{"id":28,"date":"2025-12-02T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:35:12","slug":"what-is-cesc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/what-is-cesc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CESC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships (CESC)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/5-pointed-star-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">The ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships is ASCE&#8217;s student flagship event. Each year thousands of students, on hundreds of teams, vie for the right to compete in the Society-level competition finals held at the Championships. Only the elite survive!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">The 2026 Civil Engineering Student Championships will be held June 25-27, 2026 at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/5-pointed-star-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-151026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"994\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-151026.png 994w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-151026-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-151026-768x452.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-150 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/5-pointed-star-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">See you at Championships!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year-1024x999.png 1024w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year-768x749.png 768w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year-1536x1499.png 1536w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/cesc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/StudentChampionships-no-year.png 1559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships (CESC) [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;] The ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships is ASCE&#8217;s student flagship event. 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