The Cincinnati chapter of SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) held on April 26, 2011, a meeting with Hispanic students at AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies), with the goal to introduce them to fields in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

It is one of SHPE Cincinnati’s initiatives to identify and sponsor a group of kids through iSPACE FIRST Lego League (Robotics Clubs). For this year, our goal is to have a first Hispanic student team participating in a Robotics competition. We would like to thank Ms. Sharon Young from iSPACE, all SHPE Volunteers, and the staff of AMIS, especially Ms. Maria Lang, for their support.

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SHPE Cincinnati held on March 11th, 2011, a "Career Awareness" seminar for Hispanic 7th and 8th graders at Lakota Hopewell Junior High. The goal was to introduce students to fields in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

It is one of SHPE Cincinnati's initiatives to identify and sponsor a group of kids through iSPACE FIRST Lego League (Robotics Clubs). We want to excite the kids and make them aware of the opportunities out there. It was a great experience for SHPE members to interact with young thriving kids who have lot's of questions on college and STEM fields. 

We would like to thank Ms. Sharon Young from iSPACE, all SHPE Volunteers, and the staff of Lakota Hopewell Junior High for support and participation. 

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Several of SHPE Cincinati members volunteered as judges in the First Tech Robotics Competition that took part last Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011.

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We certainly hope that at the next one competition, we'll have kids from "AMIS Robotics Club" sponsored and mentored by SHPE Cincinnati

Please join us in our efforts to expose more Hispanic children to the world of engineering and science. If you would like to join, please contact us

On Thursday, Feb. 17, our chapter had its second networking meeting, this time at AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies), which has a high number of Hispanic students.

Representatives form iSPACE presented the Robotics programs that they organize, and which we would like to use as the base for our Robotics Club that we want to start at AMIS.

Several kids from AMIS were able to learn more about the Robotics program and get excited about the possibilities. We hope that our SHPE Members will get involved in helping these kids in their STEM Journey.

We would like to thank Maria Lang from AMIS for the hospitality, and iSPACE representatives for their insightful presentation, as well as representatives from UC, YMCA, and Lakota High School, who were able to join us.  

We hope to invite all our members soon to an official opening of the Robotics Club at AMIS!

The SHPE Cincinnati Professional Chapter would like to invite you to our first in 2011 All Members Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 17th, 4:30 - 6 PM at AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies), located at 1908 Seymour Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45237.   

The preliminary agenda: