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News Release Nov. 16, 2006
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| BSU SHPE students: Mayra Landeros, Arturo Garcia, Rafael Flora and Gerardo Belmont Click to enlarge image |
The Boise State team competed in Chicago, Ill., against students from
universities in Region III, an area that encompasses 11 states in the West and
Midwest. The Academic Olympiad covers a broad range of engineering and related
material and includes both written and oral questions.
Team members include Arturo Garcia, a senior majoring in electrical engineering
from Emmett; Rafael Flores, a freshman majoring in civil engineering from
Caldwell; Gerardo J. Belmont, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering
from Caldwell; and team alternate Mayra Landeros, a sophomore majoring in
criminal justice from Boise.
Garcia, who was also part of last year’s winning team, said he was nervous about
this year’s competition in part because he was the only upperclassman. “Everyone
did great,” Garcia said. “Now we’re getting prepared for the national
competition.”
In January 2006, Boise State’s SHPE chapter placed second behind Cornell
University in the national Academic Olympiad held in Orlando, Fla. Boise State
beat out teams from the University of California-Berkeley, Cal Poly Pomona, the
University of Florida and a number of others to gain the second-place national
slot.
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at Boise State promotes the
development of minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and
mathematics to achieve educational excellence, economic opportunity and social
equality. The chapter has received many honors, including the 2005 SHPE National
Small Outstanding Chapter of the Year, the 2005 SHPE Regional Outstanding
Chapter of the year, and the 2004 Boise State outstanding student organization.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Boise State students Mayra Landeros, left, Arturo Garcia, Rafael
Flora and Gerardo Belmont study engineering materials in preparation for the
national Academic Olympiad competition of the Society of Hispanic Engineers to
be held in January in Denver, Col. The BSU team competed against teams from
universities in an 11-state region to win the SHPE regional Academic Olympiad
held recently in Chicago, Ill.
Contact: Jose Arturo Garcia, Society of Hispanic Engineers president,
(208) 284-8149,
jose10_16@yahoo.com@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208) 426-1790,
jbrown2@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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