Chapter Student Activities Workshop

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Chapter Student Activities Workshop
Where will you go from here?
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Introductions

• Name
• Chapter, Location
• Occupation
• New or Returning SA Chair?
• Why are you involved in Student Activities?
• Please be sure to sign the attendance sheet and
  list your correct contact information

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Overview of Student Activities
• Regional Vice Chair Responsibilities
• ASHRAE Headquarters Support
• Chapter Student Activities Committee
• A Word About Presidential Award of Excellence
  (PAOE)
• The ASHRAE Website
• Packet Review
• Open Discussion/Forum

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ASHRAE Mission Statement

• ASHRAE will advance the arts and sciences of
  HVACR to serve humanity and promote a
  sustainable world.

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Workshop Objectives

• Purpose of ASHRAE Student Activities
• Goals of ASHRAE Student Activities
• Your role as a Chapter Chair
• Resources available to you

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ASHRAE Acronyms(We have almost as many as the
government)

• CRC Chapters Regional Conference
• SA Student Activities
• RVC Regional Vice Chair
• MBO Management by Objective
• PAOE Presidential Award of Excellence
• DRC Director and Regional Chair
• E-Week National Engineers Week
• YEA Young Engineers in ASHRAE

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What Does SA Do?
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RVC Responsibilities

• Member of Student Activities Committee
• SUPPORT CHAPTER CHAIRS

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Your Staff Contact _at_ Society Headquarters Can

• Answer questions
• Provide information on Student Branches in your
  chapters area
• Give you a list of student members in your
  chapter
• Assist you with creating program ideas for
  classroom presentations, college visits, etc.
• Provide resources such as Student Membership
  Applications, Brochures, Posters, Cool Science
  Kits, Videos, Web Content, etc.

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Tarra Holman Assistant Manager of Student
Activities Email Address tholman_at_ashrae.org Phone
[phone]
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Chapter Student Activities

• Promote K-12 Activities
• Student Branch Support Growth
• Promote YEA Participation in Chapter
• Promote Placement of Summer Interns (especially
  student members)
• Chapter Scholarship Program
• PAOE Reporting

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Chapter Committee Organization

• A Committee of 1 is not a Committee
• Recruit help and give everyone a job
• Potential Subcommittees
• K-12
• Student Branches Chapter Scholarships
• YEA Participation
• Summer Intern Placement

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K-12Recruit your members for classroom visits,
science fairs, Engineers Week activities,
etc.Get organized and enlist the help of your
chapter members
RVC Region IV, Chuck Curlin after a science
experiment with a kindergarten class.
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Student Branch Support Growth

• Meet with your student branch advisor and
  officers
• Recruit chapter members to give student branch
  and/or classroom presentations
• Arrange tours of local HVAC factories and/or
  projects
• Organize student nights at your chapter
• meetings
• Offer ASHRAE support materials (Tarra will
• send posters, videos, etc.)
• Inform advisor on Design Competition
• and Undergraduate Grants
• Promote chapter scholarship program

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YEA

• Ask Tarra for list of chapter YEA members
• Recruit YEA members for your committee
• Promote YEA participation in your chapter
• Recruit YEA members for Student Branch programs

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Intern Placements

• Work with local firms to place interns,
  especially student members
• Direct student members to Careers and Internships
  on the Student Zone of the ASHRAE website

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Presidential Award of Excellence
What in the world is PAOE????
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2007-2008 Student Activities PAOE
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Presidential Award of Excellence
Do not focus solely on maximizing PAOE points Set
your goals, work on achieving them, then record
the points PAOE is not the end all remember our
mission
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Your Goals (MBOs)E-mail your goals to your RVC
by October 1stE-mail your final report on what
you accomplished by June 30th
SAMPLE
No. Action Item When? Who? Status
1 Hold 2 Student Nights Sept./ March
2 Make contact with local math and science school coordinators to set up visits Sept.
3 Make presentation to student branch on Student Design Competition Sept.
4 Award 2 scholarships May
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The ASHRAE Website is Your Friendhttp//www.ashra
e.org/studentzone
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Packet ReviewOpen DiscussionPlease share your
successes and challenges
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