Student Endowment Fund: January/February
The January-February Spotlight was written by outgoing District International Director Jenny Grote. The following are her thoughts on the Student Endowment Fund: Happy New Year! I am excited for all the changes taking place in the coming year. Over my 29 years in ITE leadership positions, visiting 25+ student chapters, I have seen [...]
Career Guidance Committee Update
Written By: Neelam Dorman, Career Guidance Committee Chair The Career Guidance Committee is responsible for promoting the advancement of the transportation planning and engineering profession by fostering the close association of senior professionals within the transportation industry, ITE, and young professionals. We are here to engage our young members and help [...]
District Administrator Update
Written By: Dalene Whitlock, District Administrator It has been my honor to serve the Western District as its District Administrator since January of 2015. Having served as an officer of the District, it was my pleasure to work with predecessor Jenny Grote, who was the District Administrator for nearly nine [...]
Student Endowment Fund: November/December
The November-December Spotlight was written by Brandon Wong, Student Chapter Liaison of the Riverside/San Bernardino ITE Section and Past President of the Cal Poly Pomona ITE Student Chapter. The Cal Poly Pomona ITE Student Chapter provides opportunities for students and faculty to enhance their engineering experience through guest speakers, technical [...]
Call for Candidates
The Western District Board is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for Secretary-Treasurer and International Director to run in the July 2016 election. Secretary-Treasurer nominations will be accepted for individuals residing in California, while International Director nominations are sought for individuals residing outside of California. Anyone who would like to submit [...]
2015 Legislative Update
Written By: Tom Mericle, Legislative Committee Chair The Legislative Committee’s role is to monitor legislative bills being considered by state legislative bodies in the 13 western states that comprise the Western District, and share those activities with both the District Board and the District members. It was a busy legislative session [...]
Fall 2015 WesternITE
The Fall 2015 issue of WesternITE is on it’s way to your door! In the meantime, you can read it online read here […]
President’s Message: Good to the Core
I saw a quote once that said “It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” As I sit down to write this message, I am reminded of that quote and the wisdom that it imparts. Several years ago, the Western District Board held a workshop [...]
MiteY Race Recap
Thank you to all of the teams that participated in the MiteY Race at the recent Western District Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV! We kicked off the meeting on Saturday with the 5th installment of the race with 4 family/friends and 11 student teams completing fun, but challenging tasks [...]
Student Endowment Fund: September/October
The September-October spotlight was written by Cathy Leong, Western District President and member of the Hawaii Section. The following is the Hawaii Section's thoughts on the Student Endowment Fund: The ITE Hawaii Section recently honored the passing of one of their founding members by raising a total of $4000 for [...]
