Starting a Chapter
We are pleased that you are thinking about launching a new ESW chapter. With over 1000 engineers who are committed to global sustainability, ESW’s growing network is largely due to the dedicated efforts of our chapter organizers. Building an ESW chapter will benefit you and your community, and will engage your peers in a powerful global initiative to build a better world.
Professionals – Are you interested in starting a regionally-based professional chapter? Please see our section on professional chapters for more information.
Benefits to Starting a Chapter
Process for Chapter Registration
Regional Contacts
Benefits to Starting a Chapter
ESW will benefit you by allowing you to:
- Develop leadership skills.
- Create a powerful network within your community as well as through ESW.
- Increase your chances of participating in an ESW project.
- Affect ESW directly by ensuring the organization reflects its members’ priorities.
- Make a real difference in reducing poverty in your community and abroad.
ESW will benefit your university by:
- Offering to students an opportunity to engage in projects that will increase their understanding of the complexity of engineering and development challenges.
- Attract diverse, high-quality applicants by offering them the chance to engage in research and design on topics which are socially-relevant and through which they can make a difference.
ESW will help you become part of a legacy:
- ESW is an organization that is rapidly growing to engage engineers around the world in eliminating poverty. You have a chance to be a part of creating this legacy.
Process for Chapter Registration
The Chapter Resource Center (CRC) provides materials to support the development and management of chapters. If you are interested in starting a chapter in your community, please contact your regional chapter coordinator to notify ESW of your interest, and take the following two steps to formally register your chapter.
- Register as a Full (paid) or Associate (non-paid) Member to access the Member Resource Center, including the "Starting a Chapter" materials.
Both Full and Associate Members have access to the Guide to Starting an ESW Chapter, Charter Application, and Sample Chapter Constitution. - Log in using your member account and complete an online Chapter Registration form in the "Starting a Chapter" section.
Only Full Members are eligible to register a chapter. Membership upgrade is available in the Member Resource Center.
After your Chapter Registration has been approved, you will have access to the resources of the Chapter Resource Center - including your chapter's member database, the national partner organization database, and guidance materials on chapter structure and governance, event planning, and project development.
Contacts
Regional chapters coordinators are available to support the start-up of new chapters across the country. Please see our main Contact page to identify your local contact.
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