by Web Admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Event, News & Updates
SER Annual Conference
May 15-16, 2018
Crowne Plaza-Dallas
14315 Midway Road
Addison, TX 75001
Community Day
May 17, 2018
Mountain View College
4849 W. Illinois Ave.
Dallas, TX 75211
Middle & High School Robotics Competition
Middle & High School Drone Competition
SER Mujer (Entrepreneurship Training)
The 2018 SER National Annual Conference
registration form is now available! Click here to register.
To register for Community Day, click here.
Community Day will take place on May 17 from 9am – 5pm at Mountain View College.
Mountain View College: 4849 W. Illinois Ave, Dallas, TX 75211 (Please use the parking lot by the E Building)
High school students, college students and local community are invited to attend.
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Interested in being a sponsor for this year’s conference?
Click here to register as a 2018 sponsor.
Click here to access our 2018 sponsorship brochure.
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Keynote Speaker
The keynote speaker of the annual conference will be José M. Hernández, an American engineer and former NASA astronaut.
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José M. Hernández is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. Hernández was assigned to the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-128. He also served as Chief of the Materials and Processes Branch of the Johnson Space Center.
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alicia Abella, VP of Advanced Technology Realization at AT&T Services, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at luncheon on Tuesday.
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Dr. Alicia Abella is Vice President of Advanced Technology Realization at AT&T Services, Inc. where she drives the overall execution of the end-to-end planning, architecture, design, development and deployment of advanced network technologies across AT&T, including Domain 2.0 AT&T Integrated Cloud, ECOMP, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Define Networking (SDN), 5G, and Edge Computing. Prior to her current role, Dr. Abella spent over twenty years conducting research and leading multiple highly technical staff members.
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Keynote Speaker
Fernando Rosario will be speaking on Community Day.
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[/one_sixth][five_sixth_last padding=”0 10px 0 10px”]Mr. Fernando Rosario is the president and founder of Exeqpath, a leadership development company. Additionally, he is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Raisal, a commercial lending company, and a former executive within Accenture’s Human Resources Talent Acquisition organization, managing the overall diversity recruiting efforts in North America.[/five_sixth_last]
Community Day Speaker
Lieutenant Colonel James E. Zoizack, Dallas Army Recruiting Battalion Commander, will be the opening speaker at Community Day.
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LTC James Zoizack is a native of Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1990 and was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer through the Army Officer Candidate School in 1999 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, the Field Artillery Captains’ Career course and the Field Artillery Officer Basic course. He holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Management and Leadership from Webster University.
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Click here to see pictures from the 2017 Conference.
by Web Admin | Nov 1, 2017 | News & Updates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2017
Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org
In advance of Latinas Equal Pay Day, a new estimate shows slow progress on closing the wage gap, especially for women of color
Washington, DC—If trends over the last 30 years continue, Hispanic women will not see equal pay with White men until 2233—216 years from now—according to a new projection released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) in advance of Latinas’ Equal Pay Day on November 2—the day symbolizing how far into the year that Latinas must work to earn what White men earned in the previous year.
In 2016, Hispanic women earned 54 cents for every dollar earned by a White man. An IWPR analysis based on new data released in September by the U.S. Census Bureau found that, at the median, Hispanic women who work full-time for an entire year still receive pay (at $31,522) low enough to qualify a family of four for food stamps.
“If left unchecked, pay inequality could harm several generations worth of families and cripple future growth of the United States economy,” said economist and IWPR President Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.
Women’s Median Earnings as a Percent of Men’s, 1985-2016 (Full-time, Year-Round Workers) with Projections for Pay Equity, by Race/Ethnicity
IWPR has previously found that women overall will not see equal pay until 2059, but the pace of change varies significantly by race and ethnicity. The exceptionally slow pace of progress for Hispanic women, for instance, is nearly two centuries behind when White women should expect to see equal pay with White men (2056). Black women are not projected see equal pay until 2124, 107 years from now.
Census Bureau data show that, although women saw the first statistically significant narrowing of the wage gap since 2007, Hispanic women’s earnings remained virtually unchanged from the previous year. White and Asian women saw their earnings increase (by 5 and 3 percent, respectively), while Black women’s earnings declined by 1.3 percent.
IWPR’s researchers recommend a number of policy interventions to address the low wages of Hispanic women, including raising the minimum wage, fully enforcing non-discrimination laws, preventing wage theft, and improving Hispanic women’s access to good jobs, higher education, paid leave, and affordable child care.
“216 years ago, the United States was a new country inaugurating its third president. In the two centuries since, our country welcomed millions of immigrants and summoned its deep supply of innovation and imagination to tackle big, world-defining issues. Do not tell me we can’t figure out how to pay women the same as men,” Dr. Hartmann said.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that conducts and communicates research to inspire public dialogue, shape policy, and improve the lives and opportunities of women of diverse backgrounds, circumstances, and experiences.
by Web Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | News & Updates
Fed’s Harker Says Job Training Needed to Boost U.S. Economy (Reuters)
October 5, 2017
Business, governments and other organizations should stop looking at job skills training as social welfare and see it instead as a path to better jobs, higher paying wages, and faster growth, a Federal Reserve Policymaker said on Thursday.
The remarks were made at a conference on workforce development in Philadelphia. “The U.S. economy succeeds when we back programs that move people out of poverty and into stable, sustainable employment.”
Read the full article here
Latino Dropout Rate Plummets as College Enrollment Hits Record High (NBC)
October 4, 2017
In five years, the Hispanic dropout rate fell 6 percentage points — to 10 percent in 2016, from 16 percent in 2011 — among Latino students aged 18 to 24.
The drop is significant considering that Latino students make up a growing share of the nation’s students. Hispanic enrollment in kindergarten through college increased by 80 percent from 1999 to 2016, from 9.9 million to 17.9 million.
The report notes that Latinos still lag when it comes to educational attainment, particularly college completion.
Read the full article here
Trump’s Apprentice Plan Seems to Need a Mentor (New York Times)
September 28, 2017
President Trump has called for increasing the number of apprentices nationwide to 5 million from roughly 500,000 today. To do this, he wants to direct $100 million of federal job training money to the program. He also wants to relax federal standards for “registered” apprenticeships, which require a mentor, salaries that increase with experience, and minimum hours of formal instruction in both the classroom and workplace.
But research and recent experience suggest this approach could backfire. Over the last decade, Britain tried to increase the number of apprentices through a mix of public subsidies and changes that watered down the definition of apprenticeship. The result? Subway took out ads to hire “apprentice sandwich artists” who would be paid the minimum wage.
Read the full article here
by Web Admin | Oct 16, 2017 | News & Updates
From the U.S. Department of Labor Blog:
“Each year, the United States recognizes Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 as Hispanic Heritage Month. In recognition of Hispanic women’s significant contributions to the labor force, here are six statistics demonstrating their growing influence as drivers of economic productivity and entrepreneurs.”
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by Web Admin | Oct 9, 2017 | News & Updates
SER Sunset competed this weekend at the NTX Tournament of Robots FIRST Robotics Competition – Off-season Event. The teams listed below formed the Red Alliance and they took the Championship at this weekend event. Twenty-five teams from across Texas and Oklahoma were represented. For more information you can visit www.ntxrobotics.com.
Red Alliance
6751 – RoboFlash, Dallas – Sunset HS
3005 – Robochargers, Dallas
3310 – Black hawks Robotics, Rockwall
Ms. Tatum (Sunset Coach), received the Mentor Award.
Team 3005 mentored Sunset last year and will continue to mentor us in 2017-18. They definitely deserve a lot of credit for us being part of the Red Alliance this weekend. Next is Regionals and our goals is making to Nationals! The same goes for all of our teams.
Thank you to our Sponsors – FedEx and GM we could not do it without you.
by Web Admin | Oct 9, 2017 | News & Updates
How exciting… SER EHS attended the Families Unite for Head Start Rally and Hill Day in DC. The Pennsylvania Head Start Association organized a bus trip for families and staff across the State to travel to the U.S. Capital. They joined people from across the country to make their voices heard by participating in an Early/Head Start spirit rally on Capitol Hill which featured Head Start Ambassadors, Members of Congress, and other special guests. Following the rally, participants walked to the US House of Representatives and the US Senate to meet with Members of Congress.
They shared important information including personal stories of how Early/Head Start benefits families and children, and additional funding needs – with Congressman Beto O’Rourke
We thank them for taking time to advocate for this important cause – early childhood education!
