This membership demographic cannot hold a National or Regional office, senator role, or have voting power.
What is an affiliate member?
100
The Bylaws may be updated by what vote of the NEB?
What are 2/3 (66%)?
100
This set of metrics was developed under Chairwoman Wood to quantify the opportunity areas of the engineering pipeline.
What is the Great 8?
100
True or False: In July 2013, the board voted on "Potential to Phase Out Parties" from Annual convention.
What is True? This task force was led by Avery Williams (2012-2013) Region 2 Chair under Chairwoman Wood to mitigate the drinking problem at Annual Convention. Gospel concerts, date auctions, and talent shows were instituted as a result.
100
As of April 2016, NSBE Jr comprises of what age group of students (grade levels)?
What is 3rd-12th?
200
How many membership categories are there?
What are 7? (Member, Affiliate member, NSBE Jr. member, Professional member, Professional Affiliate member, Lifetime member, and Honorary member)
200
Any board member or advisory board member may be impeached with a majority vote from the senate, 2/3 NEB vote with National Chair recommendation, and this percentage without the National Chair's recommendation
What is 75% (3/4)
200
Please fill in the blank that completes the NSBE 2025 vision.
We envision a world in which ____________ word in homes and communities of color and all Black students can envision themselves as engineers. In this world, Blacks exceed parity in entering engineering fields, earning degrees and succeeding professionally.
What is "engineering is a mainstream" ?
200
True or False: In 2013, the AEx Chair initiated the move from transcript submission to GPA Verification?
What is False? It was in 2014, under Sarah Brown. She advocated for changing the terminology from transcript submission to GPA verification because transcripts cost to send which deters many students from submitting one. However, the GPA can be verified for free by the chapter advisor or registrar.
200
What membership demographic does a graduate student fall into?
What is Member or Professional Member?
300
Annual membership fees are reviewed each year by the NEB, but must be approved by what percentage of the senate at annual convention to change?
What is 2/3 (66%)?
300
Quorum for business transactions of the NEB require 10 voting members, including no less than 2 NEO, 2 National standing committee chairs, and no less than what number of Regional Chairs?
What is 3?
300
According to the NSBE 2025 strategic plan collegiate goal, this is the average value for academic scholarships given to collegiate students.
What is $5,000?
300
True or False: The 2014-2015 board amended the National Bylaws to include National TORCH Chair as an appointed office on the NEB and TORCH Committee as a national adhoc committee?
What is True?
300
Ratification of any amendments to the constitution must have this percentage of affirmative votes by the senators present at Annual Convention.
What is 3/4 (75%)?
400
In what year was the current mission written?
What is 1994? Under Former National Chairman Kevin Harris.
400
The Operating Budget must be approved and can be modified by this percentage of the NEB
What is 2/3 (66%)?
400
The number of new departments within World Headquarters established in FY 14-15 and FY 15-16 to achieve the goals of NSBE 2025.
What is 4?
400
True or False: Annual Convention 2019 will be in Houston, TX?
What is False?
2017: Kansas City
2018: Pittsburgh
2019: Detroit
2020: Bringing it back to [T]he [H]ottest [R]egion [E]va [E]va
400
True or False: The 2015-2016 NEB voted to hold the first Super RLC in 2017.
What is True? This was a compromise to the 2015 proposal of a super FRC. On average, each region's RLC does not bring in revenue. However, a centralized leadership training event has the potential to provide consistent development and BCA monetary support.
500
What fraction of an affirmative vote is required to propose constitutional amendments for each of the following groups-
1. NEB:
2. Voting Members or Chapters through national referendum:
3. Senators at Regional Meeting:
What are
2/3?
1/3?
2/3?
500
True or False: The APC provides recommendations to the board for the hiring and terminating of WHQ staff?
What is False? The Administrative and Personnel Committee recommends salaries, raises, and compensations to the NEB for the staff via budget approval. However, hiring and termination is decided within the APC in accordance with the Society Budget and National Bylaws.
500
The number of African American engineering graduates with Bachelors degrees in 2014 that NSBE plans to triple by 2025.
What is 3,620?
500
True or False: The 2014-2015 NEB reduced the size of the National Convention Planning Committee.
What is True AND False? On 3/15/2015 the decision was made to reduce the size of the CPC as a way to minimize costs and optimize the performance of the committee. However, the new guidelines were deemed unconstitutional and made null and void during the 2015-2016 term. Thus, the CPC reverted back to the 2010 Operating Guidelines.
500
True or False: The 2014-2015 board approved the restructuring of the NEB.
What is True? The motion passed during the NEB meeting at the 2015 Annual Convention.