Student Initiatives
The District 6 ITE 20 Point Action Plan is to
encourage greater involvement in ITE from Students and Faculty
at District 6 Student Chapters
Student and Faculty
Student Initiatives Committee (SFIC) Action Plan (PDF
Format)
Actions Taken by the District 6 Board at Mid-Year
Meeting February 1, 2002:
1. Approved subsidies to Student Faculty Advisor:
- $150 District 6 voucher to faculty advisors
for International Membership dues upon submission of annual
Student Chapter Report
- Establish new District 6 dues classification
for current faculty advisors which is $0
- Waive District 6 Annual Meeting registration
fees for ITE Faculty Advisors
- Develop a District 6 Resolution to the International
Board requesting that they waive first year international
dues
- Develop a District 6 Resolution to the International
Board to encourage the International Board to consider the
District 6 student chapter initiatives as a model
2. Approved reformatting
Student Chapter Award to be $100 for submitting, $200 for
winner PLUS expenses for student chapter to attend District
6 annual meeting up to a total of $1000 for direct
costs.
3. Approved development of a student competition
(typically at the annual meeting) that would generally be
a "real life" problem solving competition combining
professionals with student teams that present their approach
to the problem (using the California Transportation Foundation
model). Organize room space with the LACs and include requirements
in LAC Handbook for future LACs. Awards would be provided
up to $1000 to winner. Consider as a future replacement to
the Kell Award. Guidelines for competition developed by Career
Guidance Chair. Reviewed performance following first year.
4. Established a new award for Outstanding Transportation
Educator in District 6 from an university/college with an
ITE student chapter. Student Chapter Initiative Committee
established guidelines (plaque).
5. Approved a motion to write an article in
WesternITE and to have the President issue a letter to all
Sections/Chapters explaining potential value and how to re-engineer
scholarship funds/awards where the distributions are flexible
between academic use and to offset student/faculty advisor
costs to attend Annual Meetings.
Other Actions Completed in 2002:
6. Pursue means to distribute WesternITE electronic
format to all District 6 student members - WesternITE is now
available via the web to all members any time
7. Retain "What's Up ITE" Student
Chapter Newsletter -The student newsletter editor has been
assigned, the Newsletter renamed to "College Happenings
" and placed on the D6 web site.
8. Have Career Guidance Chair fill newsletter
editor position - Craig Grandstrom filled this position
9. Have Career Guidance Chair create an email
address book of all current faculty advisors - The list is
complete, has been sent to all advisors and will be on the
web in 2003.
10. Recommend that the Student Chapter Initiatives
Committee develop a model section student chapter liaison
document to foster student/profession activities and a separate
document for model faculty advisor activity - Jodi Carson
has taken the lead in this development and a draft of the
Best Practices for Student Chapters is scheduled for completion
in 2003.
11. Issue a joint letter from the District 6
President and Career Guidance to Recommend to all Sections/Chapters
to designate a Student Chapter Liaison for each student chapter
(potentially combining a recent graduate of the university
and a mentor) - The D6 web site list these people and a Best
Practices for Liaisons has been assigned to Jodi Carson and
Pat Gibson for 2003/2004.
12. Maximize the promotion of available scholarships
through District 6 communication media (web site, WesternITE,
Student Newsletter) - Done
13. Recommend that LAC handbook be revised to
support waiving student registration fees and meal costs for
student ITE members - In development and will be continually
updated
14. Provide high exposure space for any District
6 student chapters at reduced or no cost at District 6 Annual
Meetings to be used as a revenue opportunity for the student
chapter and/or a career fair activity - guidelines to be established
by the Student Chapter Initiatives Committee. District 6 Board
authorized use of such space for the Palm Desert Annual Meeting
(for a period of time) to UNLV Student Chapter to allow them
to sell the CD they prepared for the Technical Committee of
Annual Meeting papers dating back to 1950. - Done for Palm
Desert and to become standard for D6 Annual Meetings.
15. Request Student Chapter Initiative Committee
consider potential need for a separate "academically
valuable" proceedings document for the annual meeting
(combining best paper award papers with academic research).
- Dropped
Activities for further development in 2003/2004:
16. Commission student chapter(s) to conduct
data collection and/or research of hot topics (Trip Generation,
Parking Generation, Truck Generation,…).
17. Career Guidance Chair to advertise availability
of existing District 6 funds for textbook/manuals to student
chapters
18. WesternITE/Web oversight committee to consider
development of student intern bulletin board development.
19. Create award for student chapter participation
20. Increase student/academic content into WesternITE
· Student/Faculty Corner
· Student Chapter Reports
· Increased Notification of Deadlines
Additional Items Discussed at D6 Board Workshop
February 2003:
21. Develop intern listing on web site, combining
HQ Student Resume service and avoiding redundant activities
(such as separate resume book - which the HQ Resume Service
should accomplish).
22. Career Guidance chair to develop a new training
track for future annual meetings focusing on young professionals
development opportunities and attracting them to the annual
meeting (to be implemented at the 2004 Annual Meeting)
23. Promoting student events at section level
- maybe designating one month as student meetings for all
D6 sections. Consider having these meetings on campus. Consider
having student presentations. Encourage membership to invite
students to section meetings.
24. Student Initiatives Committee to consider
a individual achievement award for students
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