Assumption College Center for Transportation to Host Lecture

Worcester, MA—The Center for Transportation and Environmental Education at Assumption College will host a panel discussion titled, "When a Road Runs Through It: An Examination of he Impact of the Interstate Highway System on American Communities," on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 at 6:30 p.m.

The panel includes five faculty members and will begin with a showing of the PBS film, "Divided Highways." The panel consists of Assumption College Professors Rich Gendron, Sociology; Kevin Hickey, Geography; Peter Schultz, Political Science; Jed Watters, History; and Tom White, Economics. The discussion is free and open to the public. To RSVP, please call (508) 767-7586.

The UTC was created with a matching grant from the Research and Special Programs Administration of the Federal Department of Transportation. Now in its third year, the Center, with assistance from its national advisory board, is working with teachers (K-12), environmentalists, and transportation professionals to help young people appreciate transportation’s impacts on their environment and on their communities. The Center was created to serve as a national clearing house for curricular strategies and programs that schools throughout the country might use in helping young Americans assume an environmental and social stewardship and make responsible transportation choices.