New members create scholarships

Jack Raplee
ASME NEWS

The member effort to sign up new recruits to ASME has led to the creation of nine new student scholarships — an average of one per month of the campaign. The campaign to get new members while supporting student education will continue until June 30.

Through this membership campaign, 50 percent of a new member's first-year dues will go into a scholarship fund for mechanical engineering students that is managed by the ASME Foundation. Dues from a new member who was not recruited by an ASME member will not be added to the scholarship fund.

Since the Member Recruitment Campaign started in August, it has brought in nearly $14,000 — about one new $1,500 scholarship a month. In March alone, the campaign raised more than $1,600.

A total of 303 new members have joined since the program began last summer. Of those, 49 enrolled in March. Overall, 273 members have taken part by sponsoring a new member.

These scholarships will be awarded to ASME student members based on their scholastic abilities and potential contributions to the mechanical engineering profession.

For more information about the ASME recruitment campaign, visit www.asme.org/memb, or call Cheryl Hasan at (212) 591-8239.

For scholarship information, visit www.asme.org/education/
enged/aid/scholar.htm.

 

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