Vice President Spotlight
Reflections on my year as Vice President I hope you all have read the most recent editions of WesternITE and the Western District E-Newsletters. I’m a positive person, so I’ll assume you have! This past year you read about our various Committee Chairs and what they do. Now it’s my [...]
President’s Message: When in Doubt Wear Red
I’m thinking back to our “conversations” as I write my final E-News President’s Message. I say “conversations” because I hope that is what you feel my messages have been to you over the past year. I hope that you have gotten to know the District leadership better as a result [...]
ITE Western District Elections Open
The ITE Western District election is now open. Emails were sent to all members last week inviting them to vote for our officers, International Director, and also on proposed changes to the District's Bylaws. Please be sure to open the email from "elections-on-line" and take a moment to cast your vote [...]
Student Endowment Fund Committee Update
Written By: Kimberly Leung, Student Endowment Fund Committee Chair Five hundred thousand dollars. Half a million dollars. $500,000. No matter how your phrase it, the Richard T. Romer Student Endowment Fund’s goal is a large dollar amount with a lot of zeroes trailing behind it. This may have been a [...]
District Website Photo Contest Winner
The City of Tempe Realizes its Multimodal Vision for University Drive Written By: Ray Yparraguirre, P.E. The context of one heavily-traveled Tempe, Arizona roadway has significantly transformed in the past two years thanks to a successful partnership among the City of Tempe, Kimley-Horn, and area stakeholders. The Kimley-Horn team, led [...]
WesternITE Special Edition: District Bylaws Update
The Spring 2016 Special Edition of WesternITE with information about revisions to the Bylaws is available online here […]
Student Endowment Fund: May/June
Earlier this Spring, Western District President Cathy Leong launched the “Close the Gap” campaign to reach our ultimate fundraising goal of $500,000 by this summer! Nearly $10,000 has already been raised through the campaign through the support of our leaders and members at the District, Section, and Chapter levels. Many Presidents, [...]
Public Relations Committee Update
Improving Communications in our Profession Written By: Doug Smith, Public Relations Committee Chair Being the parent of two middle school children (yes, I know what you are thinking…I started a little late!), it is not unusual to be standing around at a school function, birthday party or soccer tournament and get [...]