[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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   HONORING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE 1994 
SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS REGION IV STUDENT LEADERSHIP 
                               CONFERENCE

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 17, 1994

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to the committee members and the participants of the 1994 
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers [SHPE] Region IV Student 
Leadership Conference.
  SHPE is a national nonprofit organization with over 160 professional 
and student-run chapters nationwide. Generous volunteers provide the 
Latino community with role models, mentors and speakers. SHPE also 
provides scholarship assistance to students studying math and the 
sciences, therefore, conveying a message about the importance of an 
education.
  The society is committed to preparing, increasing, and retaining the 
number of Hispanic engineering students. Through SHPE's partnership 
with the public and private sector, SHPE serves as the educational 
pipeline from the Hispanic community to higher education for 
engineering and science.
  The student leadership conference strives to educate members on the 
goals and objectives of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. 
Second, the conference emphasizes leadership skills in order to 
strengthen region IV. Third, the conference builds working partnerships 
between student chapters, professionals and individuals from the 
academic, corporate and government sectors. Finally, the conference 
seeks to build an action plan to promote the growth of region IV in the 
SHPE organization.
  I would like to extend special commendations to the following: The 
student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at 
New Jersey Institute of Technology, particularly to the organizing 
committee for hosting this important leadership conference in New 
Jersey, Paul F. Campana, the energetic conference Chairperson, Luz 
Vega, the dynamic president of SHPE-NJIT student chapter and to 
Carlomagno Ontaneda, the distinguished assistant director for special 
projects at the Educational Opportunity Program at NJIT. Mr. Ontaneda 
played a key role as SHPE advisor and continues to inspire the student 
chapter's success.
  Mr. Speaker, as we seek to create educational opportunities for 
American students, and in particular for minority students, we should 
look to the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers as a model 
organization. The encouragement and support provided by the SHPE opens 
doors and keeps them open, in an area of study not frequently explored 
by Hispanic students. I therefore ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the achievements of the student members of the SHPE, and in 
thanking their mentors for their guidance and their service.

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