2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner – Randy McCourt
Congratulations to our 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Randy McCourt. During this year's Awards Banquet, our award presentations were accompanied by the following video produced by the District's Public Relations Committee:
2017 Individual Achievement Award Winner – Rob Sweeting
Congratulations to our 2017 Individual Achievement Award winner, Rob Sweeting. During this year’s Awards Banquet, our award presentations were accompanied by the following video produced by the District’s Public Relations Committee:
SB-1: Transportation Funding Legislation Approved in California
In April 2017 Governor Brown signed SB 1, known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (RRAA). This bill was created to address a $130 billion in deferred street, road, and highway maintenance at all levels of government in California. RRAA will provide $54 billion over the next 10 [...]
See you in San Diego!
It's been my privilege to serve as our District President this past year. The Board was quite active all year, allowing us to achieve several accomplishments. The Student Endowment Fund reached its initial goal of $500,000, allowing us to expand the Student Initiatives Program and award annual regional travel scholarships. [...]
Rock the Vote!
The Western District’s 2017 Election of Officers opened last Thursday, May 18. If you did not receive the email containing your voting instructions, please check your spam folder for any emails from the Western District about the election. If there’s nothing there, go to https://www.electionsonline.com/vote where you may retrieve your [...]
Student Endowment Fund: May/June
The May-June Endowment Fund spotlight was written by Ashley Kim, President of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo ITE Student Chapter and recipient of the 2016 Western District Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award. The following is the story of Ashley's ITE journey and her thoughts on the Student Endowment Fund: As [...]
President’s Message: Trivia Time!
This month’s E-News features a Spotlight Article from our Oregon Section and updates on the upcoming Western District Annual Meeting in San Diego. We are just over a month away from the Annual Meeting that begins June 17. The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) has been working hard on this year’s [...]
Section-Chapter Spotlight: Oregon Section
Oregon ITE has operated out of the Portland Metro region for over 10 years, we are excited to announce that we recently joined with Greater Oregon ITE to provide one representative branch for Oregon. As part of this we will start hosting events via webinar. This means all ITE chapters [...]
Student Endowment Fund: March/April
The March-April spotlight was written by Kimberly Leung, the Western District Student Endowment Fund Chair. In Fall 2016, the Endowment Fund officially closed the gap and reached its $500,000 goal, and now the Western District Board has voted to expand its Student Initiatives Program. The following are Kimberly’s thoughts on [...]
Website Header Spotlight
The header for the Western District's website this quarter features a photo of the Hardy Street Complete Streets Improvement project from the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The following is an article written by Mike Packard regarding this project. Written By: Mike Packard, PE, PTOE The County of Kaua‘i may [...]
