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The society offers a variety of NSBE and Corporate-sponsored scholarship and award opportunities to our pre-college, collegiate undergraduate and graduate student, and technical professional members. Our scholarship packages range in value from $500 to $6,500. Don't miss out on this NSBE access only opportunity! For more details on the available scholarships and awards, please visit the Scholarship Repository for more information.

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GTA Applications GTA Applications

The Golden Torch Awards (GTA) recognizes excellence among technical professionals, corporate, government and academic leaders, and university and pre-college students. These awards illustrate the possibilities that can be cultivated through support and responsibility. The proceeds of GTA are used to create college scholarships for gifted high school students. Nominations for the 16th Annual National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Awards are now open.  Click here to apply.  For FAQs about the applications process click here.

Click more for a list of the 15th Annual National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Award Honorees. 

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Step up to Leadership! Step up to Leadership!

Take the next step up to leadership! Apply for the vacant positions on the National Executive Board! Be a part of the board of directors of the National Society of Black Engineers - expand your network, mix and mingle with high ranking officials, make a difference in NSBE! Applications are due April 15th so apply TODAY!

Vacant postions are: Chair Emeritus, Treasurer, Treasurer Emeritus, Financial Controller, Assistant Treasurer of Special Projects, Communications Chair, Publications Chair, Parlimentarian, Finance Chair, NLI Chair, PCI Chair, Business Diversity Chair.

To apply click here

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National Leadership Conference National Leadership Conference

It is that time of year again! The 2012 National Leadership Conference (NLC) is to be held June 6th - 10th in New London, CT. The theme of NLC and the Regional Leadership Conferences (RLC) is Leadership: A Catalyst for Positive Change.

NLC is NSBE's premier training program for national and regional officers. Participants receive training in such areas as budgeting, expense management, public relations, and funds solicitation. They will also learn soft skills such as effective communication, teamwork and conflict resolution.
 
To register click here.
 

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Message From Your Chair Message From Your Chair

"It was only a number of years ago that I was considering dropping out of college because of poor grades. Sometimes I think back. What if I never joined NSBE? What if I didn’t have mentors to push me? What if I gave up? It’s simple; I wouldn’t be where I am today. I wouldn’t be a college graduate nearing the completion of my second degree. I wouldn’t be in the Operations Leadership Program at UTC. I wouldn’t be National Chair of the National Society of Black Engineers. I wouldn’t be the “Cal” that members are now proud to call “Chairman”. "

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Renew Your Membership! Renew Your Membership!

NSBE Family,

It is that time of year again! Be sure to renew your membership with NSBE! Keep forgetting year after year? We now have a automatic renewal feature in IMPak! Be sure to remind your fellow members to renew and/or join NSBE! Don't miss out on all our membership benefits - for a list of benefits click here.

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Letters From Your Chairs

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Letter From Your Region VI Chair, Ogugua Agu

Hello, my lovely Region VI!

It has been a wonderful year so far, but it is not over yet!  I hope you all are preparing for the Annual Convention in St. Louis, which is happening March 23–27, 2011.

I am taking this opportunity to remind you all of a few key points for this year.  Our regional directives are “STARR,” which stands for Sustainability, Technology, Academic Achievement, Recruitment and Retention.  The chief point is “Sustainability.”  Merriam-Webster defines the term “sustain” as such:  “to support, hold, or bear up from below.” This is where your strength comes in as the membership.  Great leaders refuse to accept the status quo. We must make sure that we are active participants in the Society.   We must rise to the call for leadership, seek information on influential positions, work with NSBE senators to bring positive change, and provide great input.

By becoming active participants, we will be following our National Directives of Pipeline Development and Academic Excellence.  Pipeline Development and Academic Excellence are crucial to the sustainability of NSBE as a whole.  Be sure to reach out to your counterparts on all levels, be they NSBE Jr., collegiate or Alumni members. In addition, Academic Excellence is a key to the fulfillment of NSBE’s mission.  As Malcolm X said, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." We must prepare ourselves to be culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community.

With that said, your goals for this upcoming Annual Convention should be to become actively engaged with the workshops, to take great pride in yourselves as members and to be involved with the parliamentary procedures denoted by the NSBE Senate.  For great leaders create a sense of urgency; they are impatient in the best of ways.  They refuse to sit by and let things take their natural course.  Therefore, I encourage you to have that sense of urgency and communicate it.

Sincerely,

Ogugua Agu
2010–2011 Region VI Chairperson
r6chair@nsbe.org

Letters From Your Chairs:

National Chairperson  - Calvin Phelps
National AE Chairperson - Thzaira Charles
Region I Chairperson - Ricardo Theodore
Region II Chairperson - Matthew McFarland
Region III Chairperson - Yael Monereau
Region V Chairperson - Paul Nguyen
Region VI Chairperson - Ogugua Agu