9 Apr 2025

Building a Stronger Corps: Longtime Regional Workforce Development Specialist Reflects on Career of Mentorship

Sandra Duerinck, the North Atlantic Division's regional workforce development specialist, retires after spending the last 16 years of her career with the division.

8 Sep 2020

Lake Barkley park ranger garners interpretive excellence award

GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2020) – A Lake Barkley park ranger recently garnered the 2020 Interpretive Excellence Award from the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.

8 Mar 2019

Europe District, partners to bring 21st-century school to Stuttgart

Patch Barracks will be home to a Department of Defense Education Activity – Europe 21st-century

14 Feb 2019

Europe District breaks ground for third Wiesbaden school

The Wiesbaden community celebrated the beginning of construction on the third and final school to be

16 Jun 2018

Kids catch interest in outdoors, environment at fishing rodeo

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 16, 2018) – Kids caught fish and an interest in the outdoors and environment today during the Cheatham Lake Annual Fishing Rodeo.

8 May 2017

Corps of Engineers awards contract to build new Primary School on Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford

A new primary school will be constructed at the Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts

6 May 2016

Lucky 13 tour new Diamond Elementary School site

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks garnished the construction site of the new Diamond Elementary School where 13 wide-eyed students discovered diamonds aren’t forever but they can be your best friend.

10 Mar 2015

Outreach a ‘Wise’ pursuit to securing Corps’ future

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Millions of students are plagued by the age-old question, “What do I want to do for a living?” but the Corps helps to rectify this enigma by offering industry exposure to students at statewide outreach events.

29 May 2014

U.S. builds six schools to shape future of Togo

LOME, Togo -- How can children learn in schools where rain enters the classrooms and wind tosses

10 Apr 2014

Dinosaur loans and crowd-sourcing archaeology: How Army archaeology supports historic preservation and modern education

ST. LOUIS - In an unassuming office in St. Louis, Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble and his team are working to get a 66-million-year-old, seven-ton tyrannosaurus safely packed and moved cross-country. This effort is just one part of a greater undertaking to preserve and share America's cultural and natural history.

14 Nov 2013

Paying it Forward: USACE Engineers Serve as Mentors, Guest Lecturers

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is more than a passing trend for Derek Maxey and Don Whitmore, two registered professional engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. Both quietly volunteer as guest lecturers at local universities, bringing their real-world experience and stories from the field to undergraduate students. Maxey, a mechanical engineer and Whitmore, a civil engineer, are committed to inspiring and mentoring tomorrow's engineers, they said.

26 Jul 2013

Corps collaborates on teacher training to help promote STEM

LOS ANGELES — Teachers from among 20 schools in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles gathered recently to learn techniques for incorporating hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, in their classrooms.

26 Jul 2013

Albuquerque District offers STEM Internship

People use acronyms and abbreviations such as NASA or FBI because they are less clumsy and easier to write and remember than the complete expression they represent. One of the newest acronyms gaining mainstream usage is STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

20 Dec 2012

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.

17 Sep 2012

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.

6 Aug 2012

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.