Facts about the 6:

• States: California-Oregon-Idaho-Wyoming-New Mexico-Arizona-Nevada-Washington-Utah-Montana-Colorado-Alaska-Hawaii
• Region VI Professionals:The earliest black engineering organizations in the nation (pre-dating NSBE) i.e. BESSA @ UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Pomona, and BEA @ UC Davis
• NSBE Chant Originated in Region 6
• Summer Camping Conference and predessor to SEEK began in Region VI at Cal Ploy Pomona.
• First Professional Development Conference held on a company campus in 2007 at Microsoft in Mountainview California (Attended by Bill Gates)
• First region to begin zone structure
• First Special Interest Group Conference - Aerospace in 2009, Los Angeles California
• Taking mentorship to the next level, in 2011 the Region 6 AE adopted a one-on-one menotoring approach between Collegiate and Alumni Executive Boards