President’s Message: San Diego Here We Come!
All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. Now that spring is around the corner, longer days and baseball come to mind for some. For others, it's a time for renewal and perhaps California dreaming. So how can ITE help in this area? Well, the ITE Western District [...]
President’s Message: Strong Start
January was a busy month for the Western District! The San Diego LAC has been hard at work getting ready for the June 2017 Annual Meeting. Cal State Fullerton hosted the Student Leadership Summit over MLK weekend. And the Mid-Year Board Meeting was held in Oakland on January 27. Look [...]
Section-Chapter Spotlight – SoCal Section
The award-winning, world famous Southern California Section of ITE is the largest Section in the Western District, boasting over 700 members, including 150 student members. We are also one the largest Section’s internationally. Our Section includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties, an area that encompasses approximately 13 million people. Los Angeles [...]
Student Endowment Fund: January/February
The January-February Spotlight was written by Emilio Murga, who chaired the 4th Annual Student Leadership Summit, which was hosted by Cal State Fullerton. Annually, the Student Endowment Fund provides $1000 in funding to support the SLS. The following are Emilio's thoughts on the SLS and Endowment Fund: It’s been a couple of weeks [...]
President’s Message: The New ITE
The Western District had a great 2016! Beginning with the Student Leadership Summit in Pomona, followed by the Western District Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, and then the ITE International Annual Meeting in Anaheim. And throughout the year, our Sections and Chapters hosted meetings, social hours, and conferences of their own, [...]
Website Header Spotlight
The header for the Western District's website this quarter features a photo of the Sonoma County Agua Caliente Roundabout. The following is an article written by Zack Matley of W-Trans regarding this project. Written By: Zack Matley, AICP The County of Sonoma, California, is faced with serving increasing vehicle traffic [...]
Section-Chapter Spotlight – San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose …Do these cities sound familiar to you? Yes, they are all within the San Francisco (S.F.) Bay Area Section! Our Section covers 15 counties including the nine-county Bay Area as well as six additional surrounding counties, in an area that over 8.2 million people call [...]
Section-Chapter Spotlight – Southern Arizona Chapter
The Southern Arizona Chapter of ITE is part of the Arizona Section of ITE. It is comprised of ITE Members from Pima, Cochise, and Santa Cruz counties. The majority of members are located in and around Tucson and the meetings are held on the third Friday of most months. The [...]
Section-Chapter Spotlight – Alaska Section
What does ITE look like when our state is 1/5 the size of the entire lower 48 combined yet we only have 740,000 people living here? Well, it looks very impressive! The Alaska Section is based in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska with a population of 301,000. We have [...]
International Board of Direction Report – Fall 2016
By Walter Okitsu, District International Director ITE’s International Board of Direction met at the Institute’s headquarters in Washington DC on November 4 and 5, 2016. Key items of discussion are listed below. Financially, 2016 appears to be a break-even year for the Institute. This is a substantial turnaround from projections [...]
