News

The University of Wyoming Student Chapter of the ITE is hosting a webinar series from ITE International on the Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering.  The webinar series consists of 8 modules covering the basics of traffic engineering.  The courses can be taken separately but are best if attended in order.  Typically this webinar series is available from ITE for $1,000 but the registration fee for this series has been sponsored by the Colorado-Wyoming Section of ITE so there is no charge for attendance.  Contact Rhonda Young rkyoung@uwyo.edu if you are interested in attending any of these modules.  Click here for more details.

Best Student Chapter Award

The University of Wyoming ITE Student Chapter received the Best Student Chapter Award for the Western District for 2007-2008.  The Chapter beat out 32 chapters in 13 states for the honor.  Eight students accepted the award in Anaheim in August of 2008.

From left to right: Alan Croft, Jenna Buddemeyer, Alan Moore, Michelle Edwards, Owen Mullinax, Jennifer Rosales (District 6 President), Scott Koch, William Winkler, and Qiyue Dai.

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  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 International has released its Scholarship and Fellowship Awards Brochure for 2009.  Click here to see the different scholarship opportunities that are offered.

STUDENT OFFICERS
President: Scott Koch skoch@uwyo.edu (Until Sept. 2009)
Vice-President: Zeb Coulter  zcoulter@uwyo.edu (Until Jan. 2010)
Secretary: Alan Moore almoore@uwyo.edu (Until Sept. 2009)
Treasurer: Emily Layton elayton@uwyo.edu (Until Jan. 2010)
Fundraising Chair: Jessica Troemner jtroemne@uwyo.edu  (Until Jan. 2010)

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.