ITE established this award in 2020 to recognize a student chapter that has experienced the greatest momentum (or most improvement) in a particular activity or initiative for the past year. Judges will prioritize submissions from newer Student Chapters or those that have overcome struggles. This award is separate from the Outstanding Student Chapter Award and should reflect accomplishments/initiatives that improve the ITE experience.
To qualify for the award, a student chapter must submit a narrative that is no longer than two pages with one additional page of photographs (three pages total).
The narrative should cover specific improvements and/or special efforts that chapter leadership has implemented and describe the positive change for the Chapter and the membership. Examples could include, but are not limited to, how you’ve increased attendance at meetings, broadened participation outside of traditional engineering students, or helped your members develop leadership and professional skills. This narrative should illustrate how your leadership is applying good ideas to bring your Chapter success. Topics can include (but are not limited to) to any of the following:
NOTE: A Student Chapter cannot receive this Award in consecutive years. A Student Chapter cannot be recognized with the Student Chapter Momentum and Outstanding Student Chapter Awards in the same year.
This award will consider efforts conducted between January 1 to December 31. This should be submitted as a PDF to the District Award Coordinator by March 1. Each District will then submit one winning Chapter for entry in the international competition via https://ite-awards.secure-platform.com/a/ no later than April 1. These deadlines allow judging to be completed in time for the award winner to be announced at the ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
The Student Chapter winning the award will be recognized at the ITE Annual Meeting and Exposition Awards Luncheon and in ITE Journal. In addition, a travel reimbursement up to $1,000 to attend the meeting as well as a free Annual Meeting Registration and a ticket to the Awards Luncheon will be given.