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ASCE participates in the Adopt-a-Highway program. Our organization is
responsible for a 2.2-mile stretch of US Route 51 north of Carbondale. A group of approximately 10
members goes out each semester to clean up and take care of this portion of
the road.
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Engineering Week is held annually at the end of February. High school
students from around the area come to SIU to explore the various
departments in the College
of Engineering. ASCE
hosts the 'Bridge Over No Man's Gorge' Competition in which the visiting
high schoolers are given plastic straws and tape
in order to design and build the strongest bridge. A load is placed on each
bridge to test its strength and determine the winner.
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Engineering Success Week is an opportunity for incoming students to Southern Illinois to meet their peers and participate
in team-building exercises a week before the fall semester. ASCE gives
students a taste of the organization through a demonstration of the steel
bridge competition and an opportunity to assemble the bridge themselves.
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Once a year the St. Louis
section of ASCE holds a banquet honoring the achievements of the students'
academic success and contributions to the organization. At the 2006 banquet
Andrew Bennett, a member of our section, was honored with the Life Members
Award.
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Each year, our chapter of ASCE holds a banquet in the beginning of April to
recognize its sponsors and hand out awards to members. The captains of the Bridge
and Canoe Teams are recognized with plaques, along with the ASCE officers.
Also, one award is handed out for ASCE Member of the Year.
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