The Student Activities Committee (SAC) is appointed by the President-Elect. Student branch presidents may be members of the chapter Student Activities Committee.
A. Chair’s Responsibilities
i. Attend the virtual Centralized Training and/or SAC Workshop at the CRC
ii. For regions that have a spring CRC, the Chair for the next year is encouraged to attend the Student Activities Workshop and CRC
B. Committee’s Responsibilities
i. Act as liaison between the chapter and area educational institutions
ii. Develop and coordinate awards, scholarships and other student incentives
iii. Encourage the formation and continuing operation of student engineering organizations such as ASHRAE Student Branches iv. Recruit new student members
v. Provide information on present and future industry needs at both faculty and student levels, by means of counseling, programs, group discussion, etc.
vi. Promote credit courses in the fields of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating at universities, colleges, technical institutes and junior colleges
vii. Provide speakers to college and high school groups
viii. Provide individual counseling to promote HVAC&R fields of interest to college students
ix. Plan use of visual aid presentations for high schools and trade school groups; materials are available through the RVC for Student Activities
x. Cooperate with and seek advice from the RVC for Student Activities
xi. Enter Student Activities PAOE points throughout the year, as activities occur.
xii. Collaborate with the Membership Promotion Committee and Young Engineers in ASHRAE Committee to
contact and encourage graduating student members to continue their membership through the SmartStart
program. Contact graduating students toward the end of the school year, preferably two or three months prior to
the graduation dates.
