Southern New England Association of Technical Professionals
NBSE - Alumni Extension
Latest News & Events
11/17/11 - 11/20/11
Fall Regional Conferences (FRC)
Danvers, MA
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The Fall Regional Conference is an opportunity to network with companies, graduate school and receive leadership
training.
The theme for the Fall Regional Conference is "The NSBE Blueprint: Teamwork, Leadership, and Inspiration".
03/28/12 - 04/01/12
38th Annual Convention
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Annual Convention is the premier event for the organization which joins members from around the
world.
This year's theme is "NSBE Blueprint: Leadership, Teamwork, and Inspiration."
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SNEATP
P.O. Box 280303
East Hartford, CT
06128-0115
About Us
President’s Letter
On behalf of the Nation Southern New England Association of Technical Professionals (SNEATP) I would like to welcome all existing members and interested persons to the 2011-2012 term. As President of this Alumni Extension of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) I am humbled to lead an Executive Board of distinguished Technical Professionals. As a team we will work to be ambassadors of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Most of all, we are honored to be able to serve you, our members.
National Flowdown:
National Directives will once again be Academic Success and Pipeline
Development. We will focus our efforts on programs, particularly the NSBE
Retention Program, to help ensure that each of our student members has the tools
they need to be successful in the classroom. We will continue to grow and
develop this program, extending it to as many of our chapters as we can while
working to make it even more effective. We will focus on increasing the
visibility and value of our programs, until NSBE becomes the organization young
engineers join to ensure their success in school.
Regional Flowdown:
The regional focus shall be on serving the
membership in the AE chapters. Specifically, the regional directives
this year are Membership Engagement, Academic Excellence and Pipeline
Repair. Together we will lay out the MAP to success.
This year SNEATP is well poised to have a significant impact on the Southern New England Region through it’s efforts in hosting Professional Development Seminars, Mentoring, Scholarship Awards, and other acts of volunteering as ambassadors of STEM.
Given the success we have had in past years we have set our goals even higher in order to achieve greater results. With your participation and philanthropic spirit we hope to accomplish the following goals this year:
- Raise $20k to support scholarships for STEM degrees and programs by garnering the support of local corporations.
- Increase AE professional membership providing value-added programs to serve your needs. Look out for our Professional Development Series Workshops (Technical, Career Progression)
- Increase the number of Collegiate and PCI Chapters we directly support and engage.
- Foster creation or revitalization of new PCI and or Collegiate chapters in greater Hartford Area.
Please join us in our effort to live the NSBE Mission which is to “increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community”.
Keep the NSBE Torch Burning. More Fiyah!
Evans Dodds
Chair 2011-2012
NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a 501(C)(3) non-profit association that is owned and managed by its members. The organization is dedicated to the academic and professional success of African-American engineering students and professionals. NSBE offers its members leadership training, professional development, mentoring opportunities, career placement services and more!
NSBE is comprised of more than 270 collegiate, 75 professional and 75 pre-college chapters nationwide and overseas. NSBE is governed by an executive board of college students and professional engineers (Alumni Board only) and is operated by a professional staff in our National Headquarters located in Alexandria, VA.
Alumni Extension History
Since 1975, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has become one of the largest student-run organizations in the world. The formation of the National Society of Black Engineers-Alumni Extension (NSBE-AE) dates back to 1980, when NSBE alumni presented a proposal to the NSBE student membership to include an alumni sector in the organization. Although the Alumni Extension (AE) was not accepted at that time, the effort initiated a multi-year process to create NSBE-AE.
A revised proposal reflecting the origins of the current alumni infrastructure was developed in 1984, and formalized in 1985. At the 1985 NSBE national conference, the NSBE membership approved the formation of an Alumni Task Force. They were assembled to design NSBE-AE by the 1988 NSBE national conference. During this three-year period, the views of NSBE students and alumni from across the nation were articulated, leading to the derivation of the NSBE-AE Operating Guidelines. In March 1988, at the 14th Annual National NSBE Convention, the NSBE membership approved the proposal to include the Alumni Extension as an operating entity of the National Society of Black Engineers.
During the 1988-89 year, the AE focused on redefining their Operating Guidelines and developing regional infrastructures in accordance with these guidelines. This effort marked the final steps in the formation of the Alumni Extension.
The addition of the Alumni Extension to the overall NSBE structure not only promotes participation and input from the professional engineering community, but also provides a mechanism for NSBE graduating seniors to continue their involvement with the organization.
The purpose of the Alumni Extension is to support NSBE in a way that:
- * Develops and enhances NSBE programs.
- * Increases technical awareness.
- * Encourages scholastic achievement, and
- * Stimulates enthusiasm in the Black engineering community in order to promote technical expertise, professionalism, and fellowship among Black engineers.
Objectives
- *Encourage members to seek advanced degrees in engineering or related fields and to obtain professional engineering registrations.
- *Promote public awareness of engineering and the opportunities for Blacks and other minorities in that profession.
- *Function as a representative body on issues and developments that affect the careers of Black Engineers.
- *Stimulate and develop student interest in the various engineering disciplines.
- *Strive to increase the number of minority students studying engineering at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.