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  Each of us who participates in ASME programs, whether by volunteering or in other ways, is typically doing so because ASME has benefited us in some way. We might have gotten advice from an ASME eMentor that changed the direction of our careers. Maybe we got a great job through connections in our local ASME section. Perhaps we received training through ASME Continuing Education that propelled us to the next level of management in our company. Since we know how good it is, we want engineering students to join ASME because we are living examples of how a professional society benefits its members.

Participating in your college's student ASME chapter is a great way to build networking contacts for the future. It's even more rewarding to lead your student section, in conjunction with the local ASME senior section, in planning events. The people you associate with in the ASME senior section may very well be the ones who give you your first and best job offers when you graduate.

Still not sure engineering is for you? Then perhaps we should play our money card.

Each year, the ASME Early Career Award - consisting of $5,000 and a life membership - is presented to a member who has made demonstrable strides in the engineering profession, community, and the work of the society. Candidates only need to have continuous membership since becoming an ASME student member, within 4 to 6 years of having earned a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering.

ASME also offers the $1,000 Williston Award to the student engineer or recent graduate who writes the best paper in the area of civic service. Other ASME academic scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000.

The ASME Student Loan Fund has helped over 1,000 ASME student members with low-interest student loans. The 2004-05 loan rate is fixed at 3 percent, 1 percent below the Federal Stafford Loan variable rate. Whatever the need, financial or otherwise, ASME is a resource to help engineering students achieve their goals.