APPENDIX FULL LISTING OF COMMENTS IN EACH RECURRING THEME
• I would recommend NSBE to a friend or colleague because NSBE has been a great resource and family for me during my first year in university. I’ve made very close friends in my chapter, but I’ve also had the ability to connect with other NSBE students in Region 5. Additionally, NSBE has provided great networking opportunities such as workshops and conferences. I think very highly of NSBE. • The networking opportunities and career development community is unmatched for African Americans and other people of color. • My NSBE chapter has provided me with supportive mentors, lifelong friends, and ways in which I was able to challenge and grow. I would recommend every Black engineer to join. • NSBE was the 1st organization I joined in undergrad. It opened a whole new world for me and made me proud to be a black engineer. I got to travel to conferences all over the country and interact with many different members and companies. • Information, collaboration, inclusion, connection. • As an executive member at my chapter at the University of Central Oklahoma, I have been able to witness firsthand the effects and benefits that being a member of this organization can provide, from peer support and job opportunities to financial assistance and new relationships. • I was able to find a home away from home in college and develop relationships that will last past my undergrad years. also there are a lot of opportunities that would’ve never been available to me if I wasn’t apart of this society.
• NSBE has been vital to my matriculation through 3 engineering degree programs, all at predominately white institutions. Organizations like NSBE have provided safe counterspaces for African American women like me who do not always feel welcome, valued, or important in our current engineering environments. • I am a lifetime member so my view of NSBE is already at Max. I selected 9 based on the unique needs or concerns of whomever I meet and the potential to match them with active initiatives or programming. • NSBE is truly like a family. The support from this organization, far and wide, can be felt individually. • The network and resources are invaluable • NSBE has been my support circle for the past 2.5 years and I want someone else to reap the same benefits and opportunities as I have from being rewarded scholarships for tuition assistance and getting involved with workshops at conferences to improve my leadership skills. • NSBE is a great way to help each other as a community. Being a member of NSBE has helped me to connect to a lot of opportunities which I couldn’t obtain before. • They have helped me in my career, as far as the conference and financially, through scholarships. They have introduced me to like minded individuals and i am forever grafeful • The focused, encouraging, and inspiring community is something everyone should get the chance to be a part of. • NSBE was extremely impactful on me at the collegiate level and I want others to recieve the same support I did.
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Stakeholder Pulse Checks 16
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