From: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Date: April 2, 2024
Subject: SHPE Newsletter - Week 12



¡Hola familia!


Hope everyone is having a good week so far.
Don't forget to take mental health breaks!


Hispanic Engineer of the week:

 
 
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Diana Trujillo

Lady Diana Trujillo Pomerantz is a Colombian-American aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She currently leads the engineering team at JPL responsible for the robotic arm of the Perseverance rover.
 

General Body Meeting

Thursday's 6:30 - 7:30pm

SHED 33300 

 



 

Reminders

 
Elections are happening this Thursday!
Good luck to those who are running in the elections!
 



Opportunities
 

MOOG would like to hire for a DEI summer internship.  The students should be in a degree program for communications, marketing or business administration.  The job description doesn’t provide a lot of detail but if students are interested, they can learn more if selected for an interview.  MOOG hires a LOT of RIT students!  Students must be a US Citizen/Permanent Resident and have a GPA of 3.0 or better.  MOOG is south of Buffalo in East Aurora – very charming town.  https://www.moog.com/

 

 

Moog is hiring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion internship for this summer.  If you have any interested students that meeting the minimum requirements, please send us their resumes.  

Role Details:

  • Title: Intern, HR
  • Team:  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Term: Summer 2024
  • Location: East Aurora Plant 23, Hybrid (onsite 3 days a week)
  • Status: Full-Time (40 hours/week)
  • Group: Corporate Group

 

Minimum Requirements:

  • Candidate must be enrolled in a degree program at the time of the internship
  • Candidate must have a 3.0 GPA
  • Candidate must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident due to trade export control measures at Moog Inc.
  • Candidate must be willing to live in WNY and commute to East Aurora daily

 

Preferred Skills:

  • Majors: Anything within Business (Communications, Marketing, HR top choices)
  • Microsoft Suite experience (SharePoint is a plus)
  • Analytical and creative mindset
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

 

Responsibilities:

  • Building and deployment of a Moog DEI communications strategy (i.e. social media posts and internal communications/memos plan)
  • Development of a Moog Hiring Manager DEI Toolkit to be posted to the DEI SharePoint site
  • Day-to-day support for Moog’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives
 
 

Additional Information

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To join follow this link to SHPE Connect, create an account, and pay the membership due.
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If anyone has any questions, comments or concerns you may let me know via email or in person!

Crystal Gamez
Secretary
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Rochester Institute of Technology
Email: ritshpe.secretary@gmail.com

 
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