Minneapolis-St. Paul Post Get Involved

Get Involved with SAME!

Are you interested in learning more about SAME or getting involved in our local Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post? We have information on memberships, committees, and Post activities here and on our Facebook and LinkedIn pages. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please reach out to our Post President,
Sam Smith.

Join SAME

There are several membership types, including a special public sector employee membership:

  • Individual Memberships
  • Sustaining Firm Memberships
  • Public Agency Membership
  • Non-Profit Organization Membership
  • Academic Institution Membership

Learn more about SAME membership.

Committees

Most of the recurring events our Post sponsors are developed and coordinated by committees – if you’re looking to get more involved, especially with the Post leadership, this is a great way to do that. A brief list of our active committees is below:

  • Annual Golf Tournament
  • Awards & Recognition
  • Technical Programs & Professional Development
  • Young Member Activities & Scholarship
  • STEM Outreach
  • Future City Competition
  • Habitat for Humanity  

View our current Post contacts.

Post Events

We offer monthly meetings, typically on the third Wednesday of the month. Many of these presentations also offer professional development hours to help our members keep up with licensing requirements. Keep up to date on current Post events through our newsletter and social media feeds. 

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Membership

Benefits

Be a Leader. Make a Difference. These words challenge our more than 28,000 members representing 1,400 companies and public agencies, to go beyond the norm and to do something that makes a positive impact on our nation–and provides a lasting benefit on those countries in need of our assistance. With more than 110 Posts in the U.S. and abroad, SAME members have a wide network of support that also includes a vast array of education, training, networking and business opportunities.

What’s in it for you?

SAME membership provides valuable benefits, not found in any other association including opportunities to:

  • Connect with top engineering officials from the public and private sector at SAME national, regional and local conferences and events.
  • Learn about upcoming projects directly from the Engineering Service Chiefs.
  • Build important relationships with SAME’s community of more than 25,000 A/E/C professionals.
  • Strengthen relationships through our network of more than 110 Posts (chapters) worldwide.
  • Get valuable education and education through SAME’s diverse Continuing Education Program.
  • Be the first to learn about important A/E/C changes, contracts and awards through The Military Engineer magazine, which provides feature articles and news items of immediate importance to our community.

Still not sure if a SAME Membership is right for you?

Then contact a Post representative and ask to attend a Post meeting or event. Once there, you’ll see first-hand what an SAME membership can do to advance your career, strengthen your professional development, and grow your professional and personal network.

Let SAME challenge you. Be a Leader. Make a Difference. Join SAME Today. Choose from one of the membership options below:

Learn more about SAME membership.

Sustaining Member Firms

Professional Development
Awards
  • SAME National Awards & Recognition
    • The full list of available awards and medals, and the eligibility criteria for each award. 
  • Minneapolis-St Paul Post
    • One of the premier benefits of SAME membership is a robust awards and recognition program.  There is a variety of annual awards available, and our Post has developed a track record of national-level winners in recent years.  These include:
      • STEM Champion Award:  to recognize exceptional contributions in advancement of STEM programs
      • Young Professional Medal:  for outstanding leadership and accomplishments in support of the Society mission
      • Post Service Medal:  to recognize significant service to SAME at the Post level that has materially contributed to Post success 
      • Goethals Medal:  for eminent and notable contributions to engineering, design, or construction in the past five years
      • Urbahn Medal:  for eminent and notable contributions in the field of architecture in the past five years 
    • If you would like to nominate a member (including yourself!) for any of these SAME awards, please contact our Awards Chair, Jarrett Purdue, at jarrett.purdue@gmail.com or 651-259-5501 not later than Friday, January 10 each year.  He will help write, prepare and submit the nomination package.  All national-level award nominations require Post President endorsement, and some require Regional Vice President endorsement, so we need some time to secure those before the submission deadline of February 1.
      • Note the SAME Design Awards are presented in alternate years, so the next opportunity for those will be next year.
  • Minnesota Federation of Engineering, Science, and Technology Societies (MFESTS) Annual Awards
    • Our Post is a member of MFESTS, which entitles us to nominate our members for their four annual awards:  the Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award, Richard S. Alberg Distinguished Science and Technology Professional Award, Young Engineer of the Year Award, and the Young Scientist/Technologist of the Year Award.
    • Nomination forms for these annual awards are now available on the MFESTS web site at https://www.mfests.org/awards.  The deadline for submissions is January 31 each year.  If you would like to nominate a post member (including yourself!) please contact Jarrett Purdue for coordination.  Our post is allowed to nominate one member for each award.

Communities of Interest

SAME’s Communities of Interest offer members a chance to engage nationally with other professionals focused on a particular technical field or demographic within joint engineering and the A/E/C industry.