Student Representatives Program

Indigenous STEM Students Leading the Way

AISES Student Representatives are provided with a unique experience, elevating their leadership skills and strengthening their relationships with Indigenous students and professionals in STEM.

Shape the future of STEM as a Student Leader

Serving as a Student Representative with AISES is a fun and memorable experience to build your network, develop and strengthen communication, leadership, and other professional skills.

The impact student representatives make and receive lasts a lifetime!

If you are interested in serving as a student representative, please review the criteria, handbook and applicable roles and responsibilities below.

Benefits

Resources

National Student Representative Roles and Responsibilities

The following are areas of responsibility that the National Student Representatives will assume with their position: *

Serve as liaison to Regional Representatives
Communicate with Regional Representatives
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings
- Be available and responsive by email to AISES Staff (maintain reliable email address)
- Consistently monitor and respond to emails that are sent to the national AISES email address
Communicate with the AISES National Office
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings
- Be available and responsive by email to AISES Staff (maintain reliable email address)
- Report any technical issues related to the national AISES email address
Serve on the AISES Board of Directors (non-voting member)
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings
- Prepare and present Student Representative Report for each meeting
- Be available and responsive by email to AISES Staff (maintain reliable email address)
- Present at and attend Board meetings as appropriate
Disseminate and collect information
- Maintain current social media accounts and listserv of regional representatives to utilize for:
  - Distribution of announcements
    - National Conference
    - AISES scholarships
    - AISES internships
    - Other national announcements or opportunities
- Collect information from Regions
  - Chapter reports
  - Chapter and Regional program announcements
Chapter updates
- Ensure Regional compliance with AISES requirements
- Membership
- Reporting – general
- Annual chapter reports and chapter updates
Set goals for growth
- Outreach
- Mentoring
- Networking
- Fundraising

* These are general areas of responsibility. The in-depth roles and responsibilities of AISES Student Representatives are more completely outlined in the AISES Student Representative Handbook.

Regional Student Representative Roles and Responsibilities

The following are areas of responsibility that the National Student Representatives will assume with their position: *

Serve as Regional liaison to chapters in your region
Communicate with National Student Representative(s) and other Regional
Representatives
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings
- Be available and responsive by email to AISES Staff (maintain reliable email address)
- Consistently monitor and respond to emails that are sent to the national AISES email address
- Develop timeline of regional activities
Communicate with the AISES National Office
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings
- Be available and responsive by email to AISES Staff (maintain reliable email address)
- Report any technical issues related to the regional AISES email address
- Provide regional conference information
Disseminate and collect information
- Maintain regional social media accounts and current listserv of chapter officials and advisors.
- Liaison with professional chapter(s) within your region
- Distribution of announcements
  - National Conference
  - AISES scholarships
  - AISES internships
  - Other national announcements or opportunities
  - Other regional programs/information/opportunities
- Collect information from Chapters
  - Chapter reports
  - Chapter and Regional program announcements
  - Chapter updates
  - Web updates
Ensure Chapter compliance with AISES requirements
- Membership
- Reporting – general
- Annual chapter reports and chapter updates
Be involved in planning of and carrying out of annual Regional Conference
- Establish location, date, point of contact
- Disseminate announcements to:
  - Chapters within your region
  - National Student Representative(s) and other Regional Representatives
  - Participate in fundraising activities
  - Report on regional conference (format to be determined)

* These are general areas of responsibility. The in-depth roles and responsibilities of AISES Student Representatives are more completely outlined in the AISES Student Representative Handbook.

Requirements

Applicants must submit a complete online application form, 30 days prior to the National Conference
Cumulative grade point average of 3.0
Current AISES membership, with two or more years prior membership
Sophomore level or higher, majoring in STEM
250-word essay proposing how you would effectively represent your region/nation
Two letters of recommendation establishing personal participation in AISES and leadership qualities and experience.
Unofficial transcripts

AISES Student Representatives

There are four national student representatives who serve as non-voting members of the AISES Board of Directors for two years, while seven regional student representatives serve their region for one year. Learn more about this year’s student representatives!