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High School Student Chapters
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ASM High School Chapters
- Don Bosco Institute of Technology
- Olympic High School
- Avondale Middle School
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Benefits
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- Networking
Get involved in your student chapter to meet other engineering students and professionals. It's a great way to make new friends and start forming a network of contacts that can help you throughout your career.
- Financial Support
Every year, active student chapters get a check from ASM in the form of a 25 percent rebate on all dues paid by the chapter's active members. This rebate enables chapters to get involved in more activities and develop stronger technical programs.
- Leadership Development
As you work through the various levels of chapter management, you gain valuable leadership skills that will help you throughout your career, as a team member, as a professional manager and as a leader of ASM.
- ASM Updates
Being involved in a student chapter means staying up to date on society activities, including scholarships, conferences, workshops, publications and contests.
- Awards and Recognition
Chapters can achieve special recognition through two annual programs: Chapters of Excellence Awards and the Membership Challenge.
- Perks for Faculty Advisors
Faculty Advisors receive the ASM Chapter Network newsletter and a free year of membership in ASM (if the chapter submits its annual report before the deadline).
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Activities
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When you’re active in a ASM or Material Advantage student chapter, you gain access to activities that can help you launch a successful career, whether you’re pursuing metallurgy, materials science and engineering, or a related engineering or scientific field. Here are a few examples:
Technical Meetings
Hear a technical presentation by a leading local or national expert. After the presentation, stick around to meet and talk to the presenter and other ASM members.
Plant Tours
See firsthand how companies put technology to work during guided tours of their facilities. Plant tours enable you to learn more about a particular material or process from the people who work with it every day.
Special Events
Meet and network with other members of your chapter (as well as other societies) at special events. Popular chapter events are Awards Night, which recognizes individual accomplishments; Guest Night, a social meeting to recruit new members and meet new contacts; and Career Night, held for high school students to introduce them to careers in the materials industry.
Joint Meetings
By communicating frequently with your local ASM chapter, technical meetings and educational seminars can be jointly sponsored by both chapters. This is an ideal opportunity for you to meet and network with materials professionals who can help you find your way in the local job market.
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Leadership Roles
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You learn leadership by being a leader. That’s one of the major benefits of serving as an student chapter officer - having the opportunity to learn and sharpen your skills to become a better team member, a better manager, a better leader.
Faculty Advisor
Establishes and maintains the continuity of the student chapter. The advisor’s actions are guided by a clear understanding of the materials field in a societal context, as well as familiarity with the benefits of participation in an established professional community. The advisor should be an enthusiastic supporter of students’ efforts, and will make many important contributions at planned events and activities throughout the chapter year. More than one faculty member may serve as advisor; however, one person should be identified as the primary contact.
Main Responsibilities
- Primary contact with society headquarters
- Receives chapter materials for distribution to officers
- Receives chapter rebate for distribution to Treasurer
- Advises chapter officers and committee chairs on the formation and implementation of goals, objectives and programs
- Ensures that the chapter understands the role of ASM as a professional organization
Executive Officers
The quality of leadership provided by a chapter’s officers significantly influences the level of involvement and participation of other members and interested individuals, and the success of the chapter as a whole. The officers of a student chapter are usually comprised of a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The last two positions may be combined in a small chapter. Student officers should be elected at or prior to the annual business meeting of the chapter.
Officers’ Responsibilities
- Understands the Rules of Government for student chapters and the chapter bylaws
- Acts as the primary interface between the student chapter, the faculty advisor, the department, the university and ASM
- Establishes a clear set of objectives and an operating plan for the chapter year
- Takes responsibility for fulfillment of the chapter's established objectives
- Trains the next class of elected office
Chair
- Works closely with the faculty advisor to ensure ongoing communication
- Presides at all meetings of the chapter and its Executive Committee
- Is familiar with accepted parliamentary procedures
- Delegates committee responsibilities and makes committee appointments as outlined in the chapter's bylaws
- Coordinates communication with society headquarters
- Coordinates and assures chapter reporting and recordkeeping functions
- Appoints a nominating committee to select a slate of candidates (prior to election) to serve as officers for the following year
Vice Chair
- Directs the major chapter activity of the year
- Serves as chair of the chapter’s Program Committee
- Serves as an ex-officio member of all major committees
- Leads the chapter in the absence of the Chair
Secretary
- Maintains all chapter records
- Keeps minutes for all chapter Executive Committee meetings
- Acts as an official correspondent for the chapter
- Fulfills all reporting requirements including monthly meeting and annual reports
- Submits information to society headquarters to highlight chapter activities
Treasurer
- Receives and deposits all funds paid into the chapter
- Disburses funds as authorized by the Executive Committee
- Prepares financial reports for chapter meetings
- Submits financial information for annual report
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Requirements
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To receive membership rebates and be eligible to compete in chapter contests, your student chapter must maintain its active status by meeting the following requirements. (Each chapter is reviewed in the summer after receipt of its annual report and prior to the start of the next academic year.)
Requirements for Active Status
- Holds a ASM or Material Advantage Student Chapter Charter
- Has a faculty advisor who is currently an ASM member
- Annually elects chapter officers
- Submits an annual report to ASM no later than June 1 of the current chapter year
- Has a minimum of 10 student members in the chapter as of the annual report OR has submitted acknowledgment that the chapter is otherwise active
If a chapter does not meet these requirements, it is considered dormant for one year. Appropriate actions, including submitting an annual report the following year, must be taken by the chapter to regain active status. Dormant chapters are not eligible for membership rebates or competition in chapter contests; however, the chapter will continue to receive all regular chapter mailings.
A chapter that does not meet the requirements after one year is considered inactive. Once inactive, the student chapter faculty advisor or department chair must:
- Submit a written request to the Student Chapter Program Office to reactivate the chapter charter
- Submit a copy of the chapter bylaws
- Have a minimum of 15 student member signatures
- Have a Chapter Officers Listing
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