Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Bienvenido, class of ENGR 100!
Our SHPE at UIC chapter is an engineering professional student org that hosts workshops, connects our SHPE members with recruiters from top companies, and provides you with a supportive community of fellow engineering students through our General Body Meetings and social events.
The SHPE Vision
SHPE’s vision is a world where Hispanics are highly valued and influential as the leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
The SHPE Mission
SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development.
SHPE Events & Programs
Our chapter is divided into teams to encourage collaboration and focused efforts. Each team is made up of board members (students like yourself!) who plan and organize events that will help boost your experience through the UIC engineering program and help grow your network of fellow students.
Communications Team
Weekly General Body Meetings (GBMs) on Tuesdays or Thursdays
GBMs contain chapter updates/opportunities, and may feature recruiters from top companies and alumni
A weekly newsletter of opportunities for SHPE and UIC scholarships, internship/full-time, competitions, + more!
Community Team
Noche de Ciencias is our K-12 outreach event where SHPE members facilitate engineering workshops with local schools
Outreach volunteer groups visit local K-12 schools for panel talks, facilitate workshops, and help with lab tours
Social events (SHPE Karaoke and Loteria Nights) allow members to de-stress and meet fellow members
Academics Team
Get paired with an experienced SHPE upperclassmen in our MentorSHPE program for 1:1 support
Share, discuss, and work through any academic struggles in our workshop offerings
Meet those assignment deadlines by working in-person at weekly SHPE study sessions
Development Team
Attend SOLIDWORKS / Arduino workshops and join SHPE competition groups to develop your technical skills
Prepare for career fairs and job interviews through professional workshops that equip you to pursue your dream job confidently
Help our fundraising efforts by volunteering for food sales (conchas, elotes, fruit)
SHPE National Convention
The SHPE National Convention serves as the country’s largest gathering of Hispanic STEM students and professionals. There is a HUGE career fair floor, countless workshops and panels facilitated by top companies, multiple competitions to show off your technical knowledge, and more! With over 10,000 attendees expected, this year's conference will be in Salt Lake City, Utah during November 1-5.
Our SHPE at UIC chapter will financially sponsor a group of our members to attend conference this year! Members who are involved in our events and motivated to grow as leaders will be highly considered for sponsorship.
Get Involved!
Here's a sneak-peek at some of the events we have in the beginning of fall semester! Stop by to learn more about our group, talk with existing members, and find out how you can thrive with us in your engineering journey at UIC.
Events or programs perfect for ENGR 100 students:
MentorSHPE - info session on Wednesday 8/30, application deadline Friday 9/8
SHPE x John Deere Panel: "Celebrating Diversity in Tech" (Tuesday 9/5)
SHPE x IBM Panel: "Career Paths: Introducing the different roles you can get with your degree" (Friday 9/8)
SHPE Committees: Want to help out our board members with the cool events we have planned? We would really appreciate the extra set of hands, and we'll share more info about this opportunity in our Discord!
And more! Check out our calendar below (or on our website) to see what else we have planned.
How to Become a SHPE Member
We are striving to create a low-barrier for entry to our chapter, so there will be no chapter fee to join.
We require members to pay the $10 SHPE National dues to be recognized as an official chapter member who can be considered for National Convention sponsorship. Benefit breakdown, financial help sources, and instructions for the due payment are described here: https://bit.ly/SHPEATUIC-MEMBER
Already have your SHPE member ID? Register as a member with SHPE at UIC here: https://bit.ly/3OZ8PtS
Connect With Us
There are 4 ways to hear about all of our upcoming events and opportunities:
Signing up for our weekly email newsletters
Joining our SHPE at UIC Discord server
Subscribing to our Google Calendar (so our events automatically show up on your own calendar)
Following us on Instagram
Click the below buttons to get connected!
📢Check out our SHPE chapter's confirmed upcoming events! More will be added throughout the school year.
Instructions to import our "SHPE-UIC Events" calendar to your own:
Click on the bottom-right plus icon next to "Google Calendar".
A pop-up window called "Add Calendar" will appear. Click the Add button.
New events will show up automatically; if you wish to toggle off these calendar events, uncheck "SHPE-UIC Events (PUBLIC)" in the left calendar menu list.