The USEF Student Advocacy Board (SAB) is a group of high school students who have competed at the University of Utah Science & Engineering Fair and want to make it better for the students who come after them. Members are in grades 10 through 12 and come from schools across the fair's participating districts.
The board exists to bring the student perspective to the people who run the fair. Members meet roughly once a month during the school year, share what worked and what didn't from their own experience, and help the fair committee decide how registration, judging day, and the awards ceremony should change from year to year.
Past boards have shaped the fair in concrete ways: clearer paperwork instructions, a calmer judging-day schedule, and outreach that brought new schools to USEF for the first time. Serving on the SAB is also a chance to build leadership experience that colleges and scholarship committees take seriously.
Who can join
- Students currently in grades 10, 11, or 12.
- Students who have competed at USEF at least once.
- Students who can attend roughly monthly meetings during the school year and be at the fair in March.