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William H. Temple
Scholarship Challenge
Sponsored by the
Associated Business Division
of the Southern District ITE
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Overview:
The intent of this scholarship challenge competition is to bring
together some of the leading ITE student members, from the various
Sections of the Southern District, to the Annual Meeting of the Southern
District to participate in a team competition.
The Associated Business Division (ABD) has approved to award the winning
team of this competition a $3,000 scholarship to fund their educational
needs. This competition is open to only those students recognized by ITE
as ITE student members associated with the ITE Southern District.
The Southern District has approved to reimburse all teams the costs of
expenses up to $500 or $1000 per team, depending on distance traveled
and will waive meeting registration fees of 3 members and one alternate
per team.
Student Team Selection Process:
During the year prior to the Annual SDITE meeting, the Sections within
the Southern District will organize their own competition (or selection
process) where one (1) team consisting of up to three (3) students will
represent their Section team. The total number of students will be
twenty-four (24), representing the eight (8) Sections of the Southern
District.
The Deep South Section has the authority to fill two teams, one team
from Louisiana and one team from Mississippi, if they wish. This is not
a requirement, only one Section team is recommended.
All students shall be a “Student Member of ITE” to qualify as a
contestant.
If a student is in their final semester of studies, at the time of the
SDITE Annual Meeting, they will still be eligible for this competition.
The scholarship funds would be applied toward their current academic
expenditures. Therefore, there would be no time constraints to qualify.
However, they still must be an active student of the university and a
student member of ITE at the time of the competition.
Section Involvement:
The Section (after establishing a selection process and approving a
student team to compete) will be obligated to coordinate the travel and
registration of their team. SDITE will reimburse up to $500 for each
team, for documented normal travel and meeting (hotel and food)
expenses, and will waive their registration fees for the meeting. Any
additional cost incurred by each team over the $500 limit will be the
responsibility of the student’s Section, and/ or the student’s ITE
Student Chapter, and/or the student.
In the event that a qualified student of the team could not attend this
competition after being selected, the Section would be responsible for
selecting an alternate student from their Section. If, in the event no
other student was chosen by the Section, the team could continue with
less than a three (3) member team.
The Section has the authority to select a team, up to three (3)
students, however any number of students, less than three, would be
permitted to compete in this event.
Competition Resources:
The competition would involve questions from various transportation
resources.
The current publications would be:
1. MUTCD 2003
2. ITE Engineering
Handbook, 1999
3. ITE Safety Toolbox,
1999
4. ITE Transportation
Planning Handbook, 1999
In addition, there will be a “general knowledge” section on
transportation topics and a “general knowledge” section on fun stuff
(non transportation topics)
Preliminary Team Competition:
The selection of process will be based on all eight (8) Sections
submitting a team.
The selection for the preliminary competition will be conducted by
randomly picking the names of the Section teams in groups of four (4),
creating two groups for this round. The two (2) groups of four (4) teams
will compete against each other, having the team with the highest final
score of each group to advance to the final competition.
Preliminary Rounds will be held on Monday.
Total time will be two (2) hours.
Time format:
Group 1
Introduction of Group 1 teams and team members (3-5 minutes)
First Group (first round) (20 minutes)
10 points per correct answer (approximately 20 questions)
(3-5 minute break)
First Group (second round) (20 minutes)
20 points per correct answer (approximately 20 questions)
(3-5 minute break)
First Group (final round) (one written question)
points to be determined by team
(60 seconds to record your answer)
Tiebreaker:
If there is a tie after the final written question, a second question
will be given by the MC, using the same format of the final round, and
continuing until there is a winner.
(10 minute break)
Group 2
Same format as Group 1.
Final Team Competition:
Final competition will be held Tuesday, after the business meeting.
Total time will be two (2) hours.
The two (2) preliminary winning teams will compete in the finals.
Time format:
Introduction of teams and team members
(3-5 minutes)
First Round
(30 minutes)
10 points per correct answer (approximately 30 questions)
(3-5 minute break)
Second Round
(30 minutes)
20 points per correct answer (approximately 30 questions)
(3-5 minute break)
Final Round
(one written question)
points to be determined by team
(60 seconds to record your answer)
Tiebreaker:
If there is a tie after the final written question, a second question
will be given by the MC, using the same format of the final round, and
continuing until there is a winner.
The winning team will be the William H. Temple Scholarship Champions.
Based on the number of students on this team, the $3,000 scholarship
will be divided equally among them.
Master of Ceremony:
The competition questions will be read by an ABD Board Member or Member
acting as the “Master of Ceremony” (MC). To answer a question, the first
team (or individual) that operates (triggers a switch) their signal
would have control.
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If the question has not been read completely and a team
(or individual) triggers a signal, the reading of the
question shall be suspended and the MC will recognize the team (or
individual) that triggered the signal, at which time the team (or
individual) shall have five (5) seconds to answer.
If the answer to the question is incorrect, the MC will reread the
question to the remaining contestants. One of these teams (or
individual) may signal at any time during the reading of the question.
(Statement # 1 would apply).
No points shall be deducted for a wrong answer during the first or
second round of competition. The final round question shall be a wager
of any amount up to their total accumulated score. If a wrong answer is
given, the wager amount shall be deducted from their score. |
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Judging:
A panel of up to three (3) judges shall rule on correctness of the
answers. If available, International ITE Board Members, ITE candidates,
and other District Board Members would make the panel of judges.
The judges shall be responsible for signaling a correct or incorrect
response to the answers given by the team.
The decision by the judges shall be final and shall stand without
recourse.
Time Keeper:
The time keeper will be responsible for maintaining the time segments of
the competition. If a question is in process by the M/C, but before a
team can trigger their signal, the competition shall end. If the answer
of a team is in progress, play will continue until all teams have had
the chance to answer the question correctly.
The time keeper will be responsible for keeping track of the five (5)
second answer clock (time allowed after a question is given). The clock
for the five (5) second answer rule shall start after the student, who
has signaled, is recognized by the M/C.
Score Keeper:
The score keeper will be responsible for visibly displaying the scores
of all teams. This person will also be responsible for the final
question wager by the team. This person will give each contestant a
wager card to place the amount to be wagered against their current
score. If a wrong answer is given, the wagered amount shall be deducted
from their score.
Rules:
Any interpretation or clarification of the contest rules shall be that
of the SDITE Board. Any challenge of the rules shall be the
responsibility of the SDITE Board to interpose and given a decision. The
SDITE Board decision shall be final and shall stand without recourse.
Awards:
Each team that is selected from each state will receive a certificate of
recognition from SDITE for attending the event.
The winning team members will divide the ABD $3,000 scholarship, and
each will receive a plaque from the District.
SDITE will place the winning team members’ names and their Section name
on a perpetual ABD trophy. SDITE will display this trophy during future
Annual meetings.
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