Alumni Dinner

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Calling all oldheads and alumni, your presence is required at the Alumni Dinner on Saturday April 29, 2006. We (and by we i mean you will pay) will wine and dine you, make you laugh and scream, and cause much embarrassment by bringing up old events that you thought everyone forgot about.

We request that you bring any friends, family or people you just like to dance with (that'll be happening later in the night) so that they can booze with you, schmooze with you and generally make you look like you did something good with life. Also old pictures, stories and funny anecdotes are required for entrance into the Alumni Hall of Fame!

RSVP: to Kelly Lopez or Stephanie Rafter

Name: SHPE 2006 Alumni Dinner
Tagline: Come eat great food and have an even better time...
Host: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Type: Party - Dinner PartyStart
Time: Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 6:00pm
End Time: Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 5:00am
Venue: Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar
Street: 10 S. 2nd Street (map)
City: Philadelphia, PA

Announcements 4.17.06

1. Meeting Wednesday: Test Taking/Time Management Skills Workshop

What: Just in time for midterms learn how to optimize your study time.
When: Wednesday April 19, 6:00pm
Where: Crease Conference Room B

2. Body Worlds Exhibit

What: The Body Worlds Exhibit is an exploration through the human body. The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved.
Tickets are $13.When: Thursday April 20Where: We will be meeting outside of Myers at 6:15
*** IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO YOU MUST RSVP BY 5PM ON TUESDAY TO RESERVE YOUR TICKET.***

3. Tutor Session: tDEC Computer Skills

What: Having trouble with tDEC computer classes? Come to the tutor session for help with Maple, Lab View, Java, and AutoCAD.
When: Tuesday April 18 6pmWhere: Hill Conference Room

National Day for Immigrant Justice

where were you?

un pueblo unido jamas sera vencido...

Sakura Sunday!

Philadelphia's cherry blossom festival is going on right now! There is Japanese art, dance, martial arts demonstrations, ikebana flower arrangements, origami, kite-making workshops, and Japanese food. It's that time of year when SHPE gets cultured! so join Jose this Sunday 12-3pm, and do something out of the ordinary. BTW, it's FREE!

If you would like to go please meet Jose at Creese Lobby this Sunday at 12 noon. For more details contact carlos at cb662@drexel.edu. Don't just think about it, GO!

Things you should know!

A: FIRST SPRING TERM MEETING!!!
we have a packed calendar this term kids, so here's the deal. The first meeting will have foodio, and give you some hot inside information about some amazing places to go and see when summer term rolls around. And it will increase your knowledge of the mother countries (Latin America)

B: Scholarship, Internship/Job Opportunity Website
There's a new scholarship/job/internship website that funnels all the info Eboard gets about various opportunities straight to you, the SHPE member. So check it out and sign up for some really neat opportunities. DU SHPE Scholarship/Internship website

C: Volunteering

Sign up and walk with us for the Walk Against Hunger on April 8th. Want more info see posts below.

D: Activism
Protesting is fun! Immigrants Rights Rally April 10th in Love Park from Noon until 2:00 PM.
Immigrant rights supporters in Philly will join nine other cities on April 10th to oppose anti-immigrant enforcement-only proposals like Sensenbrenner-King (HR 4437). Click on the HR 4437 if you don't know what it is and educate yourself. Remember, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

E: Learning and Winning is Fun!
ASME is putting on a Young Engineers Forum Saturday, April 8 at 9:00am to 7:30pm in Bossone Research Enterprise Center.
Special Guest:
George Binns (Keynote) – Amtrak, Jill Anderson – ConED, Miguel Cortez – Johnson & Johnson

Apprentice Challenge is an engineering design competition involving business concepts inspired by the show “The Apprentice.” During the YEF morning Sign-In, volunteer teams of 4-5 will receive a current, real-life problem to solve. The task is to offer a solution, market it, and sell it. During dinner, the teams will present their findings to judges who will determine the winners. The winning team will receive CA$H and/or PRIZES!

Potential Co-op/Employment Contacts!Polish your Resume at our workshop!Hear & Learn from Success Stories – first hand! Expand your Network!

Visit for More Info: www.mem.drexel.edu/asme/YEF.htm
RSVP Online: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=104258

Company Showcase Pictures

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success! We had recruiters from 13 companies and about 65 non-shpers attend! Good job everyone!

SHPE Alumni, Iliana Limon preparing the students for the showcase.

Students Line up to have their resumes reviewed

Another SHPE Alumni, Moises Young representing DMJM Harris

Representatives from Unisys and Conti Group take resumes

Thank you to our biggest sponsor Johnson & Johnson for their help with the showcase

Your NEW AND IMPROVED Drexel SHPE Eboard

From left to right: Cesar Limon (Treasurer), Jose Serpas (External VP), Debra Karhson (President), Christopher Maldonado (PR Chair), Kelly Lopez (Internal VP), and Carlos Bahamondes (PR Chair). Not pictured is Stephanie Rafter (Administrative Assistant).

Company Showcase

Looking for a job? co-op? Bring your resumes to SHPE's Company Showcase Thursday March 9th 6:00pm in the Bossone Auditorium. Food will be served and a $150 giveaway will take place during the networking social.
Guest Speaker, Iliana Limon will be giving a presentation on Hispanics at the professional level. The attire for this event is business casual and don’t forget to research the companies and bring your resumes!
The companies include:
Pennoni Associates
DMJM Harris
Unisys
Aramark
Johnson & Johnson
Merck
DuPont
Wyeth
Lockheed
Accenture
and more...

Just a few notes

Conferences:
If you're going to RLC next weekend you NEED to send your resumes to: RLCresumes@gmail.com by Friday March 3, 2006.

Community Service:
We all know Latinos eat a lot so to offset how incredibly gluttonus you are you should probably participate in this: Walk Against Hunger its on Saturday April 8th, 2006. Join the SHPE team and we'll do it together! Leave your contact info in the comment box or drop Deb an email.

Upcoming Meeting:
Company Showcase is on March 9th, 2006. We have 16 major industry companies in Engineering and Business coming so it'd be in your best interest to bring a resume and schmooze your way into a cushy job! Check it out in the Bossone Atrium at 6 PM. Still want more info get in touch with Jose Serpas.

Thank You's:
A great big SHPE welcome to everyone who came out and volunteered for the Pre College Engineering Workshop (PCEW) on Feb. 25, 2006. It was AMAZING! The kids had a great time and now they all want to be engineers at Drexel University.

Special thanks to:
Charles Williams from NOBeCChE
James Bryant from NSBE (works for Sprint - Nextel) (Phila Alumni Extension)
Kaplan for the donation of a free class (valued at $900.00)
La Casa Latina (Ann for the school supply back packs)
Dr. Mun Choi, Mr. Philip Poczik, Mrs. Toni Torres for speaking to the students
SHPE GPC and SHPE Alumni Extravaganza (Tre Gonzalez especially for the computers)
Luly Rodriguez (for the Kaplan SAT prep books)
my DU and Penn SHPErs (Thanks Chrissy, Lizzie and Ysenia)

and most of all Jose Serpas and Cesar Limon for doing all the grunt work that made this happen.

I know all the students are eagerly awaiting our next adventure!

We all started as immigrants...

Fight for something or fall for anything...

DU SHPE what do you think? Shall we join the cause? Shall we fight for those with no voice, no choice and no other recourse?

Read about and respond: Un dia sin

SHPE Announcements 1.29.05

1. SHPE Social: Movie Night!!

What: Come have fun as we go to the Movies.Join us as we go to Franklin Mills to watch Hoodwinked at 7:45. We need drivers if possible. If we don't get enough drivers, we will be watching Last Holiday at the Bridge at 7:10.Please respond by noon on Tuesday if you would like to go and if you can drive. The more the merrier.
When: Tuesday January 31, meet in front of Crease at 6:45

2. Next Meeting: Chilean Art

What: We will be making authentic Chilean Art. Please bring $2 to cover the cost of the supplies.
When: Wednesday February 1, 6:30pm
Where: Conference Room B, Basement of Crease

3. Community Service with UPenn SHPE

Every OTHER Saturday SHPE at UPenn will be doing community service in North Philly starting Feb 4th. Centro Nueva Creacion is a youth center that hosts a Saturday morning program for the kids (mostly puertorican) in the neighborhood from 11am to 2pm. We play sports with them, do crafts, sometimes cook, and they always have lunch for the kids and volunteers (PB&J throwback style). We will be getting a van from the school to drive out there.. so you don’t even have to pay for transportation! Please RSVP to nvargas@seas.upenn.edu if you would like to help out on Feb 4th.

4. UPenn SHPE meeting

UPenn SHPE's next general body meeting (Mon, Feb 13th 8pm) will be held at STRIKES BOWLING LOUNGE (btwn 40th and 41st on Locust)! Everyone who attends the meeting will get free bowling and free shoe rental after the meeting.We would love to have some Drexel SHPE-ers at our meeting. If any of Drexels members plan on attending, please email Natalie nvargas@seas.upenn.edu to RSVP (space is limited)

Moi's Discussion Question:

Do you think that people in this country should be obligated to learn the English language?

Answer in the comments section and we'll post them up on the actual blog page.

Thanks Moi!

-Management

300th American will be Latino

" 'The 300 millionth will be a Mexican Latino in Los Angeles County, with parents who speak Spanish at home and with siblings who are bilingual,' said William Frey, a demographer with the University of Michigan Population Studies Center."

300th American article in the Times

January 18th: SHPE's Big One

EAT ME!! WIN ME!!!

SHPE is throwing this huge "hi! how are you? JOIN US!" party with incredible useful ish being given away. you know stuff like pencils, paper, Ipods, home theatre systems, FOOD , the kitchen sink etc. We totally want to sucker other people into SHPE and we figure free food and prizes are the best way to go. BUT no man is an island right?! right! Carlos and Chris need the SHPErs to help spread the word.

why you may ask yourself?! i'll tell you! because the more members we have, the more money we get, the better our events are, the more companies want to see you, the more job offers you solcit! see its all connected kid! plus let's face it, we SHPErs know we're the cool kids, we gots to let the other people on campus in on the secret!

The PR chairs need bodies to help them post flyers, grafitti tag the buildings and sidewalks, giveout handbills, and general just cause mayhem with the advertising for this event.

what's that i hear?! sign you up you say?! FANTASTICO!!!
call Carlos the advertising sith at: 610 246 3439, or
hit him up on the email tip at: cb662@drexel.edu

DO IT! DO IT NOW!
Thanks kids!


<3 Management

Learn something

Go here and read how the early modern art of the Mayans is leading archaeologist as well as anthropologist to a better understanding of the amazing and graceful Mayan civilization.

Earliest Known Maya Painting Found


educate yourself, knowledge is power kids!

NTCC Goers...

URGENT!

If you will be attending NTCC you MUST sign the Conference Contract agreeing to SHPE's and Drexel's guidelines to conference behavior. If you do not sign the contract you will lose all funding (if you recieved any) and will not be allowed to attend NTCC. Contracts can be found at the SHPE Office in the basement of Creese or we can email them to you by request. Post a comment or email anyone on the eboard (our emails are on the DUSHPE Homepage).

DEADLINE FOR PROOF OF AIRFARE IS TODAY!!!!!!!!
Show us proof of your airfare by today or you will lose your funding!

HEAR YE HEAR YE!

T-SHIRT COMPETITION
In keeping with SHPE Tradition, as NTCC approaches we want to look our best for the conference. So we invite our gb to design a t-shirt for us to wear at NTCC and everywhere else we go. Below is Jose Serpas' winning design from last year. Competition rules are below and good luck to all...

RULES:

1. Design must be no larger than 8-1/2" x 11"
2. Design submitted must be in ink. (This rule is for the printers who have to make the shirts.)
3. Design must be submitted no later than Dec 14. You may email electronic copies of your design to jls75@drexel.edu or bring a hard copy of the design to the general body meeting scheduled for this date. The winning design will be chosen by a vote on this date at the normally scheduled SHPE general body meeting.
4. Design must include the following: "SHPE" (you can spell it out too), "Drexel University" (usually text for "Drexel University" or sponsors is saved for the back of the shirt)

THOSE ARE THE RULES...GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

NTCC funding

There are 16 people funded for registration they are:

Kelly Lopez
Jessica Taboada
Joseph Rivera
Nicole Ely
Jose Serpas
Carlos Bahamondes
Chris Maldonado
Veronica Castro
Luly Rodriguez
Vincent Lau Chan
San Juanita Elizondo
Chantal Schneider
Debra Karhson
Christina robinson
Paola Evangelista
Paulina Martinez

if you didn't get an email from Deb please let her know so she can send you the terms and agreements that are expected of those that accept the funding.

Thank you!

Time to get Technical!

WANT TO GO TO NTCC?!

let us know and maybe if you're a good member (read active) and you particpate in our events SHPE can find it in it's large money filled pockets to throw some registration money your way.
(funding is not guarunteed and is at the discretion of the presiding eboard and advisor)

Its the best conference ever; if you thought you had fun at ETCC, if you thought RSLC was a blast, if you super enjoy SHPE, wait until you check NTCC! A over a thousand SHPErs anxious to meet you, more then a hundred companies waiting to hire you. You're given every occassion to impress recruiters, other hot SHPE members and your amazing eboard.

Hit the comments section with your name and member registration status (read if you filled out a membership form and paid Stephanie $10.)

Are you still asking why its worth the "time and effort"? If you truly need one more reason, because this is the year that NTCC is in Disney World kid! it doesn't get better then Magic Kingdom.

Express your interest today in the comment section!

those who do not notify Stephanie before deadline (Nov. 12, 2005) will not be eligble for Drexel SHPE funding of any kind.

Thanksgiving Eve Salsa Party!

Remember the awesome dj from last year's Latino Gala? Check out DJ Jose Rodriguez again this Thanksgiving Eve at North By Northwest....

BTW

happy birthday Mr. CIO (Xenio)!