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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Editor’s Corner
I would like to begin by thanking you, the reader, for checking out this edition of the Western ITE Newsletter. For those interested in the contents of this newsletter, please note that extended versions of some articles, such as the informative “Making the bus cool” technical piece, can be read [...]
Student Initiatives Committee
We are pleased to announce that Danielle Scharf has been appointed as the new chair of the Student Initiatives Committee. Danielle is an officer of the Intermountain Section, and she is an alumni and former president of the successful Montana State University student chapter. Danielle has a great background in [...]
US Department of Transportation: Distracted Driving Summit Liveblogged
Taken from tvworldwide.com, "U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a September summit to address the dangers of text-messaging and other distractions behind the wheel. In late September, senior transportation officials, elected officials, safety advocates, law enforcement representatives and academics will convene in Washington, DC to discuss ideas about how to [...]
