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The frequency of meetings and social activities of a student
section will depend on the nature and student composition of the
individual organization. A section whose membership is primarily
graduate students will find its members are occupied with thesis
matters and monthly or bi-quarterly meetings will be
sufficient. Advanced technical talks by visiting specialists
will be more popular then general information
discussions. Student sections having large undergraduate
memberships may wish to participate in engineering shows,
contests, sponsor high school science meetings, conduct tours of
campus or nearby industrial facilities, etc., as well as the
technical talks. Meeting the public is always valuable. In
either case, meetings at the start of the academic year will
generally be less highly specialized than those later on. In
particular, the first meeting can be an "introduction to
nuclear science and engineering" type of program. The new
transfer students and/or new faculty members are as anxious to
meet you as you are to meet them.
In some institutions, because of size or campus regulations, a
group of campus organizations having related interests (for
example, AIChE, American Rocket Society) may wish to conduct
their meetings jointly. Whenever this plan seems in the best
interests of the organizations, it is wholeheartedly supported
within the purposes and objectives of a Student Section. Often by
a pooling of resources a nationally known speaker can be more
readily obtained for the larger audiences which are thus
available.
Student sections located in large metropolitan districts may
function solely as a clearing agency for ANS information on the
campus, and hold all their meetings in cooperation with the
local section in the area. In such a case, it is recommended
that the local section recognize the student section by including
a student section officer on the local section's executive
committee.
If your institution is far from your source of speakers, write
these organizations and let them know of your desire to have
them present a program for you. Offer to arrange your meeting to
coincide with the speaker's being in or passing by your area on
other business. You will be surprised at how many speakers will
come.
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