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Chapter
Student Activities
CRC Workshop
Agenda
Understanding the Purpose of ASHRAE Student Activities
– Introductions
– SA Committee Structure
• SA Handbook
– SA Objectives/Goals
– Your Role as SA Chair:
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Students: K-12
Students: Post-High School
Winter Meeting & Students
Student recruitment and retention
Running Chapter Reports
– Action Planning creating and using an MBO
– Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE)
– Available Resources
What Are The Objectives of SA
• Encourage the study of HVAC&R
• Promote careers in the HVAC&R industry
• Introduce ASHRAE student membership
• Support existing ASHRAE student branches and encourage the
development of new ASHRAE student branches
• Promote grant and design competition programs
• Promote math and science to K-12 students and describe how the study of
math & science can lead to an exciting career in engineering
Video: ASHRAE: Shaping Tomorrow’s Built Environment
Today
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching Students Grades K-5
• Donate your time! Utilize the K-12
resources on the ASHRAE Student
Zone for local school visits.
• Experiments
• Use request form for posters,
brochures, giveaways and videos
• Presentation aides
• K-12 Discussion Forum
www.ashrae.org/ashraek12
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching Students Grades 6-8
• Visit guidance counselors, science/math
teachers and gifted coordinators
• Tell them about your job
• Show ASHRAE videos
• Sponsor tours and awards
• Participate in a science fair or activity
with the Girl Scouts
• Host a National Engineers Week activity
(2nd week in February)
• Utilize activities, resources and
discussion forum
• Request Brochures
www.ashrae.org/ashraek12
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching Students Grades 9-12
• Visit classes, counselors, science/math
teachers & gifted coordinators
• Organize visits of local colleges
• Organize local technical tours
• Tell them about your job
• Serve on career panels or in career fairs
• Recommend high school classes to take
• Recommend colleges, Universities, trade
and vocational schools
• Host a National Engineers Week activity
(2nd week in February)
• Request Brochures
www.ashrae.org/ashraek12
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Introduce a Girl to Engineering
ASHRAE has a promotional video aimed at middle school-aged girls
introducing them engineering
•Filmed at Georgia Aquarium
•Demonstrates how HVAC&R engineering is important to the well
being of the marine life within the facility, as well as visitors
•Video is featured on ASHRAE K-12 website
Play Video
www.ashrae.org/ashraek12
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Why Would a Student Want to Participate with a Student Branch?
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Only $20 membership fee
Career and internship assistance at www.ashraejobs.com
Networking with industry professionals through chapter involvement
Leadership development
Discounts on ASHRAE publications
Opportunity to participate in the Student Design Competition
Participate in the Senior Undergraduate Project Grant
Graduate Students: Grant-in-Aid Program
Various scholarship opportunities (Society and Chapter level)
Student Zone
Join the ASHRAE Student Connection on Facebook
Participate in New Faces of Engineering, College Edition, NFECE
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Winter Conference & Students:
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Saturday orientation
Sunday student program
Student technical tour
Student/YEA mixer
Conference registration is discounted for students and student branch
advisors.
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Student Design Competition
• ASHRAE sponsors this annual design project competition to encourage
students to become involved in the dynamic profession of Heating
Ventilating and Air Conditioning, to apply their knowledge to practical
design use, and to promote teamwork.
Teams can complete in one or more of the following categories:
• HVAC System Selection
• HVAC Design Calculations
• Integrated Sustainable Building Design
1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes are awarded at the winter conference student
program.
What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Senior Undergraduate Project Grant
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The ASHRAE Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program provides grants to
engineering, technical and architectural schools worldwide.
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Up to $5,000 (USD) is available for projects
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New applications are available in August and due in December
annually.
Running Chapter Reports
Student Activities Chapter Chairs (along with Membership
Promotion Chairs and Chapter Presidents) have access to
reports to run student data.
Why is this information important to me?
– Know what students are in your chapter
– Find out what students are approaching expiration (promote
renewing)
– To find out what students are graduating (promote Smart-Start
Transfer Program)
– Keep student contact info update
– How Do I Run Reports?
Recruitment & Retention
What’s the membership application process for students?
•New Student Member
•Student Renewal
•Student Transfer
Action Planning: MBO’s
• Goal
– What you want to be, do or attain?
• Action Item
– What specifically will you do to accomplish this?
• Who/When
– Plan for the persons who can help you, and establish a time frame for
getting the task/s completed
• Status
– Measurement of progress of attaining the goal/s
Your Action Plan
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Action Item
When?
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Hold 2 Student Nights
Sept./
March
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Make contact with local math
and science school coordinators
to set up visits
Sept.
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Make presentation to student
branch on Student Design
Competition
Sept.
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Award 2 scholarships
May
Who?
Status
PAOE
What is PAOE exactly?
The PAOE sets goals for the Society in the key areas of membership, meeting
attendance, education, research promotion and energy management
(technical support to public agencies). Meeting these objectives is essential if
ASHRAE is to fulfill its commitment to serve society and its members.
• Goals established annually by the incoming Society President
• Reporting is done online at www.ashrae.org in the ‘Secure Chapter
Volunteer Activity’ section
• A collection of tasks with associated point values.
• A means of recognition for the work you have done
• A quality improvement tool - a way to measure your progress
• Minimum score is 300 points for a chapter to achieve PAOE
• PAR is 500 points to achieve STAR Award, Honor Roll, or Premiere
Available Web Resources
• Student Membership & Meetings
• Student Branches: Information on maintaining an active branch and
establishing a new student branch
• Career Resources: Links to our online virtual career program, career related
resources in HVAC&R. Employers can post student internships for free.
www.ashraejobs.com
• Scholarships, Grants & Design Project: Specific information on each of these
programs including applications, deadlines and more!
• K-12 & College Resources: Links to our K-12 resources program and handouts.
• Chapter Mentorship Program: help students locate mentors within chapter
• Student Activities News & Awards
www.ashrae.org/students
Your Staff Contact @ Society Headquarters Can…
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Answer questions the local chapter or RVC may not be able to address
Serve as the last word on deadlines
Provide information regarding the Student Branches in your chapter’s 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, Web Content, etc.
Justin Ledford
Assistant Manager, Student Activities
678-539-1212
[email protected]