Note: this content is not authored by Nick Halsey but is archived due to historical importance.
Our 2017 Annual Report is now available. See the summary and link below for an update on the chapter’s progress:
Overall, 2017 was a successful year for USC ASCE! Despite our placement in PSWC we exceeded our goals in diversifying our chapter body and preparing our younger student members for leadership roles in the organization’s future. Our community was strengthened by encouraging social bonding among our members, regardless of class standing.We are proud of the work we have accomplished within the past year and look forward to setting more goals to have an even brighter future!
This year’s ASCE Student Chapter Report was again ranked in the top third amongst all other student groups, and we aim to maintain that level of achievement going foward.
For our final general meeting of the year, we recapped our third-place three-peat at PSWC 2016, announced the 2016-17 Executive Board, and presented the annual USC ASCE Awards. We finished with an opportunity for everyone to sign the seniors’ hard hats, a USC CEE department tradition. It was a great end to the year with food, fun, and friendship!
That's a wrap! Awards have been given, 2016-2017 positions initiated, and seniors sent off! Can't wait for the fall! pic.twitter.com/Xdx1gA8ETT
This poem is a reflection on our past four years of concrete canoes. A song form is also in progress.
Six concrete canoes float on the water Six concrete canoes rest out on the grass Four raced, were paddled boldly four concrete canoes raced Battled fiercely, but never victorious.
Every last pound mixed and placed by hand built by hand Countless hours endless energy; night after night, worked through the night Covered in concrete, but building six canoes.
Six concrete canoes float in the water Six concrete canoes rest out on the grass Two broken, one beautiful and bright, and colorful; two demolished were unwanted Two more concrete canoes remain; but each new year, a new canoe So these soon will be gone too; for now six concrete canoes.
Our 2015 annual report is now available. We prepare two annual reports – one for ASCE in slide form and one for USC Viterbi in document form. Both are available here:
This year’s ASCE Student Chapter Report (slides and excel file) was recognized with an honorable mention, placing our chapter in the top third of ASCE student chapters nationally for the first time in at least five years.
The USC ASCE 2014 Annual Reports are now available for viewing. Due to new guidelines, this year USC ASCE has created two annual reports, one for national ASCE and one of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The reports outline accomplishments from the past year and aim to seek improvements for coming years.
USC ASCE’s Annual Report for the 2013 calendar year is now available. Required for all student chapters of ASCE, the annual report offers an opportunity to evaluate our accomplishments, goals, and improvements over the past year, and to reflect on opportunities for improvement in the coming year.
Our board celebrated its last meeting of the semester with a secret santa gift exchange! After everyone opened their gifts, each person had to guess who gave it to them, which was harder than you’d think given the size of our board.
Overall this was a great way to end our semester. A lot of work goes into organizing everything for ASCE and we’ve already started getting ready for an exciting spring semester. Through our weekly 9pm board meetings, as well as working outside of the meetings, our board has put in a terrific effort this semester; none of our events would be possible without everyone’s dedication & commitment to making USC ASCE awesome!
American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter at the University of Southern California
