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Student Chapter Publications Seminar

Student Chapter Publications Seminar. 1999 AIChE National Conference Dallas, Texas Presented by North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina. Outline. Objectives for chapter publications Types of chapter publications Newsletters Web site & Email Messages Q&A.

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Student Chapter Publications Seminar

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  1. Student Chapter Publications Seminar 1999 AIChE National Conference Dallas, Texas Presented by North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina

  2. Outline • Objectives for chapter publications • Types of chapter publications • Newsletters • Web site & Email Messages • Q&A

  3. Objectives for Chapter Publications • Better Communication between students and students, students and faculty, companies and students • Recruiting new members & fund raising • Record chapter activities • Get more members involved!

  4. Chapter Organization & Types of Publications • Recording Secretary (Email Messages) • Communications committee • Newsletter subcommittee (Newsletter) • Newsletter editor, writers, photographers • Webmaster (Web site)

  5. Newsletter • “The State of AIChE” • monthly publication, 4-6 pages (letter size) • hardcopy: 100 copies/issue • distributed to all faculty and placed in student lounge • online in PDF or HTML formats • www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/aiche_info/newsletter/SOA.html

  6. Newsletter Features • Chapter activity reviews and previews • Event calendar • Career corner • Quotes and jokes, etc. • President’s corner • Faculty connections • Graduate connections

  7. Software • Microsoft Publisher • Desktop publishing software “for the rest of us” • easy to learn and use • many useful templates • thousands of clip arts • For Windows platform only, current version 2000 • Cost ~$100

  8. Software (cont’d) • Adobe Acrobat • Creates PDF (portable file format)files, which can be viewed with FREE Adobe Acrobat View software • Works like a “printer”, retains design, relatively low resolution at 300 dpi • For Windows & Macintosh platforms, current version 4.0 • Cost: ~$50

  9. Hardware • PC - Pentium 150 MHz with 32 Mb RAM • Laser Printer - HP LaserJet 6L (DPI 600 x 600) • Laser Jet vs. Ink Jet (We recommend Laser) • For latest hardware reviews, check out • www.cnet.com • www.zdnet.com/pcmag/

  10. Article Resources • Officers, members, alumni and faculty • University Career Placement office, Co-op office • Web sites • www.che.com (by McGraw-Hill Companies) • www.cheresources.com • www.aiche.org • company web sites

  11. Web sites & email messages • Web sites • Contents: from latest news to chapter history • Keep it up-to-date! • Have a counter on the homepage • Check out www.thecounter.com • Email Messages • Set up your own alias or use some free online services • clubs.yahoo.com • www.egroups.com

  12. Questions? orComments?An electronic version of this presentation can be found online at http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/aiche_info/newsletters/SOA.htmlEmail future questions to: Scott Hudson: jshudson@eos.ncsu.eduKai Wang: kwang2@eos.ncsu.edu

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