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Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clare Cook, Ferris State University

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Campus Representatives

institution to bring new faces to your campusand to “show off” the programs and facilities you work in on a daily basis. A sectionalconference also attracts attendees from other institutions to “see” how other institutionssupport similar programs. These sectional conferences typically meet annually either inthe spring or fall from one to two and one half days.Getting StartedYou may have been approached at some point to consider having your institution host anASEE sectional conference. There are a number of factors to consider before agreeing tothis request.1 The most important factor to consider is the support you enjoy from yourhome institution. Is your Dean excited about this opportunity? Are current members

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Campus Representatives

campusrepresentative, Football Coach Vince Lombardi commented, “The difference between asuccessful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rathera lack of will.” 1 It does take a certain amount of effort from the volunteer to get the jobdone.IntroductionHistorian Thomas Fuller gave us a simple road to follow when he said, “One that wouldhave the fruit must climb the tree." 2 Perhaps that is the beginning rung on the ladder thatleads to reaching one’s goal of increased membership in any organization. Effort has tobe expended in order to gain the reward, and sometimes individuals assume that simplyasking people to join with emails and a handout in the mailbox will suffice. If it were thateasy, no one would have to devote any

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

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Campus Representatives

used by Campus Reps forrecruiting new faculty is the Dean’s Program, which basically offers two (2) years of freemembership in ASEE. Thus, recruiting new faculty by means of the Dean’s Program wouldseem to be a very simple and painless process. However, this is usually not the case. CampusReps must exert some effort, sometimes great effort, in the recruiting process. As practiced bythe author, the basic procedures for attaining one-hundred percent of new faculty recruits areoutlined below. 1. Prior to the start of the Fall Semester, contact the Dean’s Office for a list of new engineering (or related field) faculty, including contact information. 2. During the first week or two of the semester, contact all new faculty via email

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas-San Antonio

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Campus Representatives

responsibility for theplanning, organization, and management of the annual conference.This paper is an update of the paper published in the proceeding of the 1995 ASEE annualconference.1 Some of the practices suggested in the original paper are now outdated. Forexample, due to the changes in technology, current practices in communication with the authors,announcements for Call for Papers, registration procedures, and publication medium are verydifferent from those used in 1995. Practices described in the original paper which are stillapplicable are retained in this paper. The goal of this paper is to assist campus representativeswho may be considering hosting their ASEE-Section annual conference.IntroductionASEE membership is divided into four (4) zones