Our Familia

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Chapter @ UIC

Changing lives, empowering communities, and impacting the world

Being a Hispanic in STEM is not easy. SHPE is a network that makes it easier for you to catapult your career with our member benefits and community. We provide our Familia with professional, academic, and networking opportunities so you don’t have to do it alone.

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.

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STEM awareness: We want to help students, in middle school, high school and college, find their passion for engineering.

Access: We wants all of our members to have a place where they can study and get help with different classes, whether it be by getting tutoring or through simple advice.

Support: We want all of our students to not only find great opportunities, but to find great mentors to count on.

Development: We want our members to not only develop as future engineers, but as professionals and great mentors.

SHPE VISION

SHPE’s vision is a world where Hispanics are highly valued and influential as leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.

 Chapter History

SHPE at UIC started as the Latino Association Supporting Engineering Careers (LASEC) in 1980 here at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Soon after its inception, it became associated with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and thereafter changed its name to SHPE at UIC. Since then, we have always remained one of the biggest and most active organizations on campus. We dedicate ourselves to change lives, empower communities, and impact the world.