Houston Professional Chapter Activities

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Houston Professional Chapter Activities

• August 24, 2002
• Regional Meeting
• Ariel Flores

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Overview

• Character of Chapter
• 2001 2002 Past Performance
• Alliances and Program Participation
• 2002 2003 Activity Set
• National Relationship Strategy
• Corporate Relationship Strategy

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Chapter Character

• Membership from Houston City Area
• Active Representation by Texas Instruments, BP,
  ChevronTexaco, Dannenbaum, Kraft, Schlumberger to
  name a few
• Civil, Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical
  Engineers
• Current Officers
• President Ariel Flores
• Vice-President Jose De La Pena
• Treasurer Josue Villesca
• Secretary Sylvia Cantu Gonzalez
• Outreach Coordinator John Garza
• Public Relations Aby Gonzalez

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2001 2002 Performance

• Focused on Community Outreach at a High School
  Level
• Focused on two predominantly Hispanic High
  Schools
• Planned for one major 2 4 hrs session per month
• Sponsored a local scholarship program

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2001 2002 Performance

• Jefferson Davis 3 Session Program
• Jefferson Davis High School College Information
  Session I
• Purpose To educate, inform and encourage local
  12th grade students at a predominantly Hispanic
  high school about the opportunity of attending
  college. The night will explore reasons for
  going to college, what to look for in a college,
  how to enhance ones capability of attending a
  particular college and how to fund such
  endeavors.
• 31 participants, 300 program cost
• Key Successes Lots of Handouts, Personal
  Collage experiences from Members
• Area for improvement A need for more career
  diversity

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2001 2002 Performance

• Jefferson Davis 3 Session Program
• Jeff Davis High School SAT/ACT Workshop- Session
  II
• Purpose Provide the proper context around the
  SAT and its importance in the college
  application process. Provide a scope of
  applicable test taking tactics and work through
  various example problems in each of the various
  SAT/SATII and ACT sections.
• 21 participants, 300 program cost
• Key Successes Everyone felt the session would
  help their SAT score.
• Area for improvement Problem solution approaches

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2001 2002 Performance

• Jefferson Davis 3 Session Program
• Jefferson Davis High School Collage Essay
  Workshop III
• Purpose The night will provide for thorough
  review of students essays by members. The
  members will assist in ways ranging from
  providing fundamental essay structure, to reading
  and analyzing the essays for proper content and
  context in relation to the questions asked by the
  college application.
• 10 participants, 200 program cost
• Key Successes Getting the essay process
  started, clarifying ideas for essay topics, and
  revisions to the essays.
• Area for improvement Total one-on-one session

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2001 2002 Performance

• Austin High School Science Fair Preparation
• Purpose Aid them in developing the scientific,
  technical and presentation aspects of their
  projects
• Accomplished through a series of weekend meetings
  during the creation of there projects
• Offered continued support until the City Wide Fair

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2001 2002 Performance

• ACE Proposal and End of the Year Report
• C\SHPE\Ace2001\ACE2001_925.doc
• C\SHPE\Ace2001\EOY2001_2002\ACEEOY_davis_hs_OFFIC
  IAL.DOC

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2001 2002 Performance

• Scholarship Awards
• Areas of Improvement
• Professional Development
• Student Chapter Involvement
• Social Outings

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Key Alliances

• ACE Program
• Local High School Teachers
• Student Chapters
• Member Employers
• Houston Companies

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2002 2003 Activity Set

• Continue Jefferson Davis Program
• Continue Austin High School Program
• Give more career talks during school
• Add a possible group outing (Galveston Oil
  Museum)
• Professional Development
• Share leadership learnings with membership
• Invite outside resources
• Attend HENAAC, NTCC RSLC
• Student Chapter Meeting Participation
• NTCC Workshop Participation
• Social Outings

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National Relationship Strategy

• SHPE as a whole is a large Building
• National is the foundation of the building and
  the Elevator
• Professional/Student Chapters are the floors
• Each floor is distinctly different and can
  formulate their own agenda as long as it follows
  building policy
• The elevator is the tool that gets you from
  floor to floor, but the stairs are also available
• However, the elevator has its benefits if you
  learn how to use it

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National Relationship Strategy

• SHPE as a whole is a large Building
• National is the foundation of the building and
  the Elevator
• Professional/Student Chapters are the floors
• Each floor is distinctly different and can
  formulate their own agenda as long as it follows
  building policy
• The elevator is the tool that gets you from
  floor to floor, but the stairs are also available
• However, the elevator has its benefits if you
  learn how to use it

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Corporate Relationship Strategy

• Diversity and Inclusion is now a core business
  objective for many companies
• BPs Hispanic Engineering Recruiting Council
  Mission Statement
• The BP Hispanic Engineering Recruiting Council
  will support BPs efforts to recruit, develop,
  and retain high quality Hispanic employees with
  engineering degrees.
• The Council will do this by
• 1. Providing guidance to the recruiting efforts
  within the existing BP recruiting infrastructure.
• 2. Continuously improving BPs relationship with
  various national, regional, and local Hispanic
  engineering organizations.
• 3. Strengthening the network of current and
  incoming Hispanic engineers by fostering
  mentoring networks and improving developmental
  career opportunities.

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Corporate Relationship Strategy

• SHPE-Houston will formulate a relationship with
  these companies
• SHPE-Houston will work to Strengthen the Region
  in order to offer these companies additional
  investment opportunities
• SHPE-Houston will inform its members on how to
  leverage their diversity and depict it as the
  asset it actually is

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Closing

• In general our chapter has fun by simply reaching
  out to the Hispanic High School Community
• We do what the majority of the people want to do
  with a continuous ear to change
• We do not sweat the small stuff which works well
  when friendship is the core of the organization
• Trust is fundamental and we work hard when we
  need to and avoid meeting just for the sake of
  meeting