Congratulations to John B. Wright Elementary for being selected to host Noche De Ciencias.  Noche De Ciencias will take place on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, from 5:30-8:00 pm.

Sponsor Opportunities:

We greatly appreciate the assistance of our sponsors in our program this year.  Your financial contributions will help to fund food, prizes, and science kits for the students.  For sponsorship opportunities, please contact nochedeciencias@shpe-soaz.org.  Once again, thank you for your contribution to this year’s program and for understanding and aiding our overall mission

Volunteer Opportunities:

Here are some topics you can help with during Noche De Ciencias:

- Overview of engineering

- Distinguishing between types of engineering

- College financial aid and admissions

- Showcasing engineering in everyday life

- Interactive engineering project

- Steps towards graduating successfully

To volunteer, please sign-up here.   Thanks in advance!

For parents and students (para padres y estudiantes):

English:

Please bring this flyer Noche De Ciencias for registration.  We look forward to meeting you!

Español:

Por favor, use este folleto para llevar a la Noche de Ciencias para el registro. Esperamos su visita!!

David Vera, Noche De Ciencias Co-Chair

Jesus Acevedo, Noche De Ciencias Co-Chair

Please join us at our “2011 Holiday Toy Drive Dinner” event at El Charro (Eastside on Broadway).  Please bring new and unwrapped toys for children ages 1 through 13 for donation to the U.S. Marine Toys for Tots program. RSVP here:

Noche De Ciencias was a fantastic event with attendance of over 100 students and professionals.  Here’s a recap of the event in pictures:

Congratulations to Van Buskirk Elementary for being selected as the host for Noche De Ciencias 2011.   Noche De Ciencias will occur on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Sponsor Opportunities:

We greatly appreciate the assistance of our sponsors in our program this year. Your financial contribution will help to fund food, prizes and science kits for the students.  For sponsorship opportunities please view our sponsorship packet.  Once again, thank you for your contribution in this years’ program.  Thank you for understanding and aiding in our overall mission.

Volunteer opportunities:

Here are some topics you can help with during Noche De Ciencias:

- Overview of engineering
- Distinguishing between types of engineering
- College Financial Aid and Admissions
- Showcase of engineering in everyday life
- Interactive engineering project
- Steps towards graduating successfully

To volunteer please contact nochedeciencias@shpe-soaz.org.  Thanks in advance!!

For parents and students (para padres y estudiantes):

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Southern Arizona Chapter, is looking for educators to submit applications to host a “Noche De Ciencias” program at their school.  Educators are responsible for planning the event date/time with their school, parents and students in October 2011.  SHPE Southern Arizona will provide the workshop, food and volunteers to execute the event.

Please submit this application to nochedeciencias@shpe-soaz.org by October 14, 2011.  If you have any questions please send those to the e-mail address above or call David Vera at 516-410-2474 or Jesus Acevedo at 520-891-2898.

Thank you and we look forward to meeting you,

David Vera, SHPE Southern Arizona President

Jesus Acevedo, Noche De Ciencias Chairperson

During the summer our volunteer opportunities to help kids slow down considerably, as schools are not in session.  However there are still some things that we do to help kids on the south side of Tucson.

Here are a few ways that you can help.  Remember – we need YOUR help at one or more of these activities to make them successful.  If you would like to have your work group “sponsor” one of the volunteer events at BGC and volunteer as a group, please let me know.  This can be a great team building activity.

1)  We will have two teen evenings at the Holmes Tuttle Boys & Girls Club, 2585 E. 36th St.  They will both be similar in format, with different topics – we don’t know how many teens to expect, but probably 15-20.  The format will be:
5:00 – 6:00 pm – interactive educational topic
6:00 – 6:30 pm – dinner
6:30 – 8:00 pm – activities & games in the gym
Tuesday 12 July – topic – career possibilities.  I hope to get a career survey for the teens to take, that will help them figure out what careers might fit well with their interests.  If anybody has a paper career survey to recommend (on-line won’t work), please let me know.  The adults will help the teens complete the survey, then will discuss the results with them.  If there’s time, the club computers can be used to research more about the careers – or the adult volunteers can discuss with the teens what type of education may be required for that career.

This isn’t as scary as it might sound – we did something similar to this about 4 summers ago, and it was very successful both for the teens and for the adults.  We hope to get a BGC staff member to help lead activities in the gym – so you can get in your exercise for the day or learn to dance, depending on what they pick.

2)  The 6th annual MISS Adventures camp will be held the week of 18-22 July, with a reception on Sunday 17 July from 3:00-5:00 pm.  The camp is for 30 middle school girls (no, I’m sorry but we can’t take your child – the girls are already selected) and will be held at the University of Arizona on Monday – Wednesday (7/18-7/20) and Friday (7/22), with a visit to Raytheon on Thursday 7/21.  Volunteers are needed from 8:30-12:30 or 12:30-4:30 Monday and Tuesday, from 8:30-11:30 and 1:00-4:30 on Wednesday, and from 12:30-5:30 or 5:30-8:00 on Friday.  On Thursday volunteers are needed from 8:30-12:00 (and are welcome to stay for lunch) in Bldg 801.  We also need one more volunteer from 1:00-5:00 to help escort the tour groups.  In addition we need a Spanish translator from 6:30-8:00 pm on Friday 7/22.

If you are interested in helping, I will send you the camp plan so you have an idea of the agenda and can pick which topics you’d like to help with.  All volunteers are welcome, but women volunteers are especially appreciated.

These are our summer activities that are currently planned.  We plan to start with our first Math Night at Sunnyside High School in late August, and the remainder of our volunteer activities will resume in early September.

Please EMail me at RJBadian@Raytheon.com if you’d like to help with any of these activities.

Thank you for making a difference in a child’s life!

Rosemary Badian