The regional camping retreat took place on March 23-25th. There were over 50 attendees. It was an event filled with activities, competitions, regional bonding and lots of fun!

The region would like to thank and recognize the University of Central Florida, the University of Florida, the Florida the

State University, University of North Florida, Santa Fe College, and the University of South Florida for

participating.

After a full day of communication, team building, and leadership activities, the University of Florida took home the

Sunshine Showdown ChampionSHPE cup!

We look forward to seeing you this weekend in Atlanta and wish you an very successful end of your semester. Con la

Region 7, Nadie se Mete!

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In this Issue

Camping Trip Recap

Regional Awards

Chapter News & Events

SHPE News

NILA 2012

National Conference

Leadership Camping Trip ■ Sunshine showdown ■

Upcoming Events!

• 4/6-8 – Region 7

Retreat

• 4/6 – SHPE-UCF

BBQ

• 4/11 – Ballots and

biographies sent to eligible voters for upcoming elections

• 4/14 – SHPE-FSU

spring adventure trip

• 4/15 – ACE Mini-

grants due

• 4/18 – SHPE-UCF

self defense class

Region VII Newsletter

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Florida State University

Francisco Trujillo Ricardo Aleman, Manuel Aguero

Andres Gutierrez Paola Vasquez

Santa Fe College

Laura Pelaez Jasmine Williams

Pablo Soto Andres Agualimpia

Juan Andrade

University of Central Florida

Andres Vargas Angie Lopez Carlos Mora Charles Yoon

Gustavo Valencia Ivan Trivino

Jason Prohaska Jennifer Feliciano

Johnny Castro Jose Rosa

Julian Sanchez Luigi Moreno Marco Yepez

Melissa Grenier Nina Jean Louis

Andres Bieri Alvaro Bernal

University of Florida

Midori Maeda Nelson Monterrosa,

Yamill Herrera, Aaron Iglesias,

Maria Elisa de Castro Camilo Gomez Daniel Saenz

Wilberth Garzon Ruby Salazar

Ivan Gutierrez Tatiana McAllister

Joana Urdaneta Diego Alvarez

Camilo Rey

University of North Florida

David Vargas

University of South Florida

Silvia Diaz Rododlfo Sayegh

Region 7 Leadership Team

Laura Neira Leslie Rodriguez

Gabriel Arab Marinella Pinate Daniel Fuentes

Thank you, Camping Retreat Attendees! Regional Awards

University of Central Florida Chapter of the Month

Aaron Iglesias Member of the Month

Isabel Ceron Leader of the Month

The University of Central Florida has gone above and beyond the rest to reach its fullest potential. They had

the initiative to organize the regional camping trip which was very successful. They also became the winners of the first March Madness championship and surpassed their all-time membership high; SHPE-UCF is stronger than ever. The diversity, quality, and unified members have made SHPE-UCF a unique SHPE familia that stands out everywhere they go. Outstanding job knights! Keep up the good work..

Aaron is currently a freshmen majoring in chemical engineering at the University of Florida. He joined SHPE less than two months ago and has already stood out among other members by coordinating the first March Madness competition

in the history of region 7. Aaron did an outstanding job organizing the competition which led into a massive membership increase of 125+ members. Thanks Aaron for all your efforts, region 7 is very lucky to have you.

Isabel is currently majoring in Software Engineering at the Southern Polytechnic State University and is the president of SPSU-SHPE. Thanks to Isabel’s efforts, SHPE-SPSU has grown by over 300% in the past months, reaching it’s all time

membership high. During the past weeks, Isabel also led SPSU to the SHPE March Madness competition finals. Thanks Isabel for your remarkable leadership, keep up the great work!

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Chapter News and Events

Congratulations to the following chapters for reaching their All High

Time Membership!

The first regional March Madness Competition took place March 19-30th with 16 participant chapters and over 125 members recruited during the competition!

Congratulation SHPE-UCF for winning the competition!

March Madness Competition

SHPE-FSU • COE Bowling night Thursday April 19 • Bear Paw Tubing Trip! Saturday April

14th If Interested in attending any event, email Andres Gutierrez

SHPE-UCF • Annual BBQ, Saturday April 7th

Check out the Facebook event • Self Defense Class, Wednesday April

18th Check out the Facebook event

• Clemson University • Georgia Institute of

Technology • Palm Beach State

College • Santa Fe College • Southern Polytechnic

State University • University of Central

Florida • University of Florida • University of North

Carolina at Charlotte • SHPE Region 7 at large,

student

Con la Región 7, NADIE SE METE!

SHPE News!

Save the Date! • ACE Mini-Grants due April 15 • National Institute for

Leadership Advancement (NILA), August 1-5, Denver, Colorado. Registration opens May 14

• SHPE Conference: November 14-18th, Ft. Worth, Texas. Registration opens July 1, 2012

Corporate Readiness Program at NILA

NILA 2012 will feature leadership competencies. Phase I of the

program assist student chapter executive board members in

transitioning into early-career professionals and it is to be

completed in NILA 2012. Phase II is completed at the 2012 SHPE

National conference and will receive a certification of

completion and discounted conference registration. SHPE

will also award four $1,000 scholarships for tuition, books

and/or housing. For more information visit

corporatereadinessprogram.com

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SHPE National Conference Preview

Fort Worth, Texas ● November 14 – 18

The five-day event is one of the largest gatherings of its kind, bringing together more than 5,000 Hispanic attendees, including corporate, industry and government recruiters. In addition to networking opportunities, the conference provides a vast array of developmental workshops, technical competitions and hands-on challenges.

Conference Highlights • Get access to jobs and paid internships • Over 250 corporations and agencies looking to

hire cutting edge professionals • Scholarship opportunities • University programs • Corporate tours highlighting latest

technologies • Extreme Engineering and design competitions

– winning teams receive up to $5,000! • Training workshops

• Entrepreneur Program • Professional Certification

Programs • Technical Seminars • Engineering Research

Symposium • Distinguished Lecture Series • SHPE Corporate Readiness

Program

• Latinas in STEM Track • Advisor Program • GEM Grad Lab • Graduate Institute • SHPE Foundation Pre-

College Symposia • Teacher Program • Competitions • Corporate Tours • Career Expo

And much more!

http://conference.shpe.org/shpe2012/