Students can make presentations to schools and help with organizing and staffing conferences. The member sections can provide speakers for student section meetings and student regional conferences. The more contact you have with the students, the better the chance of the students upgrading to member status after graduation. A student section liaison should be assigned to each college in your area to act as a counselor and help with career guidance activities. The counselor provides a communication link between the student section and the member section.
Some sections provide subsidies or discounts for students attending member section meetings.
This provides the opportunity for students to meet the members and become interested in section activities. This is an opportunity for college students to meet with working SWE members and learn what awaits them in the world of work. One successful program was conducted for high school seniors and entry-level college students. This can be an annual event held at a nearby college. It provides engineering students with the opportunity to meet and talk with representatives from many local industries and engineering firms.