THE CEO CORNER
When I took the CEO position a year ago, I was told to think of SHPE as my familia, my family. In this spirit, I have spent my first year getting to know you -traveling throughout the country to meet students and professional members, as well as SHPE leaders, volunteers, and industry partners.
Now I would like to begin my second year - official as of June 1 - with a series of messages directly to you. These messages will help you discover who I am as a person and a Latina leader. They will also clarify my dreams and hopes for SHPE, Hispanics in STEM, and the Latino community.
Where they appear, I’m calling this The CEO Corner, a reference to my love of boxing and a reminder that I’m always in your corner, fighting for your best interests. So here’s Round 1: a very broad update on my many actions these past 12 months, to be elaborated on in the coming months. With plenty of help, I’ve been:
- Outlining SHPE’s corporate strategy and defining our corporate values, developing new policies, procedures, and internal controls while integrating and optimizing SHPE’s business systems at the national office for maximum efficiencies;
- Formulating and implementing a marketing and communications plan, which has involved revisiting SHPEs branding and messaging, increasing our use of social media, having a presence on Capitol Hill for the first time, and creating a new website (soon-to-be-unveiled);
- Clarifying SHPE’s value proposition and member benefits, which has included developing additional programs, services, and approaches;
- Transforming our major events into national programs and ensuring they are based on logic models with measurable outcomes for those involved in and impacted by them;
- Creating partnerships with corporations, academic institutions, and other STEM- and Hispanic-focused organizations and events - vital for our influence and our diversification;
- Setting the stage for a potential merger of SHPE and MAES: Latinos in Science and Engineering, a strategy that would boost our resources and influence, give us a stronger voice as an organization, and diversify our membership.
This list just scratches the surface, and I look forward to sharing many other developments. All told, as SHPE enters a new fiscal year, it enters a new phase - Round 2, if you will. Ensuring value to our members and partners is the priority, with a renewed focus on our Professional and Lifetime members, as is taking a hard look at our overall governance and chapter management. Our rebranding will be increasingly evident. And that means you will be more looped in than ever as we seek your insights and ideas.
“Better Together,” after all, is the theme of our annual
National Convention
, and these substantial changes are based on conversations with members and partners of SHPE. These aren’t my ideas; they’re ours. So stay posted for the next CEO Corner, which will be on a more specific topic, and please stay connected to me through
LinkedIn
and
Twitter
.
Sincerely,
Raquel Tamez
CEO
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Join us for the 2018 National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on November 7-11. Gather with us under the theme of
Better Together
to grow your network, learn new skills, compete in challenges, and celebrate with your SHPE familia. Register now to take advantage of early bird pricing and secure your place at the largest gathering of Hispanic STEM professionals in the U.S.
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SHPE would not be successful without the support of its Industry Partnership Council (IPC) members. Please join us in thanking all of these amazing organizations who understand the importance and value of diversity in STEM.
We would also like to recognize and welcome our newest IPC members:
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CONSORTIUM FELLOWSHIP HONORS
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Congratulations to all of the SHPE members who have been honored with a Consortium MBA Fellowship for the Class of 2020!
Consortium fellowships are awarded based on community activism, professional involvement, and life experience demonstrating commitment to the mission of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in business education and corporate leadership.
Join us in wishing these SHPE members success in pursuing their MBA:
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Abraham Baca
Kansas City Chapter
University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
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Daniela Flores
Houston Professionals Chapter
Rice University
Jones School of Business
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Ever Hernandez
Houston Professionals Chapter
Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
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We're excited to welcome four new chapters to the SHPE familia this year!
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Hispanic Network Magazine
(HNM) Is the premiere resource magazine dedicated to the advancement of Latinos, Latinas, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
HNM provides and informs cutting edge concepts and is the link between the qualified students.
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Join us in welcoming Nicole Knoderer, CMP, who joined SHPE last month as the Manager of Events & Conferences based out of Dallas/Fort Worth. Nicole will oversee SHPE’s National Convention, the largest gathering of Hispanics in STEM in the country, as well as, NILA, RLDCs, and all other SHPE events.
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2018 HISPA YOUTH CONFERENCE
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SHPE CEO Raquel Tamez spoke at the 2018 HISPA Youth Conference at St. Mary’s University. The conference had a positive impact in the lives of 150 middle school students as they experienced a day of inspiration, hands –on learning, and plenty of amazing role models. One attendee said, “Raquel Tamez inspired me and helped me understand who I am. I learned nobody is perfect, and that you can achieve your goals no matter your race.”
About HISPA
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SHPE and the 50K Coalition are making progress on the initiative to graduate 50,000 diverse engineers annually by 2025. Recent activities include the submission of a $12.5M NSF Alliance proposal, the 50K Alliance National Convening in DC, and the strategy development of the Community College Action Network Group (CC ANG) Action Plan.
SHPE is the executive sponsor of the CC ANG Action Plan, which has a goal of increasing the number of community college students who are emotionally, socially, and academically prepared to enter into and successfully complete engineering degree programs. Next steps include investigating different models to identify best-practices from exemplar programs; developing models to support students who are struggling with the costs of higher education; and to implement regional hubs and scale up what is working effectively. 50K is leading the way!
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DiscoveryE'S 2019 GLOBAL MARATHON
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Dr. Dora Renaud, Senior Director of Academic Programs & Professional Development for SHPE, will be serving on DiscoveryE’s thought leadership team for the 2019 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering & Technology.
The Global Marathon is a free series of online sessions for women in engineering and technology and the thought leadership team will help shape, promote, and implement it. The main goal of the Global Marathon is to close the gender pay gap, create equal opportunities, and engage future generation. The speakers are STEM leaders who focus their passions into purposeful solutions for great challenges, including water and energy sustainability, natural disaster response, and using artificial intelligence for cognitive assistance.
About the 2018 Global Marathon
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Latinicity
Chicago, IL
Region 6
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Latinicity
Chicago, IL
Region 6
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2018 National Convention Committee Meeting
Cleveland, OH
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Latina Expo 2018
Chicago, IL
Region 6
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Zillow Speaker Series with Lionel Lee (left) and
Luis Poggi (right)
Seattle, WA
Region 1
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MONTHLY BEST-PRACTICES WEBINAR
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Our next Monthly Best-Practices Webinar is
NILA: What to Expect, Qualities of a Good Leader, and How to Maximize Your Time
.
For over 30 years, the National Institute for Leadership Advancement (NILA) has been SHPE's program for developing community leaders and has served as the national kickoff for the incoming chapters leaders. During NILA, chapter leaders have an opportunity to increase self-awareness and leadership skills, develop a chapter strategy through hands-on workshops, and collaborate with other leaders. Join us for an informative session on how to prepare and maximize your NILA attendance by taking advantage of case studies, workshops, regional meetings, and fun activities. Hear from past NILA attendees and successful chapter leaders as they share with us their insight into how they took advantage of this great conference.
Please join us on the
SHPE National Facebook
page at
8pm ET/5pm PT on Wednesday, July 25
. Bring your questions!
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NEW SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
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Hack Reactor launches their third round of $18K scholarships for individuals who demonstrate a commitment to launching their career in software engineering!
Apply now to take advantage of a full-tuition scholarship award. Women, People of Color, and the LGBTQ community are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is
August 13
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STAR Awards Nomination Deadline:
July 10
MORE INFO
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Best-Practices Webinar:
July 25, 8pm ET, Facebook
RSVP
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NILA Conference:
August 8-12, Oklahoma City, OK
MORE INFO
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2018 National Convention
: November 7-11, Cleveland, OH
MORE INFO
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Have a special event that you would like added to the SHPE National Events Calendar? Your regional leaders have access to the submission form, so please connect with them to have your event submitted. If you have any questions please email
[email protected]
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ALL NEW THIS MONTH!
Now you can share the SHPE newsletter on your social media feeds by using the buttons below.
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SHPE, a 501c3 tax-deductible non-profit organization, welcomes your financial contributions in support of its endeavors to support educational enrichment programs for Hispanic students pursuing academic studies in science, technology, engineering and math. Our organization is dependent upon the support of sponsors and donors from industry and private donations. Your tax-deductible donation will assist us in continuing our mission of educational enrichment for the Hispanic community.
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