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A data base has been developed to include educators, environmentalists
and transportation professionals throughout the twin-state region.
784 records are in the Educators/Schools data base and 164 are
in Government/non-Government file.
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Our logo has been created to reflect the Center's mission to
teach our nation's youth the important issues related to transportation
and the environment. What better way to link kids to transportation
and environmental studies than a tire swing hung from a tree?
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The Center's website has been given easy access on Assumption
College's server at http://www.assumption.edu/utc and is organized
to act as a national educational resource for teachers, environmentalists
and transportation professionals.
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Educational Resources pages link the teacher to resources "At
Assumption, In The Region and On The Web." The latter are
organized with categories such as "Professional Organizations,"
"National Programs," "Educational Institutions,"
"Environmental Resources," "GIS Links,"
"Lesson Plans and Ideas," "Museums," "School
Programs," and "Transportation"
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Students (K-12) pages link young people to a variety of websites
organized with such categories as "Environmental Activities,"
"Educational Opportunities," "General Science
Activities," "Museums," "Transportation
Links," and "Virtual Experiences"
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Technology Transfer pages are intended as a curriculum publication
site for research sponsored by our UTC. Because this is our
first year, only one publication has been posted as the context
for a project award. The Twenty Week Non-Source Pollution Curriculum
is an inquiry based study program for teachers and students
using a school's own watershed for study, policy development
and action.
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The Center's "facts sheet" has been developed for
general use to advertise the Center's mission and programso
The UTC's first conference sponsored jointly with the City of
Worcester, the Worcester Historical Museum and the John H. Chaffee
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission
attracted almost three hundred participants to examine and interpret
the history of transportation, industrial development, community
growth and environmental impact in the
Blackstone River Valley.
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The Center's public lecture series was given in cooperation
with the Continuing Education Program at Assumption College.
Speakers and their topics were:
- Prof. Jed Watters, "The Machine in the Garden"
- Mr. Orville Harrold, "The Railroad and the Community"
- Mr. Greg Della Pena, "Rail Banking and Recreation in
Massachusetts"
- Dr. Richard John, "A Climate for Transportation Innovation"
- The Director moderated a roundtable discussion of the Center's
theme at the annual meeting of the Interdisciplinary Environmental
Association; the Associate Director presented the UTC program
at a meeting of Worcester Public School science teachers.
- The Director and/or Associate Director participated in conferences
sponsored by DOT/Nat'l Park Service, Worcester Research Bureau,
Regional Environmental Council, TRB, AIAA, MEES, TEAM and the
Northbridge High School Environmental Group
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