EWB working in Honduras in 2013. Photo courtesy of Missouri S&T EWB.

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will host a 5K run this month to raise money to support team travel expenses.

The Day of the Dead run will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Meramec Vineyards, 600 State Route B in St. James, Missouri. Interested participants can register online through Split Second Timing. Registration will also be offered at the race site that morning.

The registration fee is $25. Participants who register online by Oct. 14 will be guaranteed a race T-shirt designed by the student group. To register for the event, visit engineerswithoutbordersdayofthedead5krun.itsyourrace.com.  For more information, email Evan Haley at ebhkvf@mst.edu or Split Second Timing info@split-secondtiming.com.

Missouri S&T’s EWB chapter is one of 14 student design teams based in the Kummer Student Design Center. The team plans to travel to Los Eucaliptos, Bolivia; Nahualate, Guatemala; Santiago, Honduras; and Tacachia, Bolivia; during this school year.

Engineers Without Borders student chapters work with developing communities to improve quality of life through the implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects while developing internationally responsible engineering students.