June 2025 ASCE Newsletter

Volume 14, Issue 7, June, 2025

In This Issue 

May Lunch with UC Merced

Scholarship Donors

Next Month’s Beer Social

Order of the Engineer Ceremony

Joke Corner

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New UC-Merced Student Chapter

The Fresno Branch has a NEW Student Chapter to support! 

UC-Merced was accepted by ASCE National as a new Student Chapter on May 9th. Our next luncheon on Thursday, June 19th will feature faculty and students from UC-Merced, describing their program and future activities.

To register for the luncheon click on the link: June 2025 Luncheon Registration

Student Scholarships Awarded

A total of $5,500 was awarded in scholarships to eight Fresno State CE students (see next page for firms that donated). Of the 15 students that applied, the winners were: Alessandro Toledo, Sonia Yanez Ayon, Makayla Cawley, Komal Sandhu, Jasmine Granados Gonzalez, Nolen Jaramillo, Anissah Saad, and Marco Muniz.

We will also be learning a little more about our scholarship recipients as well as meeting some of them at June’s meeting. To register for this month’s exciting meeting click on the link above.

Recap of May’s Luncheon

We had a fantastic turnout at our May joint luncheon with APWA. We saw many faces and packed the house. We had John Liu the Deputy District Director of Maintenance and Operations for Caltrans District 6 joining us.

He made a great presentation on Intersection Safety and Operational Assessment. Hope to see you all fill the house again for June’s luncheon.

Quote of the Month

“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”

– Robert Frost

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Beer Social on June 12th

For our third beer social we’re skipping the expense of a public tavern and going to a house with a pool (and a racing simulator), but none of those weird “foo foo” beers will be served (there will be Coors, 805, etc. so if you want a craft beer, you may want to bring your own). Don’t forget your swimsuit and a towel… maybe we’ll get a game of pool volleyball going. There may even be some light food to wash down the beer. But you need to RSVP soon to Doug Taylor to reserve one of the spots (limited to the first thirty that respond). Just call or text Doug Taylor at (559) 978-0011. Sorry, no kids for this one please.

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Order of the Engineer Ceremony – September 18th at Luncheon

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