Presidential Campaign

The 2011 Presidential Campaign is NSBE’s letter-writing campaign to invite President Barack Obama to be the keynote speaker at the 2011 Annual Convention in St. Louis, Mo. Our mission: “To increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community” is directly in tune with the President’s “Educate to Innovate” STEM Initiative campaign. His presence at our event would be a tremendous inspiration.
 

Joint Career Fair

The National Society of Black Engineers is now exploring the opportunity to host a joint career fair with three organizations that have missions similar to our own. These organizations are: the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). The proposed joint career fair is a three-day, fall event where employers will have the opportunity to recruit members from all four organizations for internships and full-time positions.

NSBE in St. Lucia

Visits to the island of St. Lucia by leaders of the National Society of Black Engineers have paid off big for 29 young citizens of the Caribbean nation. NSBE announced on Tuesday, Aug. 10 that Goldman Sachs Gives, the donor-advised fund of the investment bank Goldman Sachs, would donate $275,000 toward scholarships for 29 St. Lucian students to attend Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) this fall. More than 250 young St. Lucians applied for an unprecedented 75 partial scholarships offered by IIT. NSBE, Goldman Sachs Gives and the government of St. Lucia will help fund the balance of the fees not covered by the university’s grants.

“Getting these students enrolled at IIT represents true fulfillment of NSBE’s mission,” says NSBE National Chair Calvin Phelps.

2011 National Convention - Call for Workshops

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is the largest student-managed organization dedicated to exposing the talents of Black Engineers around the globe. The Convention Planning Committee (CPC) is currently seeking workshop presenters for the 37th Annual Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. This year we are dedicated to carrying out our the theme, “Engineering the Gateway to Success” by providing workshops that focus on academic excellence and fostering mentoring relationships...or what we like to call strengthening the pipeline. To attain this goal, we have outlined specific tracks for each workshop to fall within.

14th Annual Golden Torch Awards

The National Society of Black Engineers is the premier organization serving African Americans in engineering and technology. As a technical community service association, NSBE is the link between the African American community and the world of technology.

The 14th Annual Golden Torch Awards link the accomplishments of distinguished African- American engineers and technical professionals with college bound dreams of pre-college students. Since its inception GTA has served as a night to honor the best and the brightest in technology.

NSBE Jr. @ Omaha North High Magnet School

In two years the NSBE Jr. Chapter at Omaha North High Magnet School has raised more than $36,000 for members of the chapter to attend the past Annual conventions in Las Vegas and Toronto. The chapter has also more than doubled in size since its inception in 2008. This was the dream of Anthony Williams, a faculty member in the Engineering Department of Omaha North High Magnet School, in Omaha, Neb. Williams wanted to start a junior chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers at North and he did in 2008.