Region V Newsletter II

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The Wolf Pack Journal

Region V /December 2011

Pablo Trejo,

F-35 Engineer, from the DFW, TX Chapter

SHPE Leader of The Month

Pablo Trejo, an F-35 Electromagnetic Environmental

Effects Engineer, was recently featured in La Estrella,

the Hispanic edition of the Star Telegram. Pablos

story was on the front page and was part of a series

about Hispanic professionals who serve as role

models to young people.

Mission Statement

SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic

community to realize their fullest potential and

impacts the world through STEM awareness,

access, support and development.

Vision Statement

SHPEs vision is a world where Hispanics are the

leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians,

and engineers and are influential and highly

valued.

Upcoming Deadlines

December 15, 2011

Regional Competitions deadline

NRP due

SHPE!Dear Region V:On behalf of your regional team, we want to

wish you, happy holidays! We all feel

blessed and thankful to be serving this

amazing region with such great leaders. We

want to congratulate everyone for doing a

great job and expanding SHPE Region V

within your chapters. Due to your passion,

dedication and hard work with SHPE; we are

changing lives in our community every day.

Lets keep up the hard work and motivation,

so next semester we make a bigger impact in

our communities and throughout SHPE. It is

on our hands to make this world better and

SHPE is giving us the tools to do it, so lets

take advantage!

Have a good rest of the year,

Your Regional Leadership Team

CONGRATULATIONS!

The following chapters who received AWARDS at the SHPE

National Conference 2011:

University of Texas, Austin for Outstanding Regional Chapter

Texas A&M University, College Station for Small Student Chapter

of the year

LmAero/Forth Worth, TX for Medium Professional Chapter of

the year

Lamar University for New SHPE Student Chapter

Vanderbilt University for New SHPE Student Chapter

Prairie A&M University for New SHPE Student Chapter

Important Dates

Sub-Regional Outing:

On February, Texas A&M University, College Stationwill be hosting the SRO! This will be a 2-day event, so

start planning and fundraising for you chapter to

have great representation and have some fun with

the SHPE Lobos!

Regional Competitions:

Deadline is EXTENDED to be December 15th, to give

opportunity to more Chapters to participate.

SHPE Jr. Chapters:

Wendy will be hosting a conference call on Dec 11th

for those wanting to start or reestablish a SHPE Jr.

Chapter. Contact her at [email protected] if

you would like to attend.


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Noche de CienciasThe Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) professional

chapter at LM Aero Fort Worth hosted a Noche de Ciencias "Science

Night" on Tuesday, November 1 at Euless Trinity High School. Thescience night was a three-hour evening dual program including two

science activities for the students and two bilingual parent college

awareness workshops. The science activities consisted of a bridge-

building competition made of graham crackers, licorice, marshmallow,

and peanut butter. The second activity was an egg drop competition. The

winning teams of each activity received F-35 patches and coins for

prizes. The parent workshop was about how to finance college covering

the different options including scholarships, grants loans. The

workshops were provided in English and Spanish. The event was open to

10-12th grade students at Trinity HS and the 9th grade students at the

three feeder junior high schools. There were a total of 67 participants

consisting of 49 students and 18 parents. HS. Some future follow-onopportunities between SHPE LM AERO and Trinity HS include a FIRST

robotics mentoring program, the initiation of a SHPE Jr. pre-college

chapter with the Trinity Hispanic Scholar Program, and a mentoring

program with the Trinity math honor society students

2030 Engineering and Your CareerSHPE-LU developed an event that took place at Lamar University

under the supervision of ExxonMobils Global Organization for

the Advancement of Latinos (GOAL).This event took place on

September 15, 2011 and it consisted of a presentation followed

by a back to school barbeque. The presentation was titled 2030:

Engineering and your Career and it covered topics such as an

ExxonMobil Introduction, Energy Outlook, and Career

Development. Over 170 Lamar University students attended the

presentation as well as SHPE-LUs junior chapter. All of the

presentations attendees were treated to a barbeque plate

provided by Novroskys. The event was funded by ExxonMobils

GOAL and Lamars College of Engineering. SHPE LUs event was

such a great success that ExxonMobil is considering turning itinto an annual event. 2030: Engineering and your Career allowed

SHPE-LU to increase membership and retain the interest of its

current members because it promoted the organization to all of

the students and faculty of the College of Engineering.

Decembers Regional NewsChapter of The Month: University of Texas, Austin

The semester is coming to a close, but SHPE at the University of

Texas plans to finish strong and to continue building upon the

great accomplishments for the following semester. With Their

minds set to making a difference, their members have been

working hard these past couple of months. From classes, tests,

homework, and research, They are still committed to make an

impact in the community. Their efforts are evidently showcased

as They recently received the 2010-11 Regional Outstanding

Chapter of the Year. The eagerness to prosper is also notable intheir fellow members who have participated in past events such

as the Texas Science and Engineering Festival, Race for the Cure,

Engineering Day at the Museum, and Shadow Day, where High

School students followed our members around to get a taste of a

typical college day. This year they also hosted the yearly match

up against Texas A&M. Between constant involvements, they

never leave behind their focus on academics and goal to

succeed.


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The recording link of the NRP webinar that Davina, SHPEs NAC Chair gave a couple weeks ago can be found here:

http://www.anymeeting.com/dgonzalez/E957DD80874B . The NAC Chair is looking for volunteers who would like to

be part of the NAC committee to assist with grading of NRPs starting January. She needs about 2-3 members of

each region, please let know our RVP, Karen Siles by Dec 7th at [email protected]

NRP is due December 15th, if you have any questions or need any help please don't hesitate to contact the RLT, we

are here to help!

On February 4th weekend the National Board of Directors monthly meeting will be in Fort Worth, TX. Since our

region is the host, we wanted to remind you that up to two officers will be sponsored to attend this meeting to get a

regional update, and to meet the NBOD. More details to come....

Decembers Regional News

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