ASCE Dallas Branch - Newsletter

January 2021

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Welcome to the January 2021 edition of the ASCE Dallas Branch newsletter! This month’s meeting will be virtual and it will be held on Monday, January 11th. Kathleen Jackson, PE, from Texas Water Development Board, will be our keynote speaker. Please join us!

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January 2021 ASCE Dallas Branch Meeting

January 11, 2020
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Jackson, PE, Member of Texas Water Development Board

Topic: Water for Texas: Water for the Future

Articles

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - JANUARY 2021

Happy New Year Dallas Branch Members! We have lots of new and exciting programs that are kicking off in 2021, and I am extremely proud of our Branch officers and committee chairs for coming up with forward-thinking and creative ways to keep our Branch active and full of benefits for our members. ...

Kathleen Jackson, P.E., Member of Texas Water Development Board Topic: Water for Texas: Water for the Future Kathleen Jackson was reappointed to the Texas Water Development Board by Governor Greg Abbott on March 9, 2017. She was appointed to the Board by Governor Rick Perry on...

TECHNICAL SESSION- SUSTAINABILITY- JANUARY 2021

Sustainability will continually permeate throughout all aspects of our lives. From our business, social, and cultural lives, join and watch the January technical seminar by Brandon Morton on how the concept of sustainability is carried out in the Dallas College institutions. Since 2014, Morton ha...

TECHNICAL SESSION- EWRI - JANUARY 2021

EWRI Topic: Flooding, the Trinity River, and the Region 3 Flood Planning Group Speakers: Glenn Clingenpeel Glenn Clingenpeel is the Executive Manager of Technical Services and Basin Planning for the Trinity River Authority where he has worked for twenty-two years, serving in a variety of position...

THE BRIDGE KICKOFF

The new program “The Bridge” will debut January 11 at 1 pm and be hosted by Samantha Vail and Nick Phillips. The first program will include a panel discussion on various strategies related to the PE exam. Each of these monthly events w...

REQUEST FOR MEETING SPONSORS

The Dallas Branch of ASCE is excited to offer our available sponsorships for the 2021 branch meetings and 2021 ASCE Scholarship Golf Tournament. If you have any questions on any sponsorship level please contact [email protected]

The members of the Dallas Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers donated $1,288 toward the 42nd Annual “Christmas Is For Caring Campaign”. As a part of the split between the scholarship fund and a specific charity $592.50 was donated thru the meeting registration. ...
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POWER SKILLS WORKSHOP

Power Skills Workshop: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion The ASCE Dallas Branch is pleased to offer our members a Power Skills Workshop on “Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.” Registration for this event will be limited to the first 30 registrants and will come with a $2...
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ASCE DALLAS EDUCATION OUTREACH-STEM EXPO

The DISD STEM EXPO will be held Saturday, January 23rd, 2021. We are still in the process of planning the event and are considering virtual and in person volunteers. Please sign up in the link below to volunteer for this STEM Outreach event! https://forms.gle/wzTZw7AykZ991cUB8 DISD is al...

ASCE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER

How can being a member of ASCE assist in my professional career? We as engineers are often very “tunnel-visioned” with our everyday specialized work; dealing with our projects in the city/region we work and often tending to lose the big picture. This can become a setback t...

FUTURE CITIES PROGRAM

2020-21 FUTURE CITIES PROGRAM! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Here ye! Here ye! We call today for VOLUNTEERS 21st North Texas Regional Future City Competition – This year’s challenge is to make Neil Armstrong proud in designing a lunar city applying the Moon’s resources to keep the city&...

DALLAS COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP

Brookhaven. Mountain View. Cedar Valley. Eastfield. Richland. Northlake. El Centro. These Dallas County Community College District schools have been rebranded in July 2020 to become one school: Dallas College. ASCE Dallas supports the high school level, university level, and NOW the technical 2-year...

G.B. MANN SCHOLARSHIP

As your Dallas Branch ASCE scholarship chair, I wanted to give you an update on this year's scholarship. The Dallas Branch of ASCE annually awards the G. B. Mann Scholarship. This is a scholarship is awarded to high school seniors, who attend school in the Dallas branch region( Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall Counties...

2021 ASCE TEXAS SECTION UPDATES

Happy Holidays, On behalf of ASCE Texas Section President Sean Merrell, PE, I’m happy to provide you with Section news for your January Branch newsletter. Please include the below news items within your newsletter as you see fit. A Message from ASCE Texas Section President Sea...

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow Us on Social Media...The new year is here! While it may be a while before we’re able to meet in person again, there is still a variety of online events happening in the ASCE Dallas chapter, and the BEST way to keep up with them all is to follow us on social media. Links to monthly ...

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