Students accepting the Best Student Chapter Award are: from left to right,Alyssa Reynolds (District 6 Student Activities Coordinator), Scott Koch, Jessica Troemner, Zeb Coulter, Jenna Buddemeyer, Brendan Dorsey-Spitz, Monica Suter (District 6 President), and Alan Moore.

UW ITE - Best Student Chapter Award and Student Traffic Bowl Champions

September 28. 2009

The University of Wyoming Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter received the Best Student Chapter Award for the Western District for 2008-2009 and marked the second year in a row the chapter has won this award. The Chapter beat out 32 chapters in 13 states for the honor.  Six students accepted the award in Denver in July.  In addition, the UW Student Chapter won the first ever District 6 Student Traffic Bowl at the District 6 Meeting in Denver.

ITE members often meet with practicing transportation engineers during section, district, and meetings. Members are eligible for scholarships at the section, district and national ITE levels. Chapter activities are focused in three main areas: professional development, service, and fundraising.  Professional development includes key speakers in the transportation profession, section meetings in the Front Range area and field trips. 

The service portion focuses on volunteer activities. In past years the chapter has helped the City of Laramie with their Safe Routes to School Program by collecting traffic data to define routes for school children to use in an effort to promote more kids walking to school.  The chapter is also working with Habitat for Humanity to arrange a volunteer day for chapter members to help with the construction of a new home.

Fundraising is also key to the UW ITE chapter to support field trips and travel activities for the chapter.  These activities also provide an opportunity for members to interact with the professional community and collect real-work data for transportation project.  Students are often paid an hourly wage for their efforts as well as raising money for the chapter.