LES BR Chapter February 2019 Newsletter

Presidential Address

by Lynne Roussel, P.E.

The Baton Rouge Chapter wrapped up 2018 with our December lunch meeting with Dr. Shawn Wilson. He gave a DOTD update to our members. Everyone enjoyed the meeting and the Christmas atmosphere.

For 2019, the Baton Rouge Chapter Board decided to focus on a New Year’s resolution. I am sure most of us have already broken our personal resolutions. This year our Board wants to focus on educating our youth about Engineering and the importance of our profession. We will be announcing new activities during February as we celebrate Engineer’s Week.

We would like to congratulate our award winners from the Baton Rouge Chapter:

Leo Odom Award for Service to the Profession – Ms. Janice Williams, PE

Andrew Lockett Medal for Civic Activities – Mr. Kevin Beyer, PE

F. Hugh Coughlin Young Engineer Award – Ms. Lauren Blaik, PE

Charles M. Kerr Public Relations Award – Mr. Jay Hardman, PE

Ms. Janice Williams also received the LES State Leo Odom Award. Each of these individuals are well deserving of the awards and promote the engineering profession.

We will honor our award recipients at our February Luncheon on Feb. 19th at Ruffino's. During this lunch meeting, we will also present checks to the four students who were selected for the Wintz Scholarship.

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 21 for an "Evening Under the Stars to Celebration the Engineering Profession". LES BR has teamed up with WTS and ASCE BR to bring you a cocktail event to celebrate our profession. We will have lots of food, open bar, and music.

New Members February:

Jonathan Bradley

David Mata

Sarah Broussard

Vijaya Gopu

Internship Request:

Are you looking for a way to promote our profession to future engineering students?

Scotlandville Magnet High Academy of Engineering is asking Baton Rouge area businesses to provide 40 paid internships for high school students during June and July 2019. The internship is an 8-week summer job for a student at your workplace that provides an up-close look at how engineering skills taught in the classroom can be put into action in the workplace, along with enhancing interpersonal skills and gaining references for college applications and future jobs. This opportunity is for students who are entering their senior year of high school. If you are interested in hosting a high school summer intern, please contact Joy Johnson at [email protected] or Dr. Cynthia Weber at [email protected] by Friday, March 8, 2019 .