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Wichita Branch President's Message

Dear ASCE Members:

 

Welcome to the start of our 2024 – 2025 year! We appreciate everyone’s continued support and active participation in this past year’s events. Our 2024 Steak Fry fund raiser was also a huge success, largely in part to our numerous sponsors! THANK YOU to all who came out – from the generous company sponsorships to the raffle entries and admission tickets, everything was a massive support for our yearly K-12 STEM Grants for local area teachers and University Scholarships for Kansas Civil Engineering schools. We are so grateful to have such an active and supportive engineering community in our area!

 

I’d also like to thank Layla McDaniel (North Carolina, you got a great one back!) and Scott Lindebak for their service to the Wichita Branch and their tireless efforts over many years of ASCE leadership. Their leadership has brought a renewed collaboration between the Wichita Branch, the Kansas Section, and the national association!

 

Keep an eye out for some of our upcoming fall events! Our monthly lunch meetings continue to be held on the first Wednesday of each month. Adopt-A-Highway is in October, Hands-On-Engineering on the first Saturday of each month at the Downtown Wichita Public Library, and we’ll may hold a Trivia night sometime this fall too. These are all great opportunities for new hires and young engineers to get to know other engineers in the community, to achieve continuing education credits, and for all members to network, Don’t forget that our K-12 STEM Grant applications release in September/October, so please keep your ear out for any teachers in the Wichita & Western Kansas area that would like to apply for a STEM-related activity of their choice. And lastly, our University Scholarship program, the R. Spencer Delamater, P.E. Scholarship, will be releasing applications in September and awarding one Civil Engineering student attending either Benedictine College, KU, or K-State.

 

I’m excited for another great year with the Wichita Engineering Community, and appreciate the opportunity to serve as President of the Wichita Branch this year!

 

Caleb Coltrane, P.E.

ASCE- Wichita Branch President

How do I become involved?

Opportunities for involvement in ASCE are welcome whether you are a past president or new resident to our great state.  We would be happy to have your help in making our society better.

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Become an officer: Every spring we begin our search for new officers.  Make it easy on us and reach out to us if you would like to run for office.  There are openings every year on the Branch and Section boards.

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Attend our events.  Attend our flagship event KansasCEcon that occurs towards the end of summer.  During the school year, attend lunch meetings in Wichita, volunteer for STEM outreach, participate in a highway cleanup (with provided dinner following), or get involved in advocacy from your computer or in person via the ASCE legislative Fly In.

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Volunteer.  Service is not just for officers.  If you have a particular talent, let us know.  We'll make a spot for you if needed.  Would you like to be social chair, communications chair, write newsletters or work with kids?  Do you want to simply volunteer or lead an event?  Opportunities for involvement go beyond Kansas with ASCE by getting involved in Advocacy.  Share your passion  through ASCE; we want to find a way to get you involved.

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