National Hispanic Business Association

By: Edgard Gonzalez
San Jose State University

This year has been a true exiting experience for me. I have met many great and inspiring fellow students. I didn't expect so many people to have the same belief in the NHBA vision as I do. There are many Latino students who want to make a change and strive for a better and successful future. I see that all the chapters work together and become one community. I admire how schools work together for one common goal. The goal is network and to excel in the world together.

By: Ernesto Manrique
University of Houston

We hope all is well with all our fellow members and chapters around the country. We have accomplished many things this semester here in the southern region. After having a very successful Southern Regional Symposium, thanks to our St. Thomas Chapter in Houston, many chapters were able to network and build relationships with a variety of companies, alumni and a variety of chapters! Also, from a chapter standpoint we were able to learn about different accomplishments from our surrounding chapters and how they have become so successful by offering us information that could help us grow our own chapters.

By: Abraham Alvarez
Harvard University

The Eastern region is running well and has a lot of potential for establishing itself as an NHBA stronghold. The Eastern region is still a relatively new region and as such, one of the main challenges currently facing the region is establishing a solid foundation for each chapter in their respective schools. My belief is that this can be accomplished through increasing communication. Communication is key. By increasing communication between Nationals and chapter presidents, Nationals can offer guidance, advice, tips and materials to help presidents establish a strong foundation for their chapters. As such, I contacted each chapter directly in order to assess their situation and offered to coordinate conference calls with Nationals if need be.

By: Marisol Martinez
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

As the Executive VP of External Relations, I have been working towards expanding the Northern Region into other schools unaware of NHBA and its benefits. The ways I have been trying to expand are by making contacts with students at schools like the University of Illinois at Chicago and Aurora University, which maintain a high Hispanic attendance rate. Another way I have been trying to expand the Northern Region is that I created a Northern Region group on Facebook where current members as well as I, can invite others to learn about NHBA and the Northern Region. The group contains a brief history and overview of NHBA. With access to the group, anyone could find out about upcoming events like the Annual Conference in Las Vegas as well as specific information pertaining to the Northern Region.

Three Members of the University of Texas Pan American HBSA were inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.  Congratulations to: David Quevedo, Sergio Rojas and Cindy Alanis.

HBSA won Organization of the Year for 20078-2008 by our unbrella organization Hispanic Presidents Council at Texas A & M University.

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The Hispanic Business Student Association at California State University, Fresno has been recognized as the National Chapter of the Year.

The award was presented at the National Hispanic Business Association’s annual Leadership Conference in Chicago on Nov. 3. The award acknowledges the chapter’s "exemplary student leadership and local commitment to the Fresno community, education and the professionalism of its members."

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The Executive Board of the Hispanic Business Student Association at CSU Freso have worked hard all summer to prepare and get ready for a busy, but challenging exciting new year. Check out the attached newsletter to see what else CSU Freso accomplished over the summer.