OUTSTANDING NEW CHAPTERS

“In our first year as a chapter, we established a strong relationship with SASE Nationals through our multiple meetings with Khánh Vũ and his team. Through their support, our chapter brought 16 members to conference within one month of being established. That year, we grew to 70 members. 

In our second year as a chapter, we grew our membership from 70 to 160 members, with a total of 490 attendees across all our events. We have received recognition within the college through our win against 19 other engineering organizations during Engineers Week 2024 competition. During our APIDA Heritage Month Celebration, we had 15 APIDA Subcommittee members organize weekly events throughout April, having the Dean of the College, as well as all assistant and associate deans in attendance. 

“Within its early years, Penn State SASEhas achieved remarkable growth. We have hosted over 80 events this academic year with attendance from at least 30 of our members. Subsequently, our organization’s membership retention increased from 50 to 130 active members. We have also received support from all 14 of our corporate sponsors, who have allowed us to financially sustain our chapter and offer powerful professional development content. This helped our members prepare for National Convention, with talks on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Perfecting your Elevator Pitch, enabling over 85 percent of our members at National Convention to land an interview! This growth in activity has allowed us to expand our Mentorship program and now support 25 pairs.

Our SASE chapter’s influence extends beyond our campus, too. We have partnered with nine different local Asian restaurants and shops for our members to receive discounts to encourage support to our Asian community.