dive deep into the historical understanding of Hispanic and other Latin American STEM innovators.  
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION
Our heritage helps to shape our identity, shows others what we value, and becomes part of what we are. This Hispanic Heritage Month we want to celebrate YOU - our members and your heritage! Take a quick minute to share with us what your heritage is, what it means to you, and what you cherish about it. 
LATINXFACTOR: GAME-CHANGING TECH WITH IBM
Quantum, AI, Hybrid Cloud - systems that host your favorite apps and must have services. Join us tonight, September 9, at 8:00pm ET to get an insider view to IBM's leading-edge technology from Robert Loredo, SHPE member and IBM Master Inventor.
LATINXFACTOR: INNOVATION ENGINEERING WITH CARRIER
A panel discussion on September 20 featuring an interactive dialogue with senior Carrier technical and engineering leaders along with members of their CHEER Hispanic and Latin ERG. The panel will discuss some of the engineering innovations Carrier has produced, as well as the unique career paths and opportunities that exist at their company.
HEAR MORE ABOUT PLANS FOR THE INCLUSION TRACK
Hear more about the Inclusion Track in the next installment of Magical Martes on Tuesday, September 14, on Instagram Live at 7pm ET. Members of the committee will join us live to tell us about their programming their hospitality suite, and what they're doing to encourage inclusion and representation at the National Convention.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
latinXfactor | Game-Changing Tech w/IBM | September 9 | 8pm ET | Register
Magical Martes | Inclusion Track | September 14 | 7pm ET | Instagram
Medtronic InternSHPE Applications Due | September 19 | Apply
latinXfactor | Innovation Engineering w/Carrier | September 20 | 8pm ET | Register
Magical Martes | Competitions | September 21 | 7pm ET | Instagram
Magical Martes | Career Fair | September 28 | 7pm ET | Instagram
2021 National Convention Early Bird Deadline | September 30 | Register now
Magical Martes | Academic Conference | October 5 | 7pm ET | Instagram
Magical Martes | Professionals Conference | October 12 | 7pm ET | Instagram
latinXfactor | Interviewing with Confidence | October 28 | 12pm ET | Register
2021 National Convention | November 10-14 | Orlando, FL | Register now
Please email marketing@shpe.org if you have an event to add to the calendar.