1. 11999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Student Chapter Publications Seminar 1999 AIChE National Conference Dallas, Texas Presented by North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina

2. 21999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Outline Objectives for chapter publications Types of chapter publications –Newsletters –Web site & Email Messages Q&A

3. 31999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Objectives for Chapter Publications Better Communication between students and students, students and faculty, companies and students Recruiting new members & fund raising Record chapter activities Get more members involved!

4. 41999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Chapter Organization & Types of Publications Recording Secretary (Email Messages) –Communications committee Newsletter subcommittee (Newsletter) –Newsletter editor, writers, photographers Webmaster (Web site)

5. 51999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Newsletter “The State of AIChE” –monthly publication, 4-6 pages (letter size) –hardcopy: 100 copies/issue distributed to all faculty and placed in student lounge –online in PDF or HTML formats www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/aiche_info/newsletter/SOA.html

6. 61999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Newsletter Features Chapter activity reviews and previews Event calendar Career corner Quotes and jokes, etc. President’s corner Faculty connections Graduate connections

7. 71999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Software Microsoft Publisher –Desktop publishing software “for the rest of us” easy to learn and use many useful templates thousands of clip arts –For Windows platform only, current version 2000 –Cost ~$100

8. 81999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Software (cont’d) Adobe Acrobat –Creates PDF (portable file format)files, which can be viewed with FREE Adobe Acrobat View software –Works like a “printer”, retains design, relatively low resolution at 300 dpi –For Windows & Macintosh platforms, current version 4.0 –Cost: ~$50

9. 91999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Hardware PC - Pentium 150 MHz with 32 Mb RAM Laser Printer - HP LaserJet 6L (DPI 600 x 600) –Laser Jet vs. Ink Jet (We recommend Laser) For latest hardware reviews, check out –www.cnet.com –www.zdnet.com/pcmag/

10. 101999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Officers, members, alumni and faculty University Career Placement office, Co-op office Web sites –www.che.com (by McGraw-Hill Companies) –www.cheresources.com –www.aiche.org –company web sites Article Resources

11. 111999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Web sites & email messages Email Messages –Set up your own alias or use some free online services clubs.yahoo.com www.egroups.com Web sites –Contents: from latest news to chapter history –Keep it up-to-date! –Have a counter on the homepage Check out www.thecounter.com

12. 121999 AIChE National Conference Student Chapter Publications Seminar NC STATE UNIVERSITY October 31, 1999 Questions? or Comments? An electronic version of this presentation can be found online at http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/aiche_info/newsletters/SOA.html Email future questions to: Scott Hudson: jshudson@eos.ncsu.edu Kai Wang: kwang2@eos.ncsu.edu