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Campus Representatives

What is a Campus Representative?

An ASEE Campus Representative is designated by his/her institution to serve as the liaison between ASEE Headquarters and faculty and students on campus.

Campus Representatives play a crucial role in recruiting new ASEE members and in keeping current and potential members informed of ASEE activities. As the local, grass-roots presence of the Society, the importance of the services Campus Representatives provide to their schools and to ASEE cannot be overemphasized. They are the direct link between colleagues with questions, concerns, and comments about ASEE and the staff who can best respond. Their role is vital in getting information on membership opportunities and ASEE activities to potential members on campus. The growth, stability, and effective operation of ASEE in accomplishing its mission of promoting excellence in engineering education directly depend upon Campus Representatives across our nation.

Use the links below to learn more about Campus Representatives and to find the Campus Rep for your school.

For further information, or to appoint a faculty member on your campus, please contact the Membership Manager, Dwight Wardell, at (202) 331-3521 or send him an e-mail at d.wardell@asee.org

Campus Representatives Operating Manual: Web | PDF
ASEE Campus Representatives Listing
ASEE Campus Representative Listing, By Section
Campus Representative Toolbox
Campus Representative Forum

Spread the Word

This year's Campus Representative membership promotion program is underway. Campus Representatives are on their campuses Spreading the Word about ASEE membership. Each year at the ASEE Conference a reception is held to honor Campus Representatives. At this reception awards are presented to the Campus Representatives that recruit the highest number of members and the highest percentage of members. This is ASEE's way of thanking the Campus Representatives for all their hard work in recruiting members and helping ASEE in its commitment to further engineering and engineering technology education.

Campus Rep Newsletters

2011 Spring - Summer
2011 Winter
2010 Fall (PDF: 3.15 MB)
2010 Summer(PDF: 357 KB)
2010 Spring(PDF: 5.97 MB)
2009 Fall(PDF: 2.17 MB)

Suggested Campus Rep Activities

Keep a list of papers, presentations, and other kinds of involvement of ASEE members in regional (section and zone) and national meetings.
Keep a list of ASEE or other education-related awards fellow ASEE members at your institution received during the year.
Keep a list of faculty/staff members who are ASEE section/division officers.
Keep a list of faculty/staff members who participated in ASEE section meetings.
Promote ASEE membership through e-mails to every faculty member.
Distribute flyers inviting non-members faculty to join ASEE.
Post announcements and promotion forms on bulletin boards in faculty lounges.
Send a campus newsletter inviting faculty to contact you for information on ASEE membership.
Distribute a letter promoting ASEE membership from your Section Chair.
Send a memorandum from the Dean/Administrative Head of the college to non-member and past-due member faculty, encouraging them to consider/reconsider membership.
Promote the benefits of ASEE membership to graduate students.
Personally visit new faculty and send them a personal letter.
Personally visit non-member and lapsed member faculty.
Personally contact current members and thank them for their membership.
Have your department sponsor dues for student members for the first year.
Discuss the benefits of ASEE membership during a non-ASEE related meeting.
Attempt personal contacts with current members, non-members, and lapsed members.
Keep ASEE publications in student lounges and waiting areas in the engineering buildings.
Distribute ASEE Call for Papers announcements.
Encourage Dean/Director/Department chair to participants' registration fees and travel expenses for ASEE meetings.
Encourage Dean/Director/Department chair to pay for membership on anyone presenting papers at the section or national meetings.
Participate in live video conferences.
Encourage the College/school/department to contribute to the fund supporting the section's Excellence in Engineering Education Award.
Send memos and e-mails to all faculty regarding ASEE, regional and national meetings, to encourage both attendance and submission of papers.
Have ASEE put on the agenda for Dean's meeting with Chairs and/or faculty.
Publish material relating to regional and national meetings.
Publish in campus newsletter section and annual meeting announcements.
Host luncheon meetings to discuss engineering education issues, such as university/industrial cooperative efforts.
Organize seminars/workshops for engineering faculty members to discuss their teaching methods.
Distribute articles from ASEE publications among non-members.
Distribute information to faculty about ASEE fellowship opportunities.
Organize Informal meetings before and after each regional and national meeting.
Start a student chapter.
Create and host a section web page.
Establish a local ASEE home page for School of Engineering.
Establish an e-mail listserv for engineering faculty.
Invite faculty to share teaching ideas, etc., at student chapter meetings.
Inform Department Chairs of ASEE awards programs and help them identify candidates.

Planning a Regional Meeting

Some Campus Reps might find the following document useful when planning a regional meeting. The original paper, by Dr. Amir Karimi, the Campus Rep at the University of Texas-San Antonio, was presented at the 2007 Annual Conference in Hawaii. The paper was an update to a paper previously presented by Dr. Karimi at the 1995 Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.

AC 2007-2253: PLANNING AND ORGANIZING A REGIONAL ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE - AN UPDATE (PDF: 301KB)

Succeeding in Your Role as a Campus Representative

Presented by: Dr. Norman D. Dennis, Jr.; University of Arkansas

Conference & Session #: 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh PA; 2212: Sharing Best Practices (PowerPoint: 318KB) | (PDF: 83KB)

Enhancing the ASEE Campus Representative Program - A Section Chair's Perspective

Presented by: Dr. Charles McIntyre; North Dakota State University

Conference & Session #: 2008 ASEE Annual Conference in Pittsburgh PA; 2212: Sharing Best Practices (PowerPoint: 515KB) | (PDF: 75KB)

Campus Representative Activities that Promote Engagement and Active Participation in ASEE

Presented by: Dr. Charles McIntyre; North Dakota State University

Conference & Session #: 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI; 2212: Best Practices for Campus Representatives (PowerPoint: 158KB) | (PDF: 58KB)

Perspectives on Being the Campus Representative as an Assistant Professor: Lessons Learned

Presented by: Dr. Donald P. Visco, Jr.; Tennessee Technological University at the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference in Pittsburgh PA.

Conference & Session #: 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh PA; 2212: Sharing Best Practices (PowerPoint: 100KB) | (PDF: 71KB)

Campus Rep Lessons Learned at Cal Poly

Presented by: Brian Self; California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo at the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference in Pittsburgh PA.

Conference & Session #: 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh PA; 2212: Sharing Best Practices (PowerPoint: 5,795KB) | (PDF: 470KB)

Hit the Ground Running: The Nuts and Bolts of Being a Campus Rep

Presented by: Dr. Sharon Sauer; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Conference & Session #: 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh PA; 2212: Sharing Best Practices (PowerPoint: 5,795KB) | (PDF: 470KB)

Student Chapters

Student chapters develop relationships with local schools (K-12) and fostering student interest in future careers and study in engineering and engineering technology. Chapters encourage engineering undergraduate students to continue their studies on the graduate level as well as increase the interest of engineering graduate students in careers in engineering education. Discover your local student ASEE chapter by following the links below.

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