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  • Education efforts in 2012 focus on partnerships

    The future of Team Redstone is in the hands of those that are students in elementary, middle and high schools across the Tennessee Valley today. To make sure they are well-equipped to handle the challenges of the future, Team Redstone has made it its mission to foster those future leaders.

  • Corps of Engineers publication receives national interpretation award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Our Mississippi was recently recognized by the National Association for Interpretation, or NAI, as the 2012 first place winner in the media curriculum category.

  • Engineering the Future: USACE Designs, Builds DoDEA’s 21st Century Schools

    For years the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has collaborated with the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) on the designs of education facilities. As studies emerged showing that evidence-based design measurably improves students’ academic performance, DoDEA approached USACE to help them develop new schools – 21st century schools - that would foster more productive learning environments.

  • Commentary: Don't stop practicing water safety on Corps lakes

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 31, 2012) – As we enter the Labor Day weekend and the remaining few weeks of the Summer recreation season, I want to again emphasize the extreme importance of “Water Safety” to continue reducing fatalities on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s 10 lakes.

  • Vandenberg breaks ground for education

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and 30th Space Wing broke ground Aug. 15 for a new education center here. The $14.2 million building will replace a 60-year-old facility that is used by more than 3,000 Airmen and their families.

  • Corps Rangers: Reach, Throw, Row, Don't Go!

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Crooked Creek Lake Park Rangers presented a water safety program for a day camp at the Richard G. Snyder YMCA in Kittanning, Pa.

  • ERDC-CRREL and Blue Mountain Union School sign educational agreement

    ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently signed an Educational Partnership (EPA) with Vermont's Blue Mountain Union (BMU) School.

  • NR 12-013: Nashville District unveils a new water management education resource

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 14, 2012) – Aimed at informing public about the Corps of Engineers’ flood risk management mission, the Nashville District has produced a Water Management Education Series.

  • Old Hickory park rangers garner Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 10, 2012) – Ten Old Hickory Lake park rangers garnered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award at the headquarters today for promoting water safety and educating the public in an effort to reduce public fatalities at Corps lakes.

  • Center Hill Lake highlighting National Safe Boating Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 12, 2011) – Memorial Day and boating season is fast approaching. With the warm weather, boaters are anxious about firing up the grill, setting up a tent with the family and getting out on the lake. Before launching a boat for the first time this season, take the time to check for all the required safety equipment, especially life jackets, and make sure all equipment is still in good condition.