Membership During the 2008-2009 year the Central Ohio Alumni chapter will focus on retaining existing members and increasing the number of members actively involved with the chapter. Our strategy to achieve our goal is to implement effective programs and activities in the areas of community service, pre-college initiative, collegiate initiative and professional development.
Community Service
A Walk for Education - This signature NSBE program is a grass-roots education awareness event where volunteers walk door-to-door in predominately minority neighborhoods distributing education information.
UNCF Walk - COAE donates money and participates in this annual event benefiting the United Negro College Fund.
Relay for Life - COAE donates money and participates in this annual event benefiting the American Cancer Society.
Pre-College Initiative (PCI)
Brookhaven High School Winter Institute - COAE provides tutors for Brookhaven's Saturday morning OGT preparation sessions.
TechCorpsNSBE Jr chapter - COAE coordinates monthly activities and events for the TechCorp NSBE Jr. chapter.
Professional Development COAE supports minority-owned engineering firms by hosting meetings at their site. Previous hosts include:
Coalescence, LLC
Dynamix Engineering
Smoot Construction
College Initiative (CI) COAE supports the development of the collegiate NSBE chapters at Ohio State University and Ohio University.
Professional Development Forums
Joint activities and events
Central Ohio Alumni Extension National Society of Black Engineers