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exhibitors are gearing up to land in Diana Gomez, national president of “This year at the SHPE Conference,
Phoenix met with thousands of sought- SHPE, Inc. we are drawing more professionals
after Hispanic students, engineers and The Hispanic population continues than ever before, thanks to expanded
technical talent during the conference. to increase at a rapid pace — especial- offerings that meet our members’ tech-
“Attendance at the SHPE Confer- ly among young people — but the nical and leadership development
ence continues to grow because of the growing population is not reflected in needs,” said Manny Hernandez,
true value and tangible impact the con- scientific and technical professions. national vice president of SHPE, Inc.
ference makes on its participants. Last Hispanics comprised only 5.5 percent and chairman of the 2008 SHPE Con-
year, one company alone hired more of the science and engineering work- ference. “With SHPE programs help-
than 60 applicants through our Career force in 2006, according to the Pew ing our individual members advance
Expo. In essence, students, profession- Hispanic Center. In addition, the professionally, we will see the number
als, educators and corporate partners National Science Foundation has of Hispanic engineers in top manage-
greatly benefit from attending the warned that a rapid decline in the sci- ment positions increase across the
SHPE Conference and most likely will ence and engineering labor force’s nation. As the source for quality His-
leave with job or internship offers; growth rate is expected over the next panic engineers and technical talent,
financial aid information for college or decade and will fundamentally affect SHPE covers the spectrum with pro-
graduate school; professional certifica- the U.S. economy. Though targeted to grams serving middle school children
tions and leadership training; or hands- Hispanics, the SHPE Conference all the way up to experienced engineer-
on and affordable activities to take addresses the critical need for engi- ing executives.”
back to the science classroom,” said neering talent as a whole.
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