SHPE Mission
SHPE E-Board
Semester Agenda
Register
Beyond the Conference
Fundraising & SHPE JR.
SHPE CONFERENCES
Q & A / Reflections and Wrap-up

SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development.
SHPE's vision is a world where
Hispanics are highly valued and influential as the leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

President
Joselyn Castillo
VP Internal
Carmela Vallata
VP External
Alexsandra Olaya
VP Corporate
Kristen Kim
VP Com.
Miguel Rodriguez
VP Finances
Maria Vallejo
Prof. Develop.
Rep
Santiago Almario
SHPE Jr. Rep
Edward Gomez
Marketing Rep.
Jose Medina
Webmaster
Stephanie Forero
Secretary
Alejandro Martinez

ONESHPE Website

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Empowering engineers in community.
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Professional Development
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Events and workshops to promote further achievement and growth of our members.

Mark Down These Dates!
September 24 th
• 6 pm- 7pm EC 2300
• Career Development (Networking skills, interviewing skills, resume tips)
September 18 th
• 6 pm – 7pm EC 2300
• Secrets to Success (Keys about working in a top 500 company)
September TBA

● The purpose of fundraising
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Seasonal Fundraisers
Examples
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• hot chocolate and churro sale during cold days ping pong tournament
● If you have any other ideas for fundraising or would like to help during fundraising events, please email me at sfore009@fiu.edu

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To promote STEM and mentor future STEM majors
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In contact with 3 schools:
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Ronald Reagan/Doral SH
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Coral Reef SH
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Miami Beach Sr. High
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Noche de Ciencias (Science Night)
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SECME (Science Engineering Communications
Mathematics Enhancement) Involvement

• To be an active SHPE member you must renew your membership yearly… 10$
• Graduate students can attend both the HENAAC and SHPE conference, ask ALEXSANDRA how to register!
• Remember to upload your resume onto oneshpe website for the recruiters
•Register Early!!!! ( September 29 th is the
deadline for early registration)

MMC FAIR
• What to bring:
- Panther ID for admission
- Multiple resumé copies
- Portfolio for resumés
- Professional attire
- Pen and paper for notes
• The companies that will be attending have not been confirmed yet. The companies looking to hire engineers that attended last
year were:
- Actavis Inc.
- Office Depot
- AIESEC Miami
- CEMEX
- Eli Lilly
- Chrysler
- Kohl’s
- Emphasys Software
- Nalco An Ecolab Company
- Univision Communications, Inc.

MentorSHPE Conference
November 1, 2014

- Panther ID for admission
- Multiple resumé copies
- Portfolio for resumés
- Professional attire
- Pen and paper for notes have not been confirmed yet. The companies looking to hire engineers that attended last year were:
- Microsoft
- Beckman Coulter
- General Electric
- Chrysler
- Pepsi
- Motorola

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

Companies that will be attending:
Air Force Reserve
AT&T
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chrysler Group LLC
Chevron
Coast Guard
Cummins
Dow Chemical
EMC²
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
Pointers:
• TRY to get there
Wednesday, less stress
• Flights are cheaper on
Tuesdays around 3 PM
(buy it with time)
• Be professional at ALL times. Including elevators, hallways, restaurants. Etc.
• Network as much as possible
• Arrive early to hospitality suites
• Have your 90 second elevator pitch ready

SHPE Conference
Wed. Nov. 5- Sun. Nov 9
COBO Center
Summarized Agenda:
What to bring:
MANY resumé copies
Thurs- company presentations, hospitality suites
- Portfolio for resumés
- At least 2 professional attire outfits
- Pen and paper for notes
Fri- company presentations
Sat- career fair
Sun- check out
*Full agenda has not yet been posted onto SHPE website

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.
Pointers:
• Make sure you attend this conference!
• Arrive on Wednesday
• Many interviews are on Saturday, book your flight for Sunday
• Flights are cheaper on Tuesdays
around 3 PM (buy it with time)
• Be professional at ALL times.
Including elevators, hallways, restaurants. Etc.
• Network as much as possible
• Arrive early to hospitality suites
• Have your 90 second elevator
pitch ready