usf nsbe gbm 1.20.2016

National Society of Black Engineers

WELCOME!!!

NSBE General Body

Meeting


Outline

• Mission

• National Convention 2016– Career Fair

• Urban Scholars

• Upcoming Events in February– CH2M Interview

– Financial Success Workshop

– NSBE Meeting (Inroads)

– Tour of GE AVIATION

• Engineering Expo

• Speaker: Moyosore Ajeigbe


NSBE Mission

The mission of the National Society of Black

Engineers is "to increase the number of culturally

responsible Black Engineers who excel

academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community."


National Convention 2016

Boston, Massachusetts

March 23-27, 2016


Registration

● Collegiate: $185 ● Collegiate APEx: $165 ● Verify GPA => 3.00 or higher = APEx Status

National Convention Registration Link• Send your official transcripts to the headquarters:

205 Daingerfield Road Alexandria, Virginia 22314• After December 31st, you have to use the GPA Verification

Portal in order to verify your GPA. http://www.nsbe.org/News-Media/NSBE-News/Events/Get-

Your-GPA-Verified!.aspx• Get to go to the career fair early

https://connect.nsbe.org/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=2635

http://www.nsbe.org/News-Media/NSBE-News/Events/Get-Your-GPA-Verified!.aspx


Career Fair

● Plenty of companies will be there● Verify your GPA● Upload Resume onto NSBE Connect

○ http://connect.nsbe.org/Home.aspx● Companies will be looking at resumes soon● They contact you & arrange interviews before you get to

Nationals

*We will be having an “Apply to You Drop” event in order to apply to as many companies as possible and be prepared for

Nationals.More events will be coming soon!

http://connect.nsbe.org/Home.aspx


Funding Assistance Criteria

A. Tutor K-12 at Urban Scholars on Saturdays from 10 am to 12 pm in Cooper Hall at least

twice a month

a. See Roth for more details

B. Volunteer at our upcoming events and programs

C. Participate in Bull Market

D. Show up to General Body Meetings

a. If you cannot make it to a GBM, volunteer at Urban Scholars to compensate

E. Join a committee

a. Pre-Collegiate Initiative Committee, Conference-Planning Committee, Engineering

Expo Committee

Those who participate and get involved will receive funding from those companies as a reward.

Companies will not give us money if we are not doing anything or do not have enough members

participating.


URBAN SCHOLARS IS BACK!!!

Every Saturday (starting

Jan. 23, 2016)

Cooper Hall 3rd Floor

Time: 10am-12pm


February Events

• CH2M Interview and Resume Workshop (Feb. 3) (NSBE Meeting)• CH2M Hill is an American engineering company that provides consulting,

design, construction, and operations services for corporations, and federal, state, and local governments

• Good company for Civil, Architecture, Mechanical & Chemical Engineers

• Financial Success Workshop Collab with SWE (Feb. 10) 4:45pm-6:45pmMSC 3707

What is Financial Success,

Student Loans – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Money is not Math- Knowing the rules of money and how financial institutions work

• Tour of GE Aviation Facility

Monday February 22nd - Friday February 26th (Poll on Bullsync)


Engineering Expo

Feb. 19 & 20

NEED VOLUTNEERS

If you want to Join EXPO

committee

contact Nicholas Inniss

See me after meeting


Happy Birthday!


It’s Trivia Time

What is the Motto of the

National Society of Black Engineers?


Please WELCOME!!!

UP NEXT: Moyosore Ajeigbe

USF College of Engineering

College of Engineering

THE SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH

AND SELECTION PROCESS

TOPICS

•The Scholarship Program at USF

•Scholarships offered by the College of Engineering

•Searching for External Scholarships

•How do scholarship selection committees function

•Strengthening your Application

Scholarships for Engineering Students

• The USF Office of Scholarships and

Financial Aid Services helps promote all

available funding sources at USF.

• http://usfweb2.usf.edu/finaid/

There is much helpful information about how

to apply for USF based scholarships.

http://usfweb2.usf.edu/finaid/

Engineering Scholarships

• $150,000- $200,000 in scholarship awards given annually by the College of Engineering

• Students can apply for all engineering scholarships with one application.

http://www.usf.edu/engineering/student-services/academic-resources/scholarships.aspxApplication Availabe for 2016/17 Awards now.

The priority application deadline will be February 1, 2016.

Where will they be announced? COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WEB SITE and by E-MAIL

Average scholarship award: $1200


• For the 2015/16 Academic Year 535 Students

applied for the Scholarships offered by the USF

College of Engineering.

• 96 Students received an award.

• Amount ranged from $500 to $2000

• The average award was approximately $1375

Who made the decisions? Committees of three or

more people were assigned to each

scholarship.

How did the committees decide?


Each application is reviewed by three raters.

Raters assign scores for predetermined characteristics.

• Engineering Activities/Research _________

• Student Organizations _________

• Community Service Activities _________

• Other Extracurricular Activities _________

• Leadership _________

• Financial Need _________

• Total Score: _________

• Comments:

RATING GUIDE

O= Nothing

1-2= Occasional Involvement with little commitment

3-4= Past/Present Involvement sustained over time with some

level of commitment.

5= Past & Present / Present sustained involvement with

significant time commitment and responsibility


What kind of criteria do donors specify when a

scholarship is established?

Most specify a minimum GPA

Some are limited to those with financial need

Most specify full time student status

Some specific a Major

Most prefer students who go above and beyond

A few also consider special talents and traits

Some are limited by region or by residency status

Other attributes


USF Non-Engineering ScholarshipsUSF Scholarships and Financial Aid

STARS Database and Scholarship Application

External Scholarship Searches

(Start with engineering scholarships but don’t limit your

search to engineering scholarships. Be aware of scams.)

University websites (try USF and other schools)

USF Office of National Scholarships

American Society of Engineering Education ASEE.org

Private Foundations

Government sites - NIH, NSF, NASA, DOD, etc.

Community/Cultural/Political Action Groups

Large engineering firms and corporations

The Engineering Professional Associations

ASCE, AIChE, ASME, ACM, IEEE, IEEE-CS, IIE and more!

Free scholarship search engines from reliable sources

See advice on USF Scholarship and Financial Aid Website


What can I do to become a successful scholarship candidate?

Build a good student profile by doing your best in classes and participating in extra curricular activities.

If you are eligible to fill out the FAFSA do it early using previous year tax records if necessary.

(Required for need based awards)

Research scholarships continuously and prepare to apply well in advance. Review the full application before you complete it if possible.

Get to know your professors and ask for letters of recommendation from appropriate sources.

Answer all questions on applications carefully, concisely and without errors. If you don’t understand a question ask for help.

Extracurricular Opportunities

USF Opportunities to improve your scholarship Application Credentials

– Research initiatives and participation

– Co-Operative Education and internships

– Networking through college sponsored events and seminars

– Networking through mentoring programs

– Special interest activities & societies

– Opportunities for community involvement & volunteerism

– Cultural activities & travel abroad programs

– Student chapters of professional engineering societies

http://www.usf.edu/campus-life/activities-programs.aspx

Engineering Student Organizations

Engineering student societies help

build personal networks, reinforce

academic excellence, and enrich

students’ overall college experience.

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http://expo.eng.usf.edu/album/index.php?v=image&i=0&p=2006_by_Anthony_Hildoer/P2170241.JPG

Engineering Student Organizations

Alpha Pi Mu

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air

Conditioning Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Association for Computing Machinery

Biomedical Engineering Society

Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society

Emerging Green Builders

Engineering College Council

Engineers without Borders

Engineering Senators

Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society

EXPO

Florida Engineering Society

IEEE Computer Society

IEEE Electrical Engineering Society

Institute of Industrial Engineers

Institute of Transportation Engineers

MSDN@USF


Omega Chi Epsilon, Chemical Engineering Honor

Society

Pre/Med Engineering Society

Society of Automotive Engineers

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society

Theta Tau, The Engineering Fraternity

Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Computer Science Honor

Society

And more!


• When the financial pressure is on….

Talk to advisors and be proactive about funding your

education.

If you must use loans borrow only what you need!

Inform yourself fully about what it will take to meet

your financial obligations when you graduate.

Do what you need to do to stay in school and get good

grades even if you must attend part time.

Is it worth it????

Educational Attainment in the U.S.

Beat the odds!

!• Earn a Bachelors degree…

– You will have more formal education than 71% of the US population

• Masters degree…– You will have more formal education

than 90% of the US population

• PhD or Professional degree…– You will have more education

attainment than 97% of the US population

U.S. Census Bureau News, U.S. Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment in the United States:2013

Economic Value of a College Degree

Average US Salaries for Adults age 18

and older

Advanced degree $83,144

Bachelors degree $58,613

High School Diploma $31,383

Less than a High School Diploma $21,023

The value of a college degree is even more

pronounced in many other countries!

U.S. Census Bureau News, U.S. Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment in the United States:2010

Economic Value of a College Degree

Unemployment rate for Adults

age 25 and older

Doctoral or Professional degree 2.3%

Masters degree 3.4%

Bachelors degree 4%

Associate’s degree 5.4%

High School Diploma 7.5%

Less than a High School Diploma 11%

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Earnings and Employment Rates by Educational Attainment :2013

Engineering Salaries

• Top salaries for engineering

graduates –

In 2012, the mean salary for all occupations

was $45,790 while that for S&E was $87,330

Those in Science and Engineering account for

only 4.8% of total U.S. employment.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that

2.3 million new engineers will be needed in

the next ten years!

Social Value of a College Education

Macro to Micro and Everything in between!

Higher levels of education for a larger and more diverse segment of the population can profoundly influence the economic, cultural, environmental and social future our world.

Education provides opportunities to directly improve quality of life for individuals, families and communities.

Better educated individuals live longer and enjoy better health.‘The Center for Disease Control reports that the average life expectancy for 25 year olds who earned a bachelors degree is almost nine years longer than those who did not have a high school diploma.’

Annual Report on Health in the United States, May 2012

Education is a Privilege which carries a social responsibility.

“Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education.”Martin Luther King, Jr.

Try Your Rating SkillsLeadership Community

Service

Research/

Engineering

Experience

Society

Activities

Total SCORE

ANDRE, Junior

CASSIDY, Junior

FRANKLIN, Soph.

JAVIER, Fresh

JOHN, Soph

MARY ANNE,

Junior

MORGAN, Soph

MATTHEW, Senior

NATALIE, Senior

NATHAN, Fresh

TROY, Soph.

ZACK, Junior

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