ITE is a student organization created to promote the education and professional development of students interested in transportation engineering and planning.  We strengthen the University of Wyoming's emerging transportation engineering program by promoting knowledge of & participation in current trans. issues.

MEMBERSHIP
ITE members often meet with practicing transportation engineers during section, district, and meetings. Members can also buy the latest edition of AASHTO's A Policy on the Geometric Design of Highways and Streets for a reduced student price.  Since this is a required textbook for some classes this is a great benefit to student members. 

Members are also eligible for scholarships at the section, district and national ITE levels.

UW Student Membership application forms can be found outside EN 3034 or downloaded in pdf format. Annual local dues are $10 (or $5 for Spring semester only). National memberships are free for the first year.  Membership forms are online at http://www.ite.org/membership/index.asp 

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Colorado-Wyoming ITE Section is currently offering scholarships to transportation students. Apply now!  (Note: even though the form says its for undergraduates both graduate and undergraduate students can apply.)  There is no deadline to apply and the scholarships are awarded on a continuous basis.

ITE announces the availability of the 2008-2009 ITE Fellowship and Scholarship Brochure for students to download and apply at http://www.ite.org/education/fellowship.asp. The application deadline for ITE offered fellowships/ scholarships is April 1, 2008.  Included in the brochure are various scholarships offered by many ITE Districts and Sections.  Please review those individual entries for application criteria and deadlines as many of them are different from the ITE deadlines.

ITS Rocky Mountain Scholarship/Paper Award.  The ITS Rocky Mountain has announced 2008 Student Paper Award/Scholarship.  The deadline this year for paper submittals is Monday, March 3^rd.  Please see http://www.itsrm.org/studentinfo.htm for more information.  

2007-2008 STUDENT OFFICERS
President: Michelle Edwards medwards@uwyo.edu 
Vice-President: Jonathan Zumwalt jzumwalt@uwyo.edu 
Secretary: Cheng Zhong czhong1@uwyo.edu 
Treasurer: Jenna Buddemeyer jbudd@uwyo.edu 
Fundraising Chair: William Winkler winkler1@uwyo.edu 

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rhonda Young rkyoung@uwyo.edu 

ACTIVITIES

Chapter activities are focused in three main areas: professional development, service, and fundraising.  

Professional Development: For professional development we bring in speaker every other Wednesday to talk about different areas of the transportation profession.  The chapter also attends section meetings in the Front Range area as well as sponsoring field trips.  See the Upcoming Events sidebar for more details.  Every summer we send a group of students to the District 6 meeting.  Past meetings have been in Seattle, Kalispell, Honolulu, and Portland, Oregon.  This summer's meeting is in Anaheim, California.

Service:  As a member of the campus and Laramie communities the chapter takes on volunteer activities.  This year we are planning on helping 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.  We are also working with Habitat for Humanity to arrange a volunteer day for chapter members to help with the construction of a new home.

Fundraising: To support field trips and travel activities the chapter engages in various fund raising activities.  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.