The University of Wyoming (UW) student chapter was pleased to contribute an article for the Nov-Dec spotlight. This spotlight was written by Scott Koch, President of the UW Student Chapter, and the following is an excerpt from his article:
The UW student chapter strives to be a known member of the university community, the Laramie, Wyoming community, and the Colorado-Wyoming ITE community. The chapter has made a determined effort to attend the Western District Annual Meetings as well as Colorado-Wyoming ITE meetings. Each year, the chapter tries to send at least two members to the Annual Meeting. In the past two years, UW sent eight students to Anaheim and six students to Denver for the Western District Annual Meeting. The UW Student Chapter represented well at this year’s Annual Meeting in Denver. UW students actively participated in the James H. Kell Student Competition and some were nicely rewarded for their efforts. Also, the UW ITE Student Chapter were the first ever champions of the newly introduced Western District Student Traffic Bowl. GO POKES!!
This year, the chapter has participated in many events. At the University level, the UW ITE Student Chapter hosted a Snow Fence Design Competition for E-week. In the Laramie community, UW ITE student members volunteered for a Walk to School day at the local elementary schools. The chapter also provided traffic counts for the City of Laramie. The chapter holds bi-monthly meetings where professionals in the transportation industry are invited to be guest speakers. The chapter has also gone a number of field trips such as visiting the Denver TMC, the Cheyenne TMC, and the Colorado TMC in Golden, Colorado. Finally, the chapter connects with professionals by attending the Colorado-Wyoming ITE meetings.
