USITT Student Chapters

Hi Everyone the USITT Membership Committee and the USITT Education Commission invite you to Join us on:
Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, from 8-9:30 p.m. EDT,
for the USITT Student Formation Seminar, a meeting for those who have an interest in forming a Student Chapter, or have questions about improving their current one!

This is an opportunity for students, chapters, and chapter sponsors to learn how to start a student chapter or revitalize one! We will have a presentation and then open the floor to questions and discussion.

Any College, University or High School, in the USA or International can form a Student Chapter! :)
Visit https://www.usitt.org/education-training/usitt-webinars to register for free!

For more information on Student Chapters: https://www.usitt.org/student-chapters

Student Chapters A Student Chapter is a group of peers, acknowledged by the national organization of USITT. Student chapters help to expand the reach of education beyond your school, to the world of theatre and the pioneers that continue to change our industry.

The Membership Committee is looking to host a fall Student Chapter Formation Seminar. We have created a Doodle Poll to help us narrow down a date and time! Please feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and students.
https://doodle.com/poll/znkk9shkw3zk65zd?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link

Here is a Link to the Student Chapter page for the application and further information about Student Chapters.
http://go.pardot.com/webmail/570022/658710608/702de23a35e462a35c61ce7f2e97ff23cea65e412743d7a92e9b1b9868f631d1

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Weekly News | ​​​​​​Student Chapter Applications Now Open! It's time to submit your school's student chapter application for the 2021-2022 school year! A Student Chapter is a group of peers acknowledged by the national organization of USITT. Student chapters help to expand the reach of education beyond your school to the world of theatre and the pioneers...

Student Roundtable and Chapter Formation Seminar!

This is the USITT Student Roundtable, A meeting for those who have an interest in Student Participation in USITT. Round Table topics discussed will include: How to start and sustain Student Chapter; an introduction Regional Section activities and efforts being made to connect Chapters and Sections. This is an opportunity for students, chapters and chapter sponsors to provide feedback to the Membership Committee and USITT. We will have a short introduction and then open the floor to questions and discussion and will end with a presentation on forming a Student Chapter.

Incase you didn't know Colleges and High Schools can have USITT Student Chapters. Join us to learn how you can form a Chapter at your school.

Click here to register:
https://www.usitt.org/events/student-roundtable-and-chapter-formation-seminar

Don't forget about the USITT Student Discord. This server is open to all College and Highschool Students. Recent College Alums and Early Career members. Our goal is that these college grads will help bring knowledge and experience to the community!

Click here to join:
https://discord.gg/5k5jdkff3x

Join the USITT Student & Student Chapters Discord Server! Check out the USITT Student & Student Chapters community on Discord - hang out with 336 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

If you are a member of this page please consider joining our new Discord Server!

USITT Student Chapters now has its own Discord server that is currently open to join!

The goal of this Discord is to create connections amongst student chapters, student members, alumni, and more who are engaged in the scope of technical theatre and live events. In this Discord, you will find places to ask questions, make connections, and share information in a non-toxic, inclusive environment.

Learn more about how to join at usitt.org/news/join-usitt-student-chapter-discord-server.

Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at ! Have a safe and enjoyable holiday, everyone!

Giving Day Starts Now!
Giving Day has begun! On this day, Saturday, October 26, we celebrate our birthday as this is the day the Institute was chartered 59 years ago! To celebrate, we’re having our first-ever Giving Day.

From now until 11 PM tonight, we hope to generate contributions from our entire community to benefit the work supported by USITT’s Setting the Next Stage Campaign.

We know you have busy lives, so here are three easy steps to participate in Giving Day:

Make your gift today! Or from your mobile phone, text GIVE to 315-305-3604. If you have already made a gift to the campaign, thank you! By making an additional gift today, you can help us meet the matching challenges of the day. Scroll down to see those challenges.
Email your contacts. Email your friends and networks and ask them to join you in making a gift to USITT on Giving Day.You can just forward this e-mail to them.
Spread the word on social media. Talk about on your own social media outlets. Post your own USITT story on Facebook, tweet why you give, or post a selfie on Instagram using , the campaign’s official hashtag.

When you give today, here’s how your money doubles or triples:

City Theatrical Giving Day All Day Challenge. City Theatrical will match the first $15,000 in gifts made on Giving Day.

At the times shown, those sponsors will match gifts received during their Challenge Match hours.

8 AM: $500 — Founders and Past Presidents’ Challenge sponsored by Dr. Joel Rubin and Mark Shanda

9 AM: $1,000 – Load In Tech Commission Challenge sponsored by Bill Browning

10 AM: $500 – Current and Past Board Members Bacon Break sponsored by Lea Asbell-Swanger

11 AM: $1000 - Lighting Focus Challenge sponsored by Vincent Lighting Systems and Paul Vincent

Noon: $600 - Tech Rehearsal Challenge sponsored by International Activities Committee

1 PM: $500 – Dress Rehearsal Challenge sponsored by Point Park University

2 PM: $500 - Afternoon Coffee Break Challenge – Commissions Challenge sponsored by Carolyn Satter

3 PM: $700 – Run Through Challenge sponsored by the Publications Committee

4 PM: $500 – Tech Table Talk Challenge sponsored by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee actively seeking to include you at the table

6 PM: $500 — Dinner Break Challenge sponsored by Dana Taylor and the Education Commission

7PM: $500 – Presidential Curtain Speech sponsored by USITT President Dan Culhane

8 PM: $1,000 — Curtain Time, East Coast Challenge sponsored by Bill Browning

9 PM: $1,000 — Curtain Time, Central Time Challenge sponsored by Bill Browning

10 PM: $1,000 —Curtain Time, Mountain Time Challenge sponsored by Bill Browning

11 PM: $1,000 - Curtain Time, Pacific Time Challenge sponsored by Bill Browning.

All times shown are EDT. All challenges are 1-to-1 matches.

Here’s an example of tripling: If you give $10 during the 8 AM hour, City Theatrical will match it and the Founders and Past Presidents Challenge sponsors will match it. So your $10 becomes $30 if you give at 8 AM!

Help us to spread the word. Please email your friends and networks and ask them to join you in making a gift to USITT on Giving Day. And please spread the word on social media. Talk about on your own social media outlets. Post your own USITT story on Facebook, tweet why you give, or post a selfie on Instagram using , the campaign’s official hashtag.

Setting the Next Stage will provide improved financial liquidity, security, and stability for the Institute while establishing a strong platform for growth in member services and programming.

Newly raised funds given throughout the campaign will be distributed at the donor’s request to any one of our well-established funds: the Edward F. Kook Fund to support research; New Century Fund to support awards and early career programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives and the Rigging Safety Initiative; Samuel H. Scripps International Fund to support international activities; USITT Fund to support projects for the future of USITT. (Gifts to the USITT Fund are restricted and only the investment growth of this fund is used.)

We thank you for your past, present, and future donations which secure essential funding for USITT’s work.

Please support us again on Giving Day!

Make a Donation to Support USITT USITT will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020. In recognition of this major milestone, the Institute’s Board has authorized an ambitious fund-raising campaign and we want to give you an opportunity to get involved by making certain USITT is ready to tackle the challenges that will come in...

There is a national day of giving for USITT this weekend. It doesn't matter how much you give but that you give a gift in any amount to help us reach our goal!

An important request from David Grindle, Executive Director, USITT
USITT’s first ever Giving Day is this Saturday, October 26. Please help us reach our goals by making your contribution today by clicking online https://www.usitt.org/donate or from your mobile phone, text GIVE to 315-305-3604.
October is the month USITT was “born” according to the legal documents. As such we are hoping to make strides toward fulfilling our campaign goal during this, our birth month. Giving Day on Oct. 26 will help us meet that goal.,
I ask you to consider what part of USITT’s mission is dear to you. Is it the research that we support? Our international connections? The future members of the industry? Or just the Institute as a whole? Each of these has a fund to make a gift.
Our goal in this campaign has been to shore up the four basic funds of USITT. This helps us ensure we have the funds to continue research funding, international connections, student and early career initiatives, and to build the USITT Fund for support of the Institute. Each of these funds ties back directly to the charter written by our founders and gives us the assurance that we can continue the mission they began as it applies to the industry of today.
While big gifts certainly make a “splash,” the size of the gift doesn’t matter. A few dollars or a few dollars each month go together to make a lasting impact. It helps us support people like Steph Waaser in her research to mitigate the spin inherent in single point rigging. It provides rigging inspections for high schools along with safety training. We currently have the funding to support 20-24 schools per year, but there are more than 50 applications we can’t fill and funding is literally the only barrier.
USITT is opening doors for people at all points in their careers, and especially those in underrepresented communities. While the entertainment industry has a reputation for being a welcome space for all, that isn’t always the case. We are making efforts to change that through our Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion work that is funded through the Diversity Initiative in the New Century Fund.
Sometimes I have to remind myself of all of the work that USITT is doing beyond producing the Annual Conference. Those are the things that this funding campaign is set — to raise money for and ensure future funding.
I ask that you consider a gift to USITT. One time, recurring, or a pledge over several years, each gift makes a difference in someone’s life. And if you are thinking about estate planning, those gifts count too. Our Loft Block Society is made of people that have notified us that they have left a bequest to USITT upon their death. If you’ve done this but not told us, you can help us meet our goal and we can recognize your generosity today.
Thank you for being part of USITT. We appreciate all those we serve and we hope you will look to us in the coming year for more connections and resources as we Set the Next Stage for the next 60 years.
Again, Please help us reach our goals by making your contribution today by clicking online https://www.usitt.org/donate or from your mobile phone, text GIVE to 315-305-3604
Thank you for your support!

If anyone knows C. Hurst from U of I in Bloomington, her cell phone is in the USITT conference office L012.
Thank you!

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Hello Student Chapters!!! Seems like most everyone is back to school. Have you thought about having your first Student Chapter meeting yet? Do you have any events planned?

If you need help organizing your current Student Chapter or would like to start a new Student Chapter at your school feel free to comment on this post or shoot us a message.