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NSBE-IIT visits Indianapolis
for national conference

ENPro303:Wishmap
fundraising@ lleor
Chicago Lighthouse

Joannas Joseph
TECH N EWS WRITER

An almost nostalgic feeling revere
berates through many of us who remember
our first NSBE (National Society of Black En,
gineers) conference in Indianapolis, FRC (Fall
Regional Conference) in 2010 Who knew that
for many of our graduating seniors, returning
to Indianapolis would also mark the ends of
the undergraduate NSBE conference experi7
ence?

It is no secret that throughout this
academic year, the organization faced some fi
nancial tribulations However, through the ef
forts of the executive board and the dedicated
members, approximately 30 students were able
to travel to Indianapolis for the 39th annual
Convention from March 27 to March 311

The Convention featured speakers
such as Mike Muse, cofounder of Muse Ree
cordings; NSBE Executive Director Carl Mack;
Randall Pinkett, Season 4 Apprentice winner;
Ryan Mack, Author, Entrepreneur and Come
munity Activist; Nicole Lyons, CEO of Cole
Muscle Cars and featured performances by
Luke James and Melanie Fional

Although the conference featured

 

a rigorous schedule of workshops, a career
fair, national executive elections and debates,
hospitality suites and general sessions, the
group did find some time for relaxation The
IIT Alumni Relations ofiice in collaboration
with Ms Lisa Montgomery, Director of the
Student Center of Diversity and Inclusion at
IIT, hosted an alumni reception at the Mc7
Cormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
where the Chapter’s President paid 6 notable
alumni tribute via presentationl During the ref
ception, students were faced with the question,
“Should education be a free commodity to all?"
Input particularly from Lucius Doxerie (’13),
Courtney Regis (’13) Carnot Joseph (’13) and
Karlene Gibbs (’14) helped to reach a general
consensus where we should first teach social
responsibility to the future generation and to
have a greater appreciation for our history

On Saturday, March 30, the achieve,
ments of the NSBEEIIT Chapter were high,
lighted During the Region IV (consisting of
Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and
Ohio) meeting, the NSBEEIIT was awarded
as the chapter with the Most Submitted Tran,
scripts and the one with the Highest GPA for
the 201272013 academic yearl

This depicts the scholastic dedicae

tion of our members by delivering in both
quantity and quality whilst emerging ahead of
69 other institutions

The Boeing Flight Competition
also featured the Illinois Tech Team, Aerotech
(Roselle Grant & Avery Brown) who were very
competitive Although unsuccessful in the
flight competition, the team did get the op,
portunity to meet IIT alum Anthony Metoyer;
Director of Operations and Strategic Develop,
ment at The Boeing Company and received the
winning strategy for next yearl

The convention concluded with the
Golden Torch Awards where two members;
Joannas Joseph and Krystal McDoom were
named BCA (Board of Corporate Afiiliates)
Scholars for the past academic yearl Thirty
there (33) members were also named into
the Academic Pyramid of Excellence (APEx),
which was another crowning achievement
for the chapter For many college students, a
convention of this caliber may be perceived as
either a networking opportunity or a glorified
vacationl

No matter the outlook, all the meme
bers of the NSBEEIIT chapter who attended
attest that it was indeed worthwhile for their
professional growth

 

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Photos courtesy ofNational Socieg/ ofBlack Engineers-[IT

Liam Barrett
STAFF WRITER

The WishMap team from ENE
PRO303 has been running a fundraising
event over the past two weeks, in col,
laboration with IIT Dining Services, in
order to help raise money for The Chicago
Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or
Visually Impaired Students have been
voting on three new specialty burritos by
submitting monetary contributions and
the choice with the highest monetary vale
ue at the end of next week will be permae
nently added to the Center Court menul

WishMap tables will continue to
be set up during the lunch hour at Center
Court for this event until April 12, where
you can stop by, vote and donate All the
money raised will go directly to The Chi,
cago Lighthouse to help fulfill their wish
of keeping their beloved radio show on airl

However, with The Chicago
Lighthouse needing $5,000 in order to fuL
fill this wish, WishMap has now organized
another innovative fundraiser where
members of the WishMap team have vole
unteered to be blindfolded for the day
The WishMap participants will be seeking
sponsorship for every hour that they man,
age to stay blindfolded and hopefully this
will help them in their quest to raise even
more funds for The Chicago Lighthousel
This event will take place within the court,
yard ofMTCC and will start from 9 am
on April 121 Once again we encourage you
to support this event, which gives you a
unique opportunity to help make a real
difference within the local community

If you are interested in mak
ing a pledge, you can either do so on the
day, in MTCC, or online at WishMaplnetl
Once you have found the relevant wish,
click “Contribute" and then pledge your
desired amount, you will not be charged
at the time of making the pledge You can
pledge as much as you’d like to as many
of the WishMap participants as you’d like,
and you will receive an email notification
to process your payment when the fund,
raising effort endsl

WHAT: Blindfolded fundraise
ing event hosted by ENPRO303: Wish,
Map

WHEN: April 12, starting at 9
am

WHERE: MTCC and online at
WishMaplnet

WHO: WishMap fundraisers
, Liam Barrett, Iva.n Carmona, Amy Care
rera, Rosana Elkhatib, Saeed Patel, Erick
Perez, Grant Pierce, Alejandro Sanchez
and Bingjie Wu

WHY: Fulfill The Chicago
Lighthouse’s wish of keeping their radio
show on air

HOW: Vote or donate in the
MTCC on April 12th or log on to www
WishMaplnet