U.S. ARMY PARTNERS WITH THE SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (SHPE) TO HOST REGIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES (RLDSC’S) IN NEW YORK CITY AND CHICAGO
The U.S. Army partnered with SHPE to sponsor two RLDC’s at the TKP Conference Center in New York City from March 1-3, 2018 and at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) from April 5-7, 2018. The regional conferences promote leadership and career advancement opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). This is the fourth year that the Army has partnered with SHPE at a regional level.
College students visit the Army exhibit to learn more about the educational and leadership opportunities within STEM and the U.S. Army with conference guest at this year’s SHPE RLDC in New York City.
At the 2018 SHPE RLDC’s, Soldiers shared expertise and discussed the importance of leadership and STEM career opportunities available in the Army during the “Leading Winning Teams: How to lead teams and empower your team to lead” workshop. The workshop brings a team together and empowers them to accomplish their mission. Throughout the workshop, the students explored core leadership concepts.
Colonel Matthew Lawrence, Captain Rafael Torres and Captain Morgan Tan conduct a leadership workshop for college students at the SHPE RLDC in New York City.
Soldiers guide high school students through a series of problem scenarios during the interactive portion of the Army Leadership Workshop at the SHPE RLDC in Chicago, IL.
The partnership between the Army and SHPE is designed to promote leadership and STEM subjects at both the national and regional level. A group of engineers founded SHPE in Los Angeles, California in 1974. Their mission was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.
High School students visit the Army exhibit during the career fair to learn more about the educational and leadership opportunities within STEM and the U.S. Army at the SHPE RLDC in Chicago, IL.
High school students learn about the U.S. Army’s robotics capabilities during the SHPE RLDC in Chicago, IL.
