1. Chapter Student Activities
CRC Workshop

2. Agenda Understanding the Purpose of ASHRAE Student Activities
Introductions
SA Committee Structure
SA Handbook
SA Objectives/Goals
Your Role as SA Chair:
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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Why Would a Student Want to Participate with a Student Branch?
Only $20 membership fee
Career and internship assistance at
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

9. What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
Winter Conference & Students:
Saturday orientation
Sunday student program
Student technical tour
Student/YEA mixer
Conference registration is discounted for students and student branch advisors.

10. What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
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.
Student Design Competition
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.

11. What is your Role as SA Chair?
Reaching College & Technical Schools
The ASHRAE Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program provides grants to engineering, technical and architectural schools worldwide.
Senior Undergraduate Project Grant
Up to $5,000 (USD) is available for projects
New applications are available in August and due in December annually.

12. 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?

13. Recruitment & Retention
What’s the membership application process for students?
New Student Member
Student Renewal
Student Transfer

14. 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

15. Your Action Plan 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 4
Award 2 scholarships
May

16. 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 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

17. 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.
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

18. Your Staff Contact @ Society Headquarters Can…
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.
Katie Thomson
Assistant Manager, Student Activities