Westernite Editor

President’s Message: A Year of Opportunity

Michael Sanderson, P.E., PTOE Denver, Colorado was recently the scene of another terrific Western District Annual Meeting. Thank you to Nate Larson and Will Johnson for your leadership and thanks to all the hard working members of the Local Arrangements Committee.  All of us who attended enjoyed your Rocky Mountain [...]

October 12th, 2009|

Changing Campus Culture: Making the Bus “Cool”

Union and Classroom Express Route Charles W. Huffine, P.E., P.T.O.E., A.I.C.P., and Joanna Morsicato Abstract Most colleges and universities are trying to solve parking problems these days.  People want to park near their destinations.  Parking supplies never seem to be large enough, and providing more parking brings more cars into [...]

October 12th, 2009|

Section and Chapter Activities

Colorado/Wyoming The Colorado/Wyoming Section of ITE had a busy summer!  The Section kicked off the summer with our annual golf tournament on Friday, June 26th at the West Woods Golf Club.  There were 82 players at this year’s Colorado/Wyoming Section golf tournament, and generous donations from our sponsors made for [...]

October 12th, 2009|

Call for Traffic Bowl Questions

ITE is assembling a database of questions to be used by ITE International, districts and sections in conducting student traffic bowl competitions. In the coming years, ITE is planning on conducting an Institute-wide competition among the student chapters, culminating with a competition among the district winning student chapters. Individual members, [...]

October 12th, 2009|

2009 Denver Annual Meeting

Through the thin air of a sunny Rocky Mountain paradise, another ITE Western District Annual Meeting came to pass; over 500 people went home enlightened with fresh knowledge, emboldened with modern perspectives, and enriched with new relationships.  From July 12-15th Denver, Colorado hosted the 2009 annual meeting of the western [...]

October 12th, 2009|

Section And Chapter Spotlight: Alaska

The membership of the Alaska Section of ITE has grown quite a bit over the last few years.  In fact, at the ITE 2009 Western District Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado the Alaska Section was presented with the Membership Award for the “Highest Percentage Gain” for 2008-2009.  Because of this, [...]

October 12th, 2009|

International Director’s Report

by Zaki Mustafa The International Board of direction met on August 6th, 7th and 8th  at College Station Texas in advance of our upcoming annual meeting and exhibit to be hosted  August 9-12th in San Antonio. While at Texas A&M University, we toured TTI and our tour included a visit [...]

October 12th, 2009|

A Winning Formula? We Think So!

As Engineers and Planners we are constantly working with formulas – some are pretty straight forward and others are more complicated.  District 6 has found a winning formula for attracting and engaging bright and energetic Engineering students into ITE and the profession.  That winning formula started with implementation of a [...]

October 12th, 2009|

2009 Annual Board Meeting Highlights

By Edgar Perez, PE, Western District Secretary-Treasurer The Western District Board of Directors met for its annual meeting on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. A total of 42 Western District and 3 ITE Int’l representatives attended the meeting. Attendees included Western District board members, [...]

October 12th, 2009|
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