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The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), was founded in 1975 Purdue University located in West Lafayette, Indiana by six undergraduates and a faculty advisor. It is one of the largest student-run organizations in the United States, with core activities centered on improving the recruitment and retention of Black and other minority engineers, in both academe and industry. NSBE is an organization that provides opportunities for personal and professional success, and remains unmatched by any other organization to date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nsbe.org/media/Files/Official%20Downloads/NSBEHistory61610.pdf )〕 NSBE has more than 30,000 members world-wide, with 2,000 elected leadership positions, 18 regional conferences, an annual international conference, and an annual national convention. Since its inception over forty years ago, NSBE has grown to include approximately 310 collegiate student chapters, 99 pre-college programs, and 88 professional chapters with their 6,000 technical members. A professional staff operates NSBE's World Headquarters in Virginia. In addition, NSBE has a number of corporate partners and affiliations that facilitate its mission and primary directives, which are essentially engineering excellence and community service. NSBE's Board of Corporate Affiliates (BCA) are businesses interested in diversity, and include companies like Boeing, General Motors, Dow, IBM, United Technologies, Dell, all branches of the American Military, DuPont, 3M, Toyota, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, and many other note-worthy industries. With its corporate partners, dedicated students and professionals, NSBE has accomplished more for Black engineering students and working engineers than any other organization in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nsbe.org/Aboutus.aspx )〕 ==History== When Anthony Harris was an undergraduate student studying engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, he became aware of the alarming attrition rate by minorities, as early as their sophomore year. Determined to fix the leaky pipeline of Black students from freshmen year through graduation and beyond, Harris approached the university's administration about establishing a minority mentoring/networking society in 1971. There was quite a bit of initial resistance, but finally a fledgling Black Society of Engineers (BSE) was founded in 1975 by John Logan, Edward Coleman, George Smith, Stanley Kirtley, Brian Harris, and Anthony Harris (nicknamed ''‘The Chicago Six’''), along with their designated faculty advisor, Arthur Bond. Anthony Harris proposed that the group change its name to the Society of Black Engineers (SBE) in 1976. In that first year, the organization had grown to 32 schools and 48 students from around the country, all of whom were in attendance at the first National Conference. There were six critical motions that were passed at this 1976 conference: * The National Symbol was chosen * A rough draft of the National Constitution was written * The organization was divided into six geographic regions * The first National Chairperson, John Carson, was officially elected * The organization was renamed the Society of Black Engineers (SBE) * Purdue became the first National Headquarters Also in 1976, SBE was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in Austin, Texas, and became recognized as a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code. In 1978, SBE gained national exposure by participating in the National Academy of Science conference on "Minorities in Engineering". In 1982, the second National Headquarters was established in Washington, D.C.; a building in Alexandria, Virginia was purchased in 1987 to house the rapidly growing organization. In 1997, SBE had become a significant presence in engineering whereby it was the first minority organization to serve as lead sponsor for National Engineers Week, a premier industry event. The theme then was "Engineers Make a World of Difference", and this distinction for SBE was one of its many milestones. The society changed its name to the National Society of Black Engineers in the year 2000.〔NSBE History|url=http://www.nsbe.org/media/Files/Official%20Downloads/NSBEHistory61610.pdf|publisher=National Society of Black Engineers〕 NSBE’s growth continues as the organization has grown to include dozens of international chapters. Today, nearly 20% of NSBE members reside outside the United States and Canada. A larger building in Alexandria was purchased in 2005, and is the current ''World'' Headquarters, as opposed to the former ''National'' Headquarters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Society of Black Engineers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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