Student Activities
Zac Lanthier - Smith + Andersen
2023-2024 Student Activities Chair
Upcoming Events
Background from 20121019 Manual for Chapter Operations:
The Student Activities Committee is appointed by the president-elect in conformance with chapter bylaws and should be composed of a chair and at least three chapter members. It is recommended that the chair accept a term of at least two years so as to maintain continuity of the chapter educational activities. The chair of the committee is expected to attend the Student Activities Committee Workshop at the CRC. A minimum of three (3) hours should be allotted for all committee training workshops at CRCs (08-01-21-04). For those regions where the CRC is in the Spring, it is suggested that the Student Activities Chair for the next chapter year also attend the Student Activities Workshop and CRC. The committee should be responsible for performing the following functions as directed by the chapter:
- 1) Act as liaison between the chapter and area educational institutions.
- 2) Develop and coordinate awards, scholarships and other student incentives. (12-01-23-17)
- 3) Encourage the formation and continuing operation of student engineering organizations such as ASHRAE Student Branches and recruit new students.
- 4) Provide information on present and future industry manpower needs at both faculty and student levels, by means of counseling, programs, group discussion, etc.
- 5) Promote credit courses in the fields of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating at universities, colleges, technical institutes and junior colleges.
- 6) Provide speakers to college and high school groups. Provide individual counseling to promote HVAC&R fields of interest to college students.
- 7) Plan use of visual aid presentations for junior and senior high schools and trade school groups. Materials are available through your Regional Vice-Chair for Student Activities.
- 8) Cooperate with and seek advice from the Regional Vice-Chair for Student Activities (for chapters assigned to a region).
- 9) Provide to the Regional Vice-Chair (where applicable), in a timely fashion and according to the rules, completed statistical report forms for the Presidential Award of Excellence. Chapters that are not assigned to a region should submit their PAOE forms directly to Society Headquarters.
- 10) Chapter student branch presidents may be ex-officio members of chapter Student Activities Committee. (09-10-25-6B)
